Opinion: Raiders' Carl Nassib, months after coming out, remains a powerful NFL groundbreaker

It was June when Las Vegas Raiders defensive lineman Carl Nassib became the first active player to come out as gay. Since then, all these months later, three vital things have happened:

First, Nassib has changed lives for the better. He donated $100,000 to The Trevor Project, a non-profit that supports LGBTQ+ people by providing crisis intervention, suicide prevention services and resources for mental health issues. Nassib brought awareness to an organization that might not have received as much attention without Nassib's social media post. It was an impactful move that likely saved someone's life.

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