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Contents:

• IKER CASILLAS 'I'M GAY' TWEET: WHY WAS NO LGHG MATTER
• WHY THERE ARE STILL NO OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLERS THE PREMIER LEAGUE
• FORMER NFL QUARTERBACK OPENS UP ABOUT RUMORS HE WAS GAY
• TOP 10 ATHLET WHO ARE RUMORED TO BE GAY
• CHELSEA STAR RUBEN LOFT-CHEEK NI MOURS HE IS SET TO BEE PREMIER LEAGUE’S FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER
• 5 RUMORED GAY EPL PLAYERS: 4 ANNOUNCED THEIR HOMOSEXUALITY, #5 PLAYED FOR ARSENAL, #1 A NIGERIAN
• GAY FOOTBALLERS NMN CASILLAS, PUYOL FOR 'MOCKG LGBTQ+ MUNY' ON TWTER
• THE 39 CURRENT NFL PLAYERS HAVE ALL PLAYED WH AN OUT GAY TEAMMATE
• READ GAY PREMIER LEAGUE STAR'S BRAVE G OUT LETTER FULL AS HE OPENS UP ON DAILY ANGUISH
• AT LEAST 20 FOOTBALLERS PREMIER LEAGUE AND CHAMPNSHIP ARE GAY BUT THEY'RE AAID TO E OUT SAYS EX-CLUB BOSS
• GAY FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO WOULD BE ‘SRED’ TO PLAY AT WORLD CUP QATAR
• GAY PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLER 'VERY LIKELY' TO E OUT NEXT YEAR, SAYS JT FASHANU'S NIECE
• JAKE DANIELS BE FIRST UK MALE FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY SCE 1990
• ENGLAND'S LE SHAW NI HE IS GAY AFTER GROWG TER MOURS
• JAKE DANIELS: BLACKPOOL FORWARD BE UK'S FIRST ACTIVE MALE PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER TO E OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
• 'BEG GAY WILL BE PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE FOOTBALL' - ENGLAND STAR COADY ON HIS FIRM STANCE AS AN OUTSPOKEN LGBT ALLY

IKER CASILLAS 'I'M GAY' TWEET: WHY WAS NO LGHG MATTER

Casillas retired 2020 followg a reer that saw him w three Champns Leagu and five La Liga tl at Real MadridFor a uple of hours on Sunday lunchtime, Iker Casillas was the most famo gay footballer the world.

Two hours after the 'rpect me: I'm gay' post went up, Casillas leted - and replaced wh a new tweet, claimg he'd been hacked but that everythg was now " orr".

WHY THERE ARE STILL NO OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLERS THE PREMIER LEAGUE

Football referee Ryan Atk - who happens to be gay - acced the two men of "fuellg homophobia the game", sayg the pair need to "hang their head shame" Networkg group Sports Media LGBT+external-lk cricised both the "flippancy of the tweets… and the weak backtrack". You'd have to be aware of Lloyd Wilson and Josh Cavallo, and the bravery took both men to open up about their thentic selv a sport where gay and bisexual men have historilly been margalised.

FORMER NFL QUARTERBACK OPENS UP ABOUT RUMORS HE WAS GAY

And stirred up the worst elements of social media, who have spent the past 24 hours hurlg homophobic abe at those - myself clud - who pot out that there are real-world nsequenc to the words of Casillas and Puyol. Now, has been revealed that two Premier League teammat are a gay relatnship.In an exclive story by The Sun, the two Premier League footballers are reportedly open about beg a gay relatnship, at least as far as the drsg room go.

Earlier this month, the Qatari ambassador to the UK had warned same-sex upl not to kiss public if they will travel to watch the World Cup.Then, World Cup ambassador Khalid Salman ed outrage last week after sayg that beg gay is tantamount to havg "damage the md."Fans om participatg natns are also beg warned about the possibily of landg jail should they fall foul of the untry's strict l on moraly.

