Two Premier League players are a uple and have e out as gay to their teammat, but not yet publicly.
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
Fifa’s U-turn over the OneLove armband this week reflects a wir lack of support for gay players Brish football * footballer gay rumours *
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". 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. 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.
WHY THERE ARE STILL NO OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLERS THE PREMIER LEAGUE
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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.
FORMER NFL QUARTERBACK OPENS UP ABOUT RUMORS HE WAS GAY
Let’s be clear right om the start. None of the athlet are nfirmed to be gay or anythg like that. The purpose of this list is to go a b more pth about some of the mors that are surro * footballer gay rumours *
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.
TOP 10 ATHLET WHO ARE RUMORED TO BE GAY
Use this thread only to ment on 'known' players that are eher, bi, gay or have been known to try out wh another fella * footballer gay rumours *
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.
CHELSEA STAR RUBEN LOFT-CHEEK NI MOURS HE IS SET TO BEE PREMIER LEAGUE’S FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER
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 beh * footballer gay rumours *
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. 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.
5 RUMORED GAY EPL PLAYERS: 4 ANNOUNCED THEIR HOMOSEXUALITY, #5 PLAYED FOR ARSENAL, #1 A NIGERIAN
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 la * footballer gay rumours *
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.
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. 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.
GAY FOOTBALLERS NMN CASILLAS, PUYOL FOR 'MOCKG LGBTQ+ MUNY' ON TWTER
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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. 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.
THE 39 CURRENT NFL PLAYERS HAVE ALL PLAYED WH AN OUT GAY TEAMMATE
Players on 22 NFL teams have already had an out gay teammate, cludg six players wh the Arizona Cardals. * footballer gay rumours *
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. 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.
READ GAY PREMIER LEAGUE STAR'S BRAVE G OUT LETTER FULL AS HE OPENS UP ON DAILY ANGUISH
Openly gay Leeds Uned director David Haigh says players nfid him - and he believ clubs uld benef mercially if stars e out * footballer gay rumours *
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.
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. Rodgers announced his homosexualy 2012 and soon retired om he has reversed his cisn and now currently playg wh amerin si LA Galaxy. 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.
AT LEAST 20 FOOTBALLERS PREMIER LEAGUE AND CHAMPNSHIP ARE GAY BUT THEY'RE AAID TO E OUT SAYS EX-CLUB BOSS
Amal Fashanu, whose uncle was Bra's first and only openly gay male profsnal footballer, tells Sky News the foundatn dited to him is offerg support to two Premier League players who are yet to e out publicly. * footballer gay rumours *
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.
GAY FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO WOULD BE ‘SRED’ TO PLAY AT WORLD CUP QATAR
The Manchter Uned ace (pictured) has nied he's one of two Premier League footballers - one of whom plays for England -set to reveal that they're gay before the start of next season. * footballer gay rumours *
The 39 current NFL players have played wh at least five gay or bisexual men who were out to their team while they were on the same team. Wh that experience, solid veteran learship, a ach Kliff Kgsbury who has ld gay football player Stt Frantz, and a ont office that has monstrated an embrace of LGBTQ people, is easy to make the se that an out gay player wh the Cardals would be weled. Read gay Premier League star's brave g out letter full as he opens up on daily anguishThe letter has been released by the Jt Fashanu Foundatn - who are supportg the player and have agreed for Mirror Football to publish the letter fullVio LoadgVio UnavailableTHOMAS BEATTIE HOPES FOR CULTURE CHANGE OVER DIFFERENT SEXUALITIES IN SPORTAn unnamed Premier League footballer has penned an open letter which he has revealed that he is gay - but is keepg his sexualy secret om his team-mat.
At least 20 footballers Premier League and Champnship are gay but they're aaid to e out says ex-club bossOpenly gay Leeds Uned director David Haigh says players nfid him - and he believ clubs uld benef mercially if stars e outDavid Haigh durg his time at Leeds UnedAt least 20 football stars are gay and “aaid” to e out, a top club’s ex-director claims.
He spoke out after Belgium fenr Carl Hoefkens told how he had played wh two Premier League footballers who were gay but publicly ‘ the closet’. Dad-of-two Hoefkens, 39, who played for Stoke and Wt Brom om, told Belgian newspaper De Zondag: “I played alongsi three gay footballers, cludg one who was a genuely big name. ” Mr Haigh was ntacted by gay players om different top flight clubs, but adms was difficult for them to go public about their sexualy.
GAY PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLER 'VERY LIKELY' TO E OUT NEXT YEAR, SAYS JT FASHANU'S NIECE
The world’s only openly gay top‑flight men’s footballer says he would be “sred” to play at the World Cup tournament Qatar next year bee of the emirate’s harsh ban on homosexualy and legal penalti rangg om floggg to lengthy prison terms and Cavallo, 21, who plays for Alai Uned Atralia’s A-League, received a wave of support om football fans and current and former players last month after openg up about his sexualy a vio posted to the club’s social media feeds. ”The announcement ma Cavallo the only out gay player men’s profsnal football, his isolatn stark a sport whose admistrators have lnched high-profile public mpaigns recent years embracg LGBT fans and only a handful of male players have ever e out, ntrast to the women’s game, which has easily blown past the same barrier: more than 40 lbian or bisexual players took part the 2019 women’s World Cup France, acrdg to Fifa. Crics have raised the fact that Fifa ntu to award World Cups to untri such as Rsia – where homophobia has been lled a “state‑sponsored” project – and Qatar, where same-sex acts are illegal, as evince of the erng body’s patchy mment to if holdg the tournament a untry wh strict penalti for homosexualy sent the wrong msage to gay footballers and fans, Cavallo, who has played for Atralia’s unr-20s ternatnal si, told the Guardian’s daily news podst that he would be aaid for his safety if asked to participate the 2022 Qatar World Cup.
