Quinton Peron and Napolean Jinnies are set to make history when they perform at the upcoming Super Bowl.
The duo, who became the Rams’ first-ever males to join it’s previously all-female cheerleading squad at the beginning of the 2018 season, will now become the first male cheerleaders ever to perform at Super Bowl history when the Los Angeles Rams face off against the New England Patriots.
“I want to prove that boys can dance, too,” Peron said shortly after joining the squad in 2018. “I am an artist, I am a creative person… and we can do it, we can hang with the girls!”
This week, the guys appeared on GMA to talk about being in the Super Bowl.
How about we take this to the next level?
Our newsletter is like a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.
“It’s been a crazy ten months,” Jinnies said. “Dancing hard and really engaging with our community and our team and supporting our players.”
“I can’t believe that we made it to this point, so I’m pretty sure it’s showing off that we’ve been working pretty hard.”
Peron, Jinnies, and the rest of their squad will cheer on the Rams as they face off against the New England Patriots on February 3 in Atlanta.
Last August, Jesse Hernandez made history when he became the first male to join the New Orleans Saints Saintsations cheerleading squad.
Watch Peron, Jinnies, and their coach Emily Leibert’s appearance on GMA below.
Related: NFL’s first male cheerleader totally slays in debut performance, is met with cheers… and jeers
Discover more
MarathonBoy
If they are gay, I don’t view this as progress. How does it help any gay teen to see no gay players in the game but 2 gay guys prancing around with a bunch of females? It’s retrograde, like anti-gay comedy from decades ago. Maybe they will have Richard Simmons come out and wave his hands.
Black Pegasus
@MarathonBoy
LMAO I agree! This is like a sickening joke. It won’t help the self esteems of young gay men struggling with being gay.
Catholicslutbox
Ugh………………………………………………………….
Glynn
Oh Puh-lease. Listen to yourselves. Toughen up why don’t you? These two beautiful male cheerleaders (gay or straight) are not responsible for anyone else’s self esteem. They are making history, and they are fine examples of THEMSELVES. They certainly are not preventing ‘gay players’ from manning up (so to speak)…..rah…rah…rah!
Pete le meat
Cheerleading is silly and sexist.
Toeknee
Great post Glynn.
Pete le meat
It’s still unfair to have the female cheerleaders showing skin but the male ones all covered up like that. Cheerleading is silly, anyway. Crowds of spectators don’t need to be led in their cheering.
Brian
Maybe it’s the winter uniform? Even the ladies have long sleeves in that pic.
Toeknee
Just wanted to put on my 2 cents since I used to be a cheerleader and cheer instructor…try looking up the history of cheerleading. It actually started with just men whom rooted for their teams enthusiastically like boosters so to speak and as years went on slowly got switched around and ended up being mostly females now and created the sexist talk or whatever. Fyi, many well known Male figures were cheerleaders once upon a time. For example Steve Martin and you won’t believe it but yes…George Bush…junior.
Kangol
So true, and thanks for the history. The effemophobic crew is, as usual, out in force. Why are they so scared of their feminine sides and women?
MarathonBoy
OK, but so what? So it was a guy thing in the 1940s and 1950s. In 2019, it’s not. So if these guys are gay, having them prance around with females doing an activity which today is for females is not a good thing for gay male teens to see.
Brian
@MarathonBoy, how is this “not a good thing for gay male teens to see” when these two particular guys must have, at one time, been teens themselves? There are men out there, both gay and straight, who want to get a career in dance. They’ll now be able to see that it’s possible in the NFL. There are thousands of high schools and colleges that already have male cheerleaders. Now those people will see a longer career opportunity. You aren’t thinking.
Kangol
More power to them!
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
I would absolutely LOVE TO SEE any one of the posters on this thread attempt even the absolute least technical move a male cheerleader performs. Because it would be an absolute giggle fest watching them on their (fairly certain) fat arses. These guys have to be in peak physical condition to perform the moves on the field.
Why do so many people come here with the sole intent to disparage fellow Gays….
And I am so thankful that so many hatefilled, vile, noxious right wing smcubag homophobes Super Bowl will be deliciously absolutely RUINED by the sights of these guys on the field!!
:-p