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The objects were chosen for cln the Dire, Love, Inty exhibn by Norfolk Herage Centre's young Communy Curators group bee of the challeng faced by Fashanu as a gay, Black profsnal footballer, and his spirg legacy. In October 1990 Fashanu me out as gay an terview wh The Sun newspaper, after which he suffered homophobic backlash.