"A massive step forward for gay players" - 2 Premier League teammat are reportedly a relatnship and uld reveal inti near future

Contents:

• 'I WOULDN'T FEEL SAFE AS A GAY CHELSEA PLAYER RIGHT NOW' - HOW THE BLU' LGBT+ FAN GROUP IS CHALLENGG -STADIUM ABE
• WHY THERE ARE STILL NO OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLERS THE PREMIER LEAGUE
• TWO PREMIER LEAGUE TEAMMAT ARE A RELATNSHIP AND OPEN ABOUT BEG A GAY UPLE
• WHO ARE THE ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP GAY FOOTBALLERS?
• CHELSEA FOOTBALLER RUBEN LOFT-CHEEK RPONDS TO GAY MOURS
• "A MASSIVE STEP FORWARD FOR GAY PLAYERS" - 2 PREMIER LEAGUE TEAMMAT ARE REPORTEDLY A RELATNSHIP AND ULD REVEAL INTI NEAR FUTURE
• CHELSEA’S RUBEN LOFT-CHEEK NI HE’S GAY, BUT SUPPORTS A PLAYER G OUT
• CHELSEA STAR RUBEN LOFT-CHEEK NI MOURS HE IS SET TO BEE PREMIER LEAGUE’S FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER

'I WOULDN'T FEEL SAFE AS A GAY CHELSEA PLAYER RIGHT NOW' - HOW THE BLU' LGBT+ FAN GROUP IS CHALLENGG -STADIUM ABE

Goal's seri of terviews wh supporters' groups reprentg gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr fans ntu at Stamford Are The Shed, a die-hard group of Chelsea season ticket holrs, may not be the most stereotypil alli to the LGBT+ muny,.

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WHY THERE ARE STILL NO OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLERS THE PREMIER LEAGUE

Chelsea pta Car Azpilicueta says he tackl ments that are "out of place" aimed at gay iends, addg that he wants to create a "safe environment" at Chelsea for LGBTQ+ players to feel wele at Stamford an exclive terview wh Chelsea's Pernille Harr and Magda Eriksson, Azpilicueta spoke to The HangOut - a llaboratn between Sky Sports and Ten To Media - about LGBTQ+ cln at the Blu. Megan Rapoe on The HangOutWSL table | Fixtur | RultsDownload the Sky Sports appAzpilicueta said: "I have iends that are gay and I would try to help a way that feels fortable.

Founr of Sports Media LGBT+ Jon Holm discs the posive reactn and outpour of support after Blackpool's Jake Daniels me out publicly as gay. Last year, Blackpool's Jake Daniels beme the UK's first active male profsnal footballer to e out publicly as gay sce Jt Fashanu 1990, while 2021 Alai Uned's Josh Cavallo also me whether this had been talked about the Chelsea drsg room, Azpilicueta revealed: "It was discsed bee, of urse, was big news. Almost a year after beg the first openly gay player men's profsnal football, Alai Uned midfielr Josh Cavallo spoke wh Tim Thornton about his life sce the announcement and how his cisn has helped to spire others.

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TWO PREMIER LEAGUE TEAMMAT ARE A RELATNSHIP AND OPEN ABOUT BEG A GAY UPLE

Fifa’s U-turn over the OneLove armband this week reflects a wir lack of support for gay players Brish football. Brish men’s football has never had an easy relatnship wh gay players.

Nearly 25 years after Jt Fashanu took his own life, followg years of homophobic abe, Brish football still has not had another openly gay player the top flight. The armband was never much of a gture, but would have been a small act of fiance at the tournament beg award to Qatar, where homosexualy is punishable by imprisonment and some s, ath. “Pathetic, ” said Blackpool forward Jake Daniels, the only out gay player the English league, on Instagram after hearg the news.

It was 32 years ago that Fashanu me out as the first openly gay profsnal footballer. Sce Fashanu’s ath, there have been untls iativ to stamp out homophobia the stands and support gay footballers. Former footballer Clarke Carlisle, a proment spokman for player welfare, said eight Premier League players had told him they were gay.

WHO ARE THE ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP GAY FOOTBALLERS?

Yet none the Premier League are out, and Daniels is the only out gay player the English league. “Football is a socially nservative world, ” says Ross Rais, whose novel, A Natural, is about a gay footballer. Consir the se of (heterosexual) Graeme Le Sx, who played for Chelsea and England the 1990s and 2000s and was brand “gay” for admtg he read The Guardian.

Fans tnted him wh homophobic chants and Liverpool striker Robbie Fowler famoly waggled his backsi at Le Sx durg a match. This week, Fifa is vtigatg the Ecuadorean fans over allegatns of homophobic chantg.

CHELSEA FOOTBALLER RUBEN LOFT-CHEEK RPONDS TO GAY MOURS

The clubs and the FA have ma efforts to improve the culture wh iativ such as Kick It Out, which mpaigns agast discrimatn and Football v Homophobia, backed by the FA, which offers support to fans, grassroots teams and top-level clubs.

"A MASSIVE STEP FORWARD FOR GAY PLAYERS" - 2 PREMIER LEAGUE TEAMMAT ARE REPORTEDLY A RELATNSHIP AND ULD REVEAL INTI NEAR FUTURE

Blackpool forward Jake Daniels is the only openly gay player the English league.

Even where men’s sport has had one or two high-profile gay players, as wh Gareth Thomas gby unn, they rema outliers. It will be a glor month to be a gay fan. Last time at the 2019 Women’s World Cup, the Netherlands lay claim to the honor of beg the team wh the most out LGBTQ players, but this year Atralia boasts 10 out players and overtak them for the tle of Gayt Team 2k23.

CHELSEA’S RUBEN LOFT-CHEEK NI HE’S GAY, BUT SUPPORTS A PLAYER G OUT

Ireland’s historic entry to the tournament marks another triumph for out midfielr Sead Farrelly, whose natnal team but and 2023 return to the NWSL e more than six years after retirg om soccer the wake of systemic homophobic and sexual abe wh the league, which the Athletic first reported on 2021. ExclivePublished: 20:30, 12 Nov 2022Updated: 11:28, 13 Nov 2022TWO Premier League players the same team are a relatnship — and open about beg a gay uple.

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And brave Blackpool player Jake Daniels, 17, revealed he was gay May after gag the acceptance of teammat. There was uproar this week when Qatari World Cup ambassador Khalid Salman scribed homosexualy as “a damage the md” an terview. England legend Gary Leker, 61, said last month he knows of “one or two” gay Premier League players who have been very close to g out.

CHELSEA STAR RUBEN LOFT-CHEEK NI MOURS HE IS SET TO BEE PREMIER LEAGUE’S FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER

A source said: “This uld be a massive step forward for gay players.

Speakg exclively to talkSPORT, Harr said: “I try to be open wh my relatnship wh Magda and young girls and boys n see that if you want to be a profsnal football player and you are gay, is possible.

I thk a lot of boys maybe stop playg football bee they don’t see themselv playg if they are gay.