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The David Kopay Story: An Extraordinary Self-Revelation (original 1977; edition 1977)

by David Kopay

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David Kopay's earth-shattering story, published in 1977, when he became the first NFL player publicly to acknowledge his homosexuality. After a ten year career as a running back for the San Francisco 49ers, Washington Redskins, New Orleans Saints and Green Bay Packers, Kopay became the first prominent male athlete in history to come out of the closet. Here, he reveals the conflicting emotional states that first prevented him from living openly and then drove him to the point of complete honest. As inspiring today as it was upon publication.… (more)
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Title:The David Kopay Story: An Extraordinary Self-Revelation
Authors:David Kopay
Info:Arbor House Pub Co (1977), Edition: 1St Edition, Hardcover, 247 pages
Collections:Gay Non-Fiction
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This is a great book about a man's journey on finding himself and his self acceptance of his homosexuality. I think it was very courageous of what he did, it took a lot of courage for him to "come out". Although it was sad the way his parents, brother and aunts treated him after he "came out" they just completely shun him and talked bad about him about his gayness. It was a good thing that he had such good friends that supported him though his family's rejection of his gayness. I praise Kopay for what he did because he was the first athlete that had ever "come out" publicly and he had changed the face of Homosexuality, people saw and read about him being gay and seeing that he was a football player and thought "If he's gay and say it out loud, why can't I?". He is possibly the one that change the course of TV as we know it today and let shows like "Queer as Folk" and "1 girl, 5 guys" be okay to be on TV (I love those shows).

I agree with Kopay and some others in this book about how people's sexual preferences is a private matter and it shouldn't effect someone's job or rather they get a specific job or not. In a way he made me understand gays better and made me realize that gays are everywhere even in sports. I don't have a problem with gays, matter of fact I love gay people they are awesome and they seem to be funnier then straight people, I love people that can make me laugh and they sure do. I support gays and their rights completely, I don't see anything wrong with gays being together, if they love each other then just let them be. ( )
  Sam-Teegarden | Jun 2, 2018 |
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Young, Perry DeaneAuthormain authorall editionsconfirmed
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David Kopay's earth-shattering story, published in 1977, when he became the first NFL player publicly to acknowledge his homosexuality. After a ten year career as a running back for the San Francisco 49ers, Washington Redskins, New Orleans Saints and Green Bay Packers, Kopay became the first prominent male athlete in history to come out of the closet. Here, he reveals the conflicting emotional states that first prevented him from living openly and then drove him to the point of complete honest. As inspiring today as it was upon publication.

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