JAKE DANIELS BE FIRST UK MALE FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY SCE 1990
'I'm a footballer and I'm gay': A-League player Josh Cavallo talks about his sexualy – vio“I read somethg along the l of that [they] give the ath penalty for gay people Qatar, so ’s somethg I’m very sred [of] and wouldn’t really want to go to Qatar for that, ” he said.
At the end of the day the World Cup is Qatar and one of the greatt achievements as a profsnal footballer is to play for your untry, and to know that this is a untry that don’t support gay people and puts at risk of our own life, that do sre me and mak me re-evaluate – is my life more important than dog somethg really good my reer?
Mlims the untry n be subject to Sharia law that bans any sexual activy outsi marriage wh punishments rangg up to the ath penalty, meang homosexual acts n technilly rult executn, though several human rights reports have said there is no evince any gay people have been executed for the offence.
ENGLAND'S LE SHAW NI HE IS GAY AFTER GROWG TER MOURS
”Along wh the appallg ndns for migrant workers buildg the astcture for the tournament, the prospect of gay fans or players beg arrted Qatar has dogged Fifa sce the emirate was announced as host of the tournament 2010. The anisatn’s then print, Sepp Blatter, fuelled the ntroversy the same year when he was asked if he had any advice for gay people who wanted to travel to the Gulf state for the petn. But they walk a fe le between acmodatg what are now mastream attus towards gay people much of the world and the untry’s own nservative relig the tournament has approached, Qatari officials have sought to reassure LGBT fans that they will be wele the untry and n exprs themselv – wh lims.
JAKE DANIELS: BLACKPOOL FORWARD BE UK'S FIRST ACTIVE MALE PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER TO E OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
”Prsed at the time over how Qataris would react to a gay uple holdg hands, Khater said they would be treated the same as a heterosexual uple. The Blackpool forward Jake Daniels has end s of silence wh men’s football to bee the first player the UK to e out as gay sce Jt Fashanu 1990. Photograph: Pl Dennis/TGS Photo/ShutterstockDaniels’s revelatn is a strikg landmark that when men’s football is more engaged wh social issu than any recent time, but still unable to ce progrs LGBTQ reprentatn wh the year Alai Uned’s Josh Cavallo beme the only male top-flight profsnal footballer the world to e out as gay, but others are yet to follow.
In six months the men’s World Cup will be played Qatar, where homosexualy is illegal, and Cavallo revealed to the Guardian he would be “sred” to play at the tournament, the pnacle of world English football specifilly, the shadow of the talented and unfulfilled Fashanu still lgers over the game. The England ternatnal me out at the end of his reer and was to take his own life eight years later, Fashanu, Jt’s niece, who ns a charable foundatn his name, said that Daniels’s cisn would “e as a huge fort to the many footballers at all levels of the game still secretly livg as gay and who still feel unable to e out”. England footballer Le Shaw ni he is gay amid onle mours about his sexualy after was reported two top players are planng to 'e out' Was revealed last week that two big-name Premier League stars are gay Fans were speculatg if Manchter Uned fenr is one of the playersHowever, he shot down those claims wh rponse to qutn on TwterTwo unintified players will bee only send and third gay players Updated: 08:11 BST, 26 October 2015.
England left-back Le Shaw has told web trolls to 'shut up' after nyg mours he is one of two Premier League stars g out as gayEngland left-back Le Shaw has told web trolls to 'shut up' after nyg mours he is one of two Premier League stars on the verge of g out as crocked fenr rpond to allegatns ma on Twter which hted at him beg works and the terrac have been rampant wh speculatn as to the inti of the two footballers believed to be weeks away om beg only the send and third England-based players to announce that they're gay while still Manchter Uned ace Shaw has flatly nied that he's one of them. The crocked Manchter Uned fenr rpond to allegatns ma on Twter which hted at him beg homosexualThe two players set to e out would follow only the sgle example of former Norwich and Nottgham Fort striker Jt Fashanu (left), who - 1990 - announced he was gay.
'BEG GAY WILL BE PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE FOOTBALL' - ENGLAND STAR COADY ON HIS FIRM STANCE AS AN OUTSPOKEN LGBT ALLY
Former Everton and Aston Villa midfielr Thomas Hzlsperger (right) revealed he was gay last year - but by that pot had already retired'It has always been such a macho game and, unfortunately, perhaps more than any other sport, there n be an aggrsive mob mentaly the stands. 'Former Everton and Aston Villa midfielr Thomas Hzlsperger beme the most high-profile footballer to e out when he revealed he was gay last year. "Blackpool forward Jake Daniels speaks exclively on beg the UK's first male profsnal footballer to e out publicly as gay sce Jt talks about g out to his parents, his club, and his team-mat.