Gay cricketers won’t e out until 'stigma' is tackled, boss warned

Contents:

• OPENLY GAY CRICKETERS
• STEVEN DAVI BEME THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PROFSNAL CRICKETER - AND HAS NEVER BEEN HAPPIER
• GAY CRICKETERS WON’T E OUT UNTIL ‘STIGMA’ IS KNOCKED FOR SIX, BOSS WARNED
• YOU WILL BE SHOCKED TO KNOW THE INDIAN CRICKETERS ARE GAYS!
• HOW MANY OPENLY GAY MLB PLAYERS HAVE BEEN THERE? HONORG LGBTQ INS OF BASEBALL ON PRI NIGHT

OPENLY GAY CRICKETERS

Are there any openly gay cricketers playg today? Or any openly gay retired cricketers for that matter? If 's an unnfirmed report then the player isn't openly gay is he?

Perhaps I word my post clumsily - the player ncerned, as I unrstand , is known to be gay throughout the game, well his own drsg room at least so to that extent is openly so - but the prs eher don't know, don't re, or, hopefully, jt don't thk s important enough to mentn - though I doubt the latter tbh.

BTW I prume the OP was referrg to openly gay male cricketers rather than femal.

STEVEN DAVI BEME THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PROFSNAL CRICKETER - AND HAS NEVER BEEN HAPPIER

Partly I reckon - and here I am guilty of a whoppg great assumptn - that cricket is a sport that is ls likely to attract gay men than many sports, and more likely to attract gay women. Perhaps the more important factor is that there seems to be much ls of a taboo about gay women sport than gay men, so more women than men feel happy to be "out".

I've heard mors about him beg gay but never seen them e om a legimate source. I've always thought there's ls of a taboo about gay men than women most walks of life, but sport don't seem that way. Gay men are much ls accepted than gay women almost every area IMO.

GAY CRICKETERS WON’T E OUT UNTIL ‘STIGMA’ IS KNOCKED FOR SIX, BOSS WARNED

People feel a lot more unfortable around gay guys than gay girls.

Shane Warne may wear masra but his not gay. If I was gay, Lee would be numero uno. Steven Davi is the first cricketer to e out as gay and says footballers fear that qutn Published: 23:31 BST, 4 May 2013 | Updated: 23:53 BST, 4 May 2013 Steven Davi do not nsir himself brave.

But when the Surrey and England wicketkeeper beme the first profsnal cricketer to state publicly that he is gay he adms that he feared he would bee a figure of years later, the 26-year-old says he has never been happier. He is ntent his cisn and ready to rurrect his ternatnal the week that basketball star Jason Colls beme the first man playg a major Amerin team sport to clare that he was gay, Davi spoke to The Mail on Sunday about his own experience of openg up about his sexualy, his iendship wh pop star Sir Elton John — and his hope that one day soon a current profsnal footballer will follow his lead.

YOU WILL BE SHOCKED TO KNOW THE INDIAN CRICKETERS ARE GAYS!

’In Febary former Leeds Uned footballer Robbie Rogers did adm to beg gay, but only after announcg his retirement om the sport. ‘I’d tell any young guy who knows they are gay and is nsirg a reer profsnal sport that tim are changg and thgs are gettg a lot easier. ‘Elton would be on Skype to Johnny Depp and one time I walked to the sue and Elton was there havg ffee wh Coldplay, ’ said beme iends wh Sir Elton after the sger wrote to him followg his cisn to reveal that he was gay, the first top English cricketer to take the step.

Devastated: Davi (left) was cshed by the ath of Tom Maynard (centre) Pneer: NBA star Jason Colls me out, beg the first openly gay active player major sports 'They said seeg me do had given them strength to do and they were so much happier. ’VIEWS FROM OTHER SPORTSFOOTBALLVeteran gay rights mpaigner Peter Tatchell says the Football Associatn mt give a stronger and more public lead the game’s efforts to bat 92 Premier League and Football League clubs signed a ernment charter agast homophobia last year, and the thori are phg the clubs to adopt more active Tatchell, who has lobbied the FA for actn agast for more than 20 years, says the are ‘low-key and almost visible mov and not real actn’ add: ‘The FA should be givg a stronger, more public lead. ‘The Football Associatn are dog good grassroots work, to te agast homophobia at unty and junr league level.

HOW MANY OPENLY GAY MLB PLAYERS HAVE BEEN THERE? HONORG LGBTQ INS OF BASEBALL ON PRI NIGHT

There have been no high-profile FA mpaigns to challenge anti-gay chants. Three years ago the FA approved the makg of an anti-homophobia vio but then refed to promote . ’So far 56 clubs have signed up to an FA scheme lnched Febary and aimed at gettg all clubs actively volved anti-homophobia iativ.