Gay football referee thks LGBTQ+ players are mon

Contents:

• "YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED" - FIFA'S ONLY OPENLY GAY REFEREE IGOR BENEVENUTO BELIEV 40% OF FOOTBALLERS ARE GAY OR BISEXUAL
• GAY FOOTBALL REFEREE THKS ’40 PER CENT’ OF PLAYERS AND OFFICIALS ULD BE LGBTQ+

"YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED" - FIFA'S ONLY OPENLY GAY REFEREE IGOR BENEVENUTO BELIEV 40% OF FOOTBALLERS ARE GAY OR BISEXUAL

Brazilian official Igor Benevenuto, who is FIFA's only openly gay referee, has claimed that up to 40% of people associated wh men’s football are eher gay or bisexual. Acrdg to the Brazilian, homosexualy and bisexualy are a lot more wispread football than meets the eye.

Thirty to forty percent of them are homosexual or bisexual, or have done somethg at one time wh another man. “You would be surprised at jt who is homosexual this dtry.

Benevenuto then opened up about the prejudice he faced Brazil for beg gay, revealg that he had to pe wh prsn and go through dark tim.

GAY FOOTBALL REFEREE THKS ’40 PER CENT’ OF PLAYERS AND OFFICIALS ULD BE LGBTQ+

“In Brazil homosexualy is seen as an illns siar to alholism, which n be overe.

In May 2022, Blackpool FC starlet Jake Daniels beme the first active footballer England to e out publicly as gay sce Jt Fashanu (1990). But Ser-Cook is breakg new ground as the first openly gay official to work a major natnal profsnal football league, last year the short-lived Alliance of Amerin Football and this year the XFL. The head of officials for the Atlanta chapter of the Natnal Gay Flag Football League was there, heard me, and suggted I e help out on the weekends.

“Sce I me out at 20, [beg gay] on the field has never been an issue, and has never been a terrent, ” he said.