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NFL adds “sexual orientation” to anti-discrimination language

By Vanessa | Published: September 27, 2011

TweetToo bad the NFL wasn’t super public about this change, but glad to see the news nonetheless. Amanda Terkel reports: The NFL has removed a hurdle for professional football players who may be thinking of coming out as gay, banning discrimination based on “sexual orientation.” The new language was quietly put into the 2011 collective [...]

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