"After years of feeling somewhat alone in the world, Conner Mertens, a 19-year-old red-shirt freshman kicker for Willamette (Ore.) University football team, finally has found some peace.
Last week, the student-athlete told his coach, Glen Fowles, that he is bisexual, that he has a boyfriend — and on Monday he announced it to the rest of the world in the name of helping and inspiring other LGBT athletes, students, and people like him.
"Hi, I'm Conner," he said as he sat down with a big smile on his face, his teammates and coach on either side of him, and he dug into the issue with confidence.
"I want to end stereotypes and stigmas that go along with what it means to like the same sex or be attracted to the same sex," said Mertens at the small press conference held Tuesday at Sparks Athletic Center at Willamette University".
Congrats to USA Today for this scoop of the century. It's a BFD story at the very least. When my son was attending John Carroll Univ. in Cleveland, a Jesuit school no less(gays and abortion clubs acceptable on campus)he had a friend who was gay. The kid didn't "look gay". He was handsome in a manly sort of way and came from solid stock. His parents wanted him to hang around my son so that some of the good genes might rub off. It is my belief that Conner Mertens and the kid from John Carroll are the only two boys/men who have ever attended college since the Mather brothers started Harvard who have been homosexuals. Another non-newsworthy item from the MSM.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2014/01/29/willamette-kicker-conner-mertens-college-football-player-gay-bisexual/5026673/
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