Gay cricketers won’t e out until 'stigma' is knocked for six, Sam Schofield has warned the England and Wal Cricket Board.
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- GAY CRICKETERS WON’T E OUT UNTIL ‘STIGMA’ IS KNOCKED FOR SIX, BOSS WARNED
- FORMER NEW ZEALAND PACER HEATH DAVIS PUBLICLY COM OUT AS GAY
- GAY ATRALIAN CRICKETERS
- YOU WILL BE SHOCKED TO KNOW THE INDIAN CRICKETERS ARE GAYS!
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GAY CRICKETERS WON’T E OUT UNTIL ‘STIGMA’ IS KNOCKED FOR SIX, BOSS WARNED
Cricketer Steve Davi is the first and only English male pro to e out as gay.
Gay cricket ach and activist Sam Schofield has cricised the England and Wal Cricket Board (ECB) for “lettg down” the LGBTQ+ muny.
FORMER NEW ZEALAND PACER HEATH DAVIS PUBLICLY COM OUT AS GAY
After Jake Daniels beme England’s first pro male footballer to e out as gay more than three s, Schofield spoke of the need for more LGBTQ+ role mols cricket. Comparatively, the women’s divisn has players like Natalie Sciver and Kathere Bnt, an openly gay cricketer uple.
And this XI all have one thg mon – they are gay. Set up 1996 wh the aim of providg an “opportuny for people to watch and play cricket irrpective of genr or sexual orientatn, ” a world where beg gay wasn’t always accepted, Grac have bee a haven for people to e to terms wh their sexualy while also allowg them to play cricket.
They’ve often e om societi where is illegal to be gay and the opportuny to meet like-md dividuals is somethg that Sam Nimaiyar, who was born India, has valued immensely.
GAY ATRALIAN CRICKETERS
But for Chris Sherwood – the club’s prs and publicy officer – beg able to play cricket and not stand out for beg gay is one of Grac’ unique appeal.
“It’s nice not to be ‘the gay one, ’” Sherwood said. “I always feel like if I was a straight team, ’s like ‘oh Chris, he’s the gay one’ and then I have to e out.
“This is the reason ’s difficult for people to e out bee there’s all this banter about gay beg lser somehow and to sudnly go ‘that’s me, I’m gay, ’ ’s que a difficult thg to do. Modi moved om India to the UK 2004 and although he had known he was gay for the prev 18 months, he’d never had any gay relatnships. Upon movg to London, a batn of his membership at Grac, his new gay iends and his ex-boyiend – whom he still creds for much of the posive aspects of his life – Modi cid to e out to the most important person his life – his dad.
YOU WILL BE SHOCKED TO KNOW THE INDIAN CRICKETERS ARE GAYS!
In tradnal Indian culture, where arranged marriag are often the norm, to have an openly gay relative would harm a fay’s abily to attract potentially prospero spo. Although is timated that the law change affected 104 ln gay Indians, is still not monplace to be openly gay Indian society.