The moment arrived when an offensive assistant for the San Francisco 49ers stepped onto the stage as the NFL opened its championship week. Katie Sowers is the Super Bowl’s first female and openly gay coach. Sowers was on her own, flanked by security guards and positioned behind the sort of barriers used to corral lines at airports. “We don’t just need women fighting for women,” Sowers said. After college, she played eight years in the Women’s Football Alliance.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 28, 2020 06:22 UTC