Saints defensive tackle Khalen Saunders has announced that he intends to hold an “LGBTQ-Friendly” football camp this summer.
The 6-foot, 324-pound linemen says that his goal is to show football is for “everyone.”
“That’s my goal: to continue to spread positive energy around that because football is for everybody,” Saunders said on the NFL Network’s Good Morning Football. “Football is for all.”
Saunders added, “Being an ally is more than just saying that I support, but it’s also kind of showing up. Being in the NFL is very male-dominant and heterosexual dominant, and it’s not really … it feels as though there’s not really a space for the LGBTQ community.”
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The Saints defender also discussed his experience at the Pride Football Clinic during Super Bowl week.
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