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Carl Nassib Was an N.F.L. Everyman. Then He Came Out as Gay.

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Las Vegas Raiders defensive lineman Carl Nassib walked outside his home in West Chester, Pa., looked directly into his phone and did something that he said he hoped would one day no longer be necessary.

In a few brief sentences, the 28-year-old Nassib came out as gay. The video clip he recorded and then posted to his Instagram account made him the first active N.F.L.

player to do so. “I’ve been meaning to do this for a while now,” Nassib said. “But I finally feel comfortable enough to get it off my chest.” In the one-minute video and a statement that accompanied it, Nassib said he had agonized over the moment for 15 years, and that he had been meaning to make his announcement for a while.

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