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49ers' Katie Sowers is making history by becoming the first female and first openly gay coach at a Super Bowl game

San Francisco 49ers offensive assistant coach Katie Sowers will make history next month by becoming the first female and first openly gay coach to take part in a Super Bowl.

Sowers, 33, became the second woman to hold a full-time coaching position in the NFL when she was hired by the 49ers in 2017 and is the first LGBTQ coach in the league's history.

Sowers, who was a member of the 2013 US Women's National Football Team and played in the Women's Football Alliance (WFA) for eight years, quoted LeBron James in a celebratory Instagram post following the 49ers' NFC Championship win on Sunday night, which sends the team to Miami for the Super Bowl.

"Takin our talents to south beach," she captioned a video exhibiting confetti falling over the team.

Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo told reporters in a post-game interview that it has been "tremendous" to work with Sowers.

"Katie was here before I was, but just what she does with the receivers, all the skill positions guys, how she interacts with them. It's special. She's feisty, man. Katie is awesome out there. She'll ge

Former 49ers player Kwame Harris talks about being gay

Former San Francisco 49ers repulsive tackle Kwame Harris opened up about being a lesbian player in the closet during his NFL career in an interview with CNN Newsroom this morning.

"You want to escape the despair and turmoil and your mind goes to dark places," Harris said of keeping his sexuality secret. "I'm content today, and I'm glad they were just ideas and I didn't operate on any of them"

"The cost was great in asking me to not speak candidly or be able to be open about myself in a complete manner," Harris said. "If I could have done it differently, I would have hoped I found the strength [to arrive out]."

Harris was publicly outed days before the Super Bowl in January tracking an altercation with a former partner. His outing was met with a negative reaction from current 49er cornerback Chris Culliver.

"I don't do the same-sex attracted guys man," said Culliver. "I don't do that. No, we don't got no gay people on the team, they gotta receive up out of here if they do. Can't be with that lovely stuff. Nah…can't be…in the locker room man. Nah."

Culliver later apologized for his comments and visited with an LGBTQ support group.

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NEW ORLEANS – San Francisco 49ers cornerback Chris Culliver has made inflammatory comments regarding homosexuality in football just a few days before Super Bowl XLVII.

Shock jock Artie Lange revealed he had interviewed Culliver at media time Tuesday and aired a segment on his show that darkness, where the player insisted that any gay players would not be welcome on the team.

"I don't do the gay guys man," said Culliver, whose Niners play the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday. "I don't do that. No, we don't got no gay people on the team, they gotta get up out of here if they do.

"Can't be with that sweet stuff. Nah…can't be…in the locker room man. Nah."

When quizzed by Lange whether any homosexual athletes would need to keep their sexuality a secret in football, Culliver responded: "Yeah, come out 10 years later after that."

You can listen to the interview here:

The 49ers released a statement Wednesday in response to Culliver's remarks:

"The San Francisco 49ers reject the comments that were made [Tuesday], and have addressed the matter with Chris. There is n

San Francisco 49ers' Katie Sowers Becomes NFL's First Openly Gay Coach

San Francisco 49ers assistant coach Katie Sowers has become the NFL's first openly gay coach.

The Kansas native — who is also just the second woman to be a full-time assistant coach in the NFL — recently opened up about the importance of universal LGBTQ representation in the league.

“No matter what you do in life, one of the most significant things is to be true to who you are,” Sowers said in an interview with Outsports.

“There are so many people who identify as LGBT in the NFL, as in any business, that do not feel content being public about their sexual orientation.”

Sowers, 31, played professional football in the Women’s Football Alliance and traces her love for the sport back to when she was just 8 years old — having described “tackling” as her favorite part of football.

Sowers said she experienced her first taste of LGBTQ discrimination in sports while in college, when was rejected from a volunteer coaching job because of her “lifestyle.”

“I was so passionate about coaching and to feel favor my opportunities were limited because of who I loved was hard to deal with,” Sowers told Outsports.