<p>Sheffield Wednday's Darren Purse tells Donald McRae how football still seems unable to pe wh openly gay players</p>
Contents:
- TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE 'THE CROWD ROOM' DEFEND BY FANS
- A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
- JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN RECEIV OVERWHELMG SUPPORT AFTER G OUT AS GAY
TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE 'THE CROWD ROOM' DEFEND BY FANS
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A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
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The 33-year-old pta of Sheffield Wednday, a former England Unr-21 ternatnal who has played the Premier League and for six different clubs, is not about to lnch a mpaign agast homophobia football.
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JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN RECEIV OVERWHELMG SUPPORT AFTER G OUT AS GAY
But if you're gay you n hi and keep bottled up. "Gareth "Alfie" Thomas is Bra's only high-profile gay sportsman. "This week the fdgs of a rearch study to homophobia football were released by Staffordshire Universy.
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God knows how they would react to a gay player. Look what happened to Sol Campbell [swamped by homophobic sults whenever he played for Arsenal agast Spurs].