Queer people have been scoring big for visibility at the big game for the past few years, a trend that we hope continues at Super Bowl LVI on February 13 and well into the future. Acceptance of homosexual and bisexual sports stars - even in hyper-masculine football - is becoming more commonplace, however, and if you need proof, just look at the Super Bowl. The NFL, like most professional sports leagues in America, is notorious for its lack of LGBTQ+ representation and infamous for its rampant internal homophobia, which the NFL itself denies but that gay former players have confirmed exists.
