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Former Dallas Cowboys star Dez Bryant slammed the NFL’s ad promo for Gay Pride Month which kicked off on Sunday, June 1 – the same day as Black Music Month.

In 2023 and 2024, all 32 teams in the National Football League celebrated Pride Month with rainbow-colored logos or social media messaging.

But on Sunday, only 4 NFL teams changed their logos to celebrate the start of Pride Month.

12 NFL teams did not post any gay pride messages at all as they declined to join Pride Month celebrations this year.

Ex-NFl star Dez Bryant, 36, expressed his disappointment with the NFL’s ad promo that included the words, “Football is gay,” “football is lesbian,” “football is beautiful,” “football is queer,” “football is exciting,” “football is transgender,” “football is bisexual,” “football is power,” “football is American,” “football is accepting,” and “football is everything.”

“Football is gay. Football is queer. Football is transgender… these are wild statements to make… excuse my silliness,” Bryant wrote on X (Twitter). “I’m going to proudly tell my boys football is none of these things. I have nothing against Gays but this is far from right.”

Bryant acknowledged there are gay football players in the league, “but forcing it in people’s faces… especially children… can send the wrong message,” he wrote. “Football is a real community, like the gay community. Imagine telling gays they have to advocate for straight people… they probably would have a problem,” he added.