Wade Davis II
The Advocate
New York, NY, United States
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Past articles by Wade:
The 'White' Fight for a New America
In this first installment of his new bimonthly column, Point of Contact, gay former NFL player Wade Davis argues that white people must think differently in a post-Charlottesville world. → Read More
The Beautiful Discomfort of John Ridley's American Crime
Acceptance and forgiveness cannot happen without being self-reflective. American Crime, in many ways, holds up a mirror to us all, causing internal and hopefully external awareness to occur around the ways we care for each other.... → Read More
Op-ed: Russell Tovey, Sexism, and Imaginary Masculinity
For as long as I can remember, many of my friends (men and women) and I performed this constructed idea called masculinity. Ask 10 people to define masculinity, and there will likely be 10 different answers, all pointing to the ways in which we expect “men” to act. Acting is the key. Masculinity is an act or a performance that many individuals try to master with great success, or great imagined… → Read More
Op-ed: Russell Tovey, Sexism, and Imaginary Masculinity
Is masculinity innate, or is it just an act? → Read More
Op-ed: Russell Tovey, Sexism, and Imaginary Masculinity
Is masculinity innate, or is it just an act? → Read More
A Numbers Game: Making An NFL Roster
Making an NFL team's 53-man roster starts in training camp. According to NFL rules, each team can only have 90 players when training camp starts. The process that all teams undergo to get from 90 to 53 can be difficult to understand. For players who ... → Read More
Why is everyone so afraid of the NFL's first openly gay star?
Wade Davis: I was gay in the NFL and not ready to come out, but Michael Sam will fit right in. His courage already does → Read More
Op-ed: How the NFL Is Tackling LGBT Issues
The NFL still has no active out players, but a former player says it's not for lack of trying. → Read More
Op-ed: How the NFL Is Tackling LGBT Issues
The NFL still has no active out players, but a former player says it's not for lack of trying. → Read More
Op-ed: How Straight Silence Betrays Gay Teammates
For gay players to come out, their straight teammates need to step up. → Read More