New Orleans Saints defensive tackle Khalen Saunders (50) with cornerback Kool-Aid McKinstry (34) against the Arizona Cardinals during a preseason NFL game at State Farm Stadium. | Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images 

NFL player and two-time Super Bowl champion Khalen Saunders has announced he will host an LGBTQ inclusive football camp this summer. 

Saunders made the announcement at the GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles Thursday night. He took the stage with RK Russell, an out bisexual athlete who played in the NFL regular season for the Dallas Cowboys and the Buffalo Bills. 

“The opposing team is going down because we are the champions,” Russell said onstage at the GLAAD Awards. 

Saunders is a two-time Super Bowl champion with the Kansas City Chiefs. He played college football for Western Illinois. In 2019 he was one of the first five FCS players selected in the NFL Draft, selected in the third round by the Chiefs.

He’s played six seasons in the NFL and started 32 games. 

Khelil is the brother of Kameron Saunders, the out LGBTQ dancer and choreographer best known for his work on Taylor Swift‘s The Eras Tour. They grew up in the St. Louis area, which is where the camp will take place.

It was no doubt through Kameron that Khelil became involved with the GLAAD Awards, reminding everyone the power of being out and having a connection to an out LGBTQ person.

Saunders and Russell were on stage at the Awards show in Los Angeles to announce that the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding TV Journalism Segment, which went to CBS Sports for “Big Gay Football.” That video celebrated LGBTQ flag football, focusing on Boston’s flag football league and highlighting the support from the New England Patriots.

GLAAD has a years-long relationship with the NFL. The two team up to present a Night Of Pride at the Super Bowl and have for the last several years.

Also in GLAAD Media Award news, Outsports’ parent company Q.Digital was given a big award and a shout-out from the stage.

Outsports’ video series “Ballin’ Out” — about lesbians in wheelchair basketball — for some reason did not win an award, despite being nominated. It’s the eighth time Outsports has been nominated for a category award. Zero wins (though Outsports was given a special award for 2021 Olympics coverage).