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This is GREAT news!!

Former Ravens star, Brendon Ayanbadejo has always been very outspoken on equality and is an avid support of LGBT rights, so while a lot of talk has been going on that some NFL players might "come out" this year, he's speculating that at least four athletes are planning on revealing that they're gay.

The free agent said:

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Ever since he won the Super Bowl, Brendon Ayanbadejo's soap box has gotten a lot taller.

Now he can reach more people and spread his most important message: Homophobia in pro sports needs to stop.

He is a straight man, who all on his own took up the fight for LGBT equality in sports.

Chuck Culpepper is a gay sportswriter who is a self-proclaimed "exotic creature" as an aforementioned "gay male sportswriter."

He was also lucky enough to be able to cover the Super Bowl and interview the players before the game.

While in the Ravens' locker room, he spotted a player that he didn't immediately recognize, but after learning who he was, had to go speak to him.

That player was Brendon Ayanbadejo.

Culpepper knew he wanted to talk to him, but didn't know how to handle it. He walked up to Brendon and said the whole interview went a little like this:

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Brendon Ayanbadejo is a linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens and one of the most outspoken gay rights activists in professional sports.

First, let us say congrats on winning the Super Bowl!!

Second, being a straight pro athlete and "coming out" as a supporter of gay rights must be hard to do.

But Brendon knows that coming out as openly gay would be even harder for a player due to the generally homophobic atmosphere that dominates pro sports.

Brendon said:

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We previously mentioned that an NFL player for the Baltimore Ravens was verbally attacked by a politician for supporting gay rights.

Brendon Ayanbadejo is one of the most outspoken gay rights advocates in professional sports… and he's not even gay!

So he was def pumped when Maryland legalized gay marriage. Even during a recent game, some players from the Raiders went out of their way to thank him for supporting gay rights.

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