{"id":12345,"date":"2018-07-29T17:30:32","date_gmt":"2018-07-29T17:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/07\/29\/air-force-defensive-back-is-first-openly-gay-service-academy-player\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:18:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:18:36","slug":"air-force-defensive-back-is-first-openly-gay-service-academy-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/off-duty\/military-sports\/2018\/07\/29\/air-force-defensive-back-is-first-openly-gay-service-academy-player\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Force defensive back is first openly gay service academy player"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. \u2014 An Air Force defensive back is the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/2013\/03\/22\/gays-serve-openly-starting-tuesday\/\" target=\"_blank\"> first openly gay football player<\/a> to play for a military academy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gazette.com\/sports\/air-force-football-player-bradley-kim-comes-out-as-gay\/article_f7690f9c-91ea-11e8-9bd8-9bebaf1bb735.html\" target=_blank>The Gazette<\/a> reports that sophomore Bradley Kim announced his sexual orientation on Friday to teammates, on social media and in an article in OutSports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kim said on social media that he is now comfortable and confident enough in himself to say that he is gay. 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