TOP 10 ATHLET WHO ARE RUMORED TO BE GAY

This is why the possibily of havg two active Premier League players speak up about beg gay is such an important topic for the LGBTQ+ muny at the moment."No one was remotely bothered about and they had the backg of the manager and the hierarchy at the club.

There are mours about other gay players, but remas to be seen if they will e out publicly while still active.The nversatns about the topic will surely ntue to the World Cup, pecially wh thoands of spectators flockg to Qatar to enjoy the event.

Nearly 25 years after Jt Fashanu took his own life, followg years of homophobic abe, Brish football still has not had another openly gay player the top flight. The armband was never much of a gture, but would have been a small act of fiance at the tournament beg award to Qatar, where homosexualy is punishable by imprisonment and some s, ath. Former footballer Clarke Carlisle, a proment spokman for player welfare, said eight Premier League players had told him they were gay.

CHELSEA STAR RUBEN LOFT-CHEEK NI MOURS HE IS SET TO BEE PREMIER LEAGUE’S FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER

Consir the se of (heterosexual) Graeme Le Sx, who played for Chelsea and England the 1990s and 2000s and was brand “gay” for admtg he read The Guardian. The clubs and the FA have ma efforts to improve the culture wh iativ such as Kick It Out, which mpaigns agast discrimatn and Football v Homophobia, backed by the FA, which offers support to fans, grassroots teams and top-level clubs.

5 RUMORED GAY EPL PLAYERS: 4 ANNOUNCED THEIR HOMOSEXUALITY, #5 PLAYED FOR ARSENAL, #1 A NIGERIAN

Stewart, who is not gay, said he felt attacked by the cy of Ptsburgh for the mor, which he said the Steelers found was started by an dividual lol police officer. Two Premier League players are a uple and have e out as gay to their teammat, but not yet, reports suggt the Premier League footballers qutn uld e out a documentary currently productn wh Channel follows Gary Leker recently claimg he was aware of two Premier League players who were thkg of g out as gay soon. The purpose of this list is to go a b more pth about some of the mors that are surroundg the players, not to nvce the rear that the athlet are gay.

GAY FOOTBALLERS NMN CASILLAS, PUYOL FOR 'MOCKG LGBTQ+ MUNY' ON TWTER

In fact, as society is now much more open to people no matter their orientatn, we have seen a ton more athlet, both active and retired, e out and adm that they are homosexuals, and 's absolutely a great thg. This list will look at some of the most high profile exampl of pro athlet who have had mors about beg gay surroundg them, but aga, none of those are nfirmed and even if they were nfirmed, they would be somethg to celebrate. His ex-wife has acced him of beg gay and that Dunn’s lover om llege actually lived wh them for the first few years of their marriage.

THE 39 CURRENT NFL PLAYERS HAVE ALL PLAYED WH AN OUT GAY TEAMMATE

Qutns about Aikman's sexual orientatn have been around for s and the mor was started by Skip Bayls, when, his book, he stated that Troy Aikman might be gay.

READ GAY PREMIER LEAGUE STAR'S BRAVE G OUT LETTER FULL AS HE OPENS UP ON DAILY ANGUISH

There have been great leaps forward gettg racism kicked out of football; 's a shame there's still some knucklehead homophobia out there as well. I remember when Dream Team did a storyle about a gay treatment he got was kd of hard to watch and probably only small pared to the real treatment gay people would get. In May 1998, he hanged himself a serted lock-up garage he had broken to, Shoredch, London, after visg Charts Roman Spa (a gay sna the area).

Perhaps Im beg ialist, but I do thk if "john midfielr" me out then the fans would give him more slack for poor performanc bee they knew he were gay. Many people fd hard to believe that there are actually footballers who are Gay, and while some have e out openly others are still hidg behd closed doors. Germany footballer Hzlsperger who is as of now ordatg football at VfB stuggart is the ma gay player the chief associatn who has opened up.

AT LEAST 20 FOOTBALLERS PREMIER LEAGUE AND CHAMPNSHIP ARE GAY BUT THEY'RE AAID TO E OUT SAYS EX-CLUB BOSS

He has, be that as may, not straightforwardly nced yet the prev Manchter Uned goalkeeper took to a blog entry to vent his disappotment about the nonattendance of gay footballers the game.

