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This is awesome and lovely and wonderful and everything good. Yesterday, Michael Sam became the first openly gay NFL draft pick when he was drafted by the St. Louis Rams. 

When he heard the news, Sam broke down crying (As is a common thing players do during the high-stress draft!) and then celebrated with his friends and family, including his boyfriend. ESPN has the whole thing and please excuse me while I go get some tissues to clean up all this leaky face water. 

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Of course, some people on Twitter are being real wangs about the whole thing:

Some men have two first names; GET OVER IT. 
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