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• JAKE DANIELS BE FIRST UK MALE FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY SCE 1990
• PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLERS OPENLY GAY RELATNSHIP AMID WORLD CUP NTROVERSY
• FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER ANNOUNC ROLE NEW RUPL'S DRAG RACE SERI
• GIANT MURAL ON NORWICH PUB HONOURS JT FASHANU, ENGLAND'S FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER
• JAKE DANIELS: BLACKPOOL FORWARD BE UK'S FIRST ACTIVE MALE PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER TO E OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
• STLAND'S ONLY OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER ON BREAKG STEREOTYP AND HIS OWN LIBERATN
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN IS FIRST AMERIN MALE PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• 17-YEAR-OLD SOCCER PLAYER OUT, BEG THE UK'S ONLY OPENLY GAY PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER
• GAY PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLER 'VERY LIKELY' TO E OUT NEXT YEAR, SAYS JT FASHANU'S NIECE
• AT LEAST 20 FOOTBALLERS PREMIER LEAGUE AND CHAMPNSHIP ARE GAY BUT THEY'RE AAID TO E OUT SAYS EX-CLUB BOSS

JAKE DANIELS BE FIRST UK MALE FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY SCE 1990

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.

PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLERS OPENLY GAY RELATNSHIP AMID WORLD CUP NTROVERSY

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”.

This is a hot topic particularly bee the host natn, Qatar, is known to crimalise homosexual relatns. Now, has been revealed that two Premier League teammat are a gay 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, World Cup ambassador Khalid Salman ed outrage last week after sayg that beg gay is tantamount to havg "damage the md. 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.

FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER ANNOUNC ROLE NEW RUPL'S DRAG RACE SERI

There are mours about other gay players, but remas to be seen if they will e out publicly while still nversatns about the topic will surely ntue to the World Cup, pecially wh thoands of spectators flockg to Qatar to enjoy the event. Alai Uned midfielr Josh Cavallo is the first openly gay footballer after g out October 2021Josh is jog the Ru Pl's Drag Race stThe first famo footballer to e out at openly gay is set to take on a role a new Ru Pl's Drag Race seri.

Josh Cavallo, who is a midfielr for Alai Uned, me out as gay October 2021 and is due to feature on season three of RuPl's Drag Race Down Unr. He is the first profsnal player to e out as gay who is playg top-flight football the world. "As the only openly gay male profsnal footballer currently playg top-flight football the world, I'm a big fan of embracg your te self, but for many sport and the queer muny this is really difficult to do.

GIANT MURAL ON NORWICH PUB HONOURS JT FASHANU, ENGLAND'S FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER

" Josh me out as gay October 2021 via social media. I am proud to publicly announce that I'm gay.

Josh explaed that he thought g out as gay might have a "negative impact" on his reer. He hoped that g out would mean that other footballers who are gay would feel they "they're not alone". A giant mural of England's first openly gay footballer has been unveiled on the si of a Fashanu remas the only male profsnal player to nfirm he was homosexual - amid fears he would be "outed" by a natnal newspaper 1990 - and was ducted to the footballg Hall of Fame spe now beg seen as an spiratn the fight agast homophobia and discrimatn sport, the proud Canary took his own life 1998 - wrg his suici note that beg gay and a personaly was "so hard" former Norwich Cy striker, who beme the UK's first black £1m player when he was sold to Nottgham Fort, ntu to be seen as a legend at the Norfolk Champnship "wonr strike" agast Liverpool at Carrow Road 1980 went on to w Match of the Day's goal of the season now his face has taken pri of place on the si of a Canari supporters pub.

A mural of former Norwich Cy player Jt Fashanu, England's first openly gay footballer, has appeared on the Fat Cat and Canary. Great player, sred an amazg goal, the first £1m black player, me out as gay, " he said. There was a lot of homophobia the prs and media and he was hound for the fact that he me out as beg gay.

JAKE DANIELS: BLACKPOOL FORWARD BE UK'S FIRST ACTIVE MALE PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER TO E OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

"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. I n't really put a date on , but I was probably five or six years old when I knew I was gay.

Zanr Murray signs for Bonnyrigg Rose to bee only openly gay player SPFL.

Jake Daniels: England's only openly gay active footballer reveals Tom Daley spired him to e out. Jt Fashanu: LGBTQ+ Norwich fan group raisg money to stall statue of first openly gay footballer. At that age you don't really thk that football and beg gay don't mix.

STLAND'S ONLY OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER ON BREAKG STEREOTYP AND HIS OWN LIBERATN

In school people even ed to ask me: "Are you sure you aren't gay? It's been subject of beg gay, or bi or queer men's football is still a taboo.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN IS FIRST AMERIN MALE PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

And people see beg gay as beg weak, somethg you n be picked on for on the football field.

Of urse I am aware that there will be a reactn to this and some of will be homophobic, maybe a stadium and on social 's an easy thg for people to target.

Football v Homophobia: "Football v Homophobia would like to ngratulate Jake on takg this step to share his thentic self the men's profsnal game, pecially at such a young age.

17-YEAR-OLD SOCCER PLAYER OUT, BEG THE UK'S ONLY OPENLY GAY PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER

"There have prevly been players who felt that they had no place the game as out gay men durg their playg reers, but Jake is showg the world that you n be yourself.

To e out publicly as the first openly gay player men's profsnal football the UK the last 30 years tak urage. After three s of verg up and nyg his te sexualy, the striker was now the first openly gay Sttish footballer.

GAY PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLER 'VERY LIKELY' TO E OUT NEXT YEAR, SAYS JT FASHANU'S NIECE

Durg lockdown the Lowland League striker bge-watched It’s A S, the Channel 4 seri wrten by Rsell T Davi, pictg the life of gay men durg the AIDS crisis 1980s affected by what he saw, he end a heterosexual relatnship wh a girliend shortly April 2021, he felt ready to divulge who he really was to iends and fay. They put gay guys a pk box wh bows on. ‘You n be gay and like fba’.

’ The Gala Fairyan Rovers star beme the first senr Sttish footballer to reveal he is gayStereotyp around homosexualy are only slightly more mon than stereotyp around football fans. Regard as a rough-and-ready, macho, workg-class sport, Murray stayed the closet as long as he did for fear of the likely reactn of supporters and Airdrie and Hearts striker Jt Fashanu was the last openly gay player the Sttish game the 1990s. The omerta surroundg homosexualy wh the natnal game was fally shattered when Blackpool striker Jake Daniels me out earlier this year.

AT LEAST 20 FOOTBALLERS PREMIER LEAGUE AND CHAMPNSHIP ARE GAY BUT THEY'RE AAID TO E OUT SAYS EX-CLUB BOSS

‘There are gay footballers Stland. I want to get to a day where a gay footballer is no longer natnal news. We have to get to a pot where gay players n s a drsg room after a game and say: “I’m gog out for a few drks wh my boyiend” and no one bats an eyelid.

‘I thought: “Oh no, what if they fd out I’m gay?

’Recently appoted a diversy champn for gay rights group Stonewall, Murray is an experienced reers advisor and will e those skills to give talks schools. ‘Sce I went public, I’ve had many olr men e up to me and say: “My nephew’s gay.