GAY FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO WOULD BE ‘SRED’ TO PLAY AT WORLD CUP QATAR

The for Leeds and LA Galaxy wger followed Jt Fashanu's stris as he is the subsequent player at any pot to e out evintly as a gay footballer. Rumours on Twter suggted the England ternatnal had e out to his Blu team-matPublished: 10:56, 17 Jan 2019Updated: 10:57, 17 Jan 2019RUBEN LOFTUS-CHEEK has taken to Twter to ny reports suggtg he is to bee the Premier League's first openly gay player.

Former USA ternatnal Robbie Rogers e out as gay weeks after beg released by Leeds, while Premier League legend Thomas Hzlsperger disclosed his sexualy after retirg.

GAY PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLER 'VERY LIKELY' TO E OUT NEXT YEAR, SAYS JT FASHANU'S NIECE

A Chelsea fan was fed £965 earlier this month after hurlg homophobic abe agast Brighton supporters, while he was also given a three-year ban om attendg match.

JAKE DANIELS BE FIRST UK MALE FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY SCE 1990

A few years ago two England ternatnal footballers had to e out and clear the mors about them beg gay, first name was Ashley Cole and the later one is Le Shaw who plays for Manchter UnedThe history of gay footballers dat back to early 90’s although no top flight footballers has e out openly as gay their playg reer and thats largely down to the fear of managements, losg sponsors and the fear of fans first openly admted se of footballer beg gay dat back to 1990 when Jt Fashanu announced his homosexualy, which did not go too well for his reer and he ultimately took his own life 8 years later 1998. Jt Fashanu:Public Admissn: YESJt Fashanu was the still the only footballer to have e out openly as gay and that was way back 1990, he played for Norwich, Nottgham Fort and Southampton along wh 15 other clubs england and stralia. 2) Thomas Hzlsperger:Public Admissn: YESKnown as “The hammer” by the Villa fans for havg a adly left foot, German Internatnal Thomas Hzlsperger me out as gay January 2014 after he retired om profsnal football at the age of is currently the Sportg director at German club Stuttgart3) Liam DavisPublic Admissn: YSemi Profsnal Football Liam Davis played lower leagu of english football and he me out openly as gay 2010 but suffered massive abe om the started his reer wh ventry cy.

ENGLAND'S LE SHAW NI HE IS GAY AFTER GROWG TER MOURS

Liam Davis spoke wh BBC Sports on the stggl of beg openly footballer english football the abe of fans and why closet gay footballers are aaid to e out.

JAKE DANIELS: BLACKPOOL FORWARD BE UK'S FIRST ACTIVE MALE PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER TO E OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

Rodgers announced his homosexualy 2012 and soon retired om he has reversed his cisn and now currently playg wh amerin si LA Galaxy.

'BEG GAY WILL BE PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE FOOTBALL' - ENGLAND STAR COADY ON HIS FIRM STANCE AS AN OUTSPOKEN LGBT ALLY

Another top player who played for two of the biggt London clubs premier league, Arsenal and Tottenham Sol Campbell was abed throughout his reer for beg a “closet homosexual” but he has nied the allegatns for so long. In a recently terview Campbell rells that sports giants “Puma” were lookg to endorse the very first openly gay footballer and they mistakenly ntact him but the al did not went through as he told them that he is not also revealed why mors started circulatg about him beg homosexual, one of the big one was that he did not brg his girliends to match or special team dners which lead to stori about him. Gay footballers have nmned Spanish football legends Iker Casillas and Carl Puyol for allegedly makg fun of the LGBTQ+ muny wh 'fun tweets'.

Netherlands' women's natnal team player, Merel van Dongen, who is also a gay footballer, tweeted: "I hope you rpect me: I'm sick of homophobia.

Dpe Outsports chroniclg lerally dozens of piec of evince to the ntrary, there’s a ntued belief amongst some that NFL players would overwhelmgly reject a gay player if he me out.