A rerd number of out LGBTQ players make this year’s tournament a feast for gay fans.
Contents:
- A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
- DAME KELLY HOLM: OLYMPIC CHAMPN ANNOUNC SHE IS GAY - AND KEPT HIDN FOR 34 YEARS
A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
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Gay, lbian, bisexual, trans and queer soccer players who are publicly out — now at least 95 total — make up almost 13% of all the athlet petg the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup Atralia and New Zealand, Outsports has found. Countri like Nigeria and Zambia imprison gay people.
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DAME KELLY HOLM: OLYMPIC CHAMPN ANNOUNC SHE IS GAY - AND KEPT HIDN FOR 34 YEARS
"Navratilova, a trailblazer for gay rights, tweeted a one-word rponse: "Yik... It will be a glor month to be a gay fan. Last time at the 2019 Women’s World Cup, the Netherlands lay claim to the honor of beg the team wh the most out LGBTQ players, but this year Atralia boasts 10 out players and overtak them for the tle of Gayt Team 2k23.
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The number doubl the 40 openly gay, lbian and bisexual women who peted of the women are om North and South Ameri, Europe, Atralia and New Zealand, Outsports reported. Meanwhile, the 2022 Men’s World Cup was set to be hosted Qatar, where homosexualy is illegal and punishable by up to three years prison. The associatn’s cisn prompted some fans and athlet — cludg the first openly gay major league soccer player — to speak out.