Arizona State football player comes out as gay

Arizona State senior offensive lineman Edward "Chip" Sarafin has revealed that he is gay, becoming the first active college football player to do so. The school's athletic department confirmed Wednesday that Sarafin had come out after he told a Phoenix-based magazine for gay sports, Compete, that he had told his teammates he was gay last spring, and it "benefited my peace of mind greatly." Read more at USA Today.

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