Dame Kelly Holm has announced she is gay, and says she has hidn for 34 years.
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
A rerd number of out LGBTQ players make this year’s tournament a feast for gay fans. * gay female athlete *
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. Still ’s hearteng to see some women om South Ai, where homosexualy has been legal for 25 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.
Ireland’s historic entry to the tournament marks another triumph for out midfielr Sead Farrelly, whose natnal team but and 2023 return to the NWSL e more than six years after retirg om soccer the wake of systemic homophobic and sexual abe wh the league, which the Athletic first reported on 2021. 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.
DAME KELLY HOLM: OLYMPIC CHAMPN ANNOUNC SHE IS GAY - AND KEPT HIDN FOR 34 YEARS
The associatn’s cisn prompted some fans and athlet — cludg the first openly gay major league soccer player — to speak out.
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Dame Kelly Holm has announced she is gay, and says she has hidn for 34 years. Speakg durg Pri month, the two-time Olympic gold medallist said she realised she was gay at the age of 17 after kissg a fellow female soldier, and that her fay and iends have known sce Olympic champn told the Sunday Mirror: "I need to do this now, for me. "The 52-year-old also revealed she stggled wh her mental health bee of havg to hi her sexualy, and that she had to keep several same-sex relatnships she had durg her time the Women's Royal Army Corps secret, for fear of beg urts 2000, was illegal for gay, lbian and bisexual people to serve the Brish Army, Royal Navy and RAF - and Dame Kelly feared she would still face repercsns for breakg that law durg her time the ntacted a ary LGBTQ+ lear 2020 to fd out if she uld be sanctned for breakg army l and was told she would not said: "I felt like I uld breathe aga, one ltle ll uld have saved 28 years of heartache.