Gay girl’s gui to the 2023 Women’s World Cup - Outsports

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A rerd number of out LGBTQ players make this year’s tournament a feast for gay fans.

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A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL 40 OUT GAY PLAYERS THE NWSL

It's the send year of wrg about all of the gay players the NWSL! Wh the league kickg off this weekend, I've updated the post wh all of the latt and greatt teams and players. As someone who eply lov followg sports for the storyle, knowg which players are openly gay giv me immense… * gay wsl players *

It’s the send year of wrg about all of the gay players the NWSL! As someone who eply lov followg sports for the storyle, knowg which players are openly gay giv me immense joy.

A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP

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There are, unfortunately, fewer out gay players the league this year than last year, but that n always change over the urse of the season! Angel Cy is one of five teams wh five gay players on this year.

Their only gay player is Meredh Speck, om what I n tell, which mak them not that fun to follow! I am vastated to announce that spe havg lbian legend Rachel Daly on the team last year, this year the Dash have no gay players. Chloe Logarzo and her wife typilly pack their Instagram feeds wh gay ntent, Mallory Weber has the world’s most adorable dog, and Adrianna Franch and her wife are adorable!

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

Kev Maxen, a ach wh the Jacksonville Jaguars, has bee the first male ach a major US-based profsnal league to e out as gay. | ITV Natnal News * gay wsl players *

This team may not be great to follow om a soccer standpot, but om a gay standpot they’re up there. While this team has gotten signifintly ls gay the offseason, on-Field romance lovers don’t spair, bee teammat Carrie Lawrence and Marta are together.

There’s only one gay player on this team, Anna Heilferty. World-cup-wng legend and LGBTQI advote Megan Rapoe famoly said, “you n’t w a champnship whout gays on your team – ’s never been done before, ever.

A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL 61 OUT GAY PLAYERS THE WOMEN’S FOOTBALL PREMIER LEAGUE

Wele to the gayt league all of women's ternatnal sports, or so I believe: the premier league. Women's football (soccer) the US is known for beg slightly on the straighter si, but the exact oppose is te Europe. While makg my WNBA list and NWSL list, there are about double as many… * gay wsl players *

Vivianne is out and proud, and has been vol the past about homophobia the game. Speakg on gay players the game, Stok told The Guardian, “It’s hontly not somethg I gave too much thought to [g out]. I didn’t do the post to say: ‘I’m gay, I’m here, I’ve arrived’.

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.

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. Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted when the then-St Louis Rams selected him 2021, Carl Nassib, then wh the Las Vegas Rairs, beme the first active NFL player to e out publicly. GAY TIMES looks at how the prevalence of queer players women’s football may spire posive change throughout the footballg world.

JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT

In May, Blackpool F.C midfielr Jake Daniels beme the UK’s first openly gay active male profsnal footballer and, earlier this month, Brazilian referee Igor Benevenuto beme the first FIFA-ranked referee football history to e out as gay.

As the Lns prepare to face the fals of the 2022 Women’s UEFA Euros wh seven openly queer players their squad alone, GAY TIMES asks: how is women’s football helpg LGBTQ+ cln wh the sport as a whole? Ever sce Bend Like Beckham teased queer fans wh s homoerotic subtext, the lk between lbians and women’s football has been strong.

This rgs te for Rosie Hall, a lbian and lifelong Arsenal fan, who tells GAY TIMES that is the muny that women’s football offers that she most cherish.

JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH AND NDNG ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

“As a woman – let alone a gay woman – I feel a b judged gog to men’s gam,” says Rosie. Profsor Rory Magrath, a rearcher of homophobia and masculy, explas how this newns may be a potential reason for the creased LGBTQ+ reprentatn wh the women’s game.

Whereas the FA was found 1863, over 100 years before homosexualy was crimalised the UK. While the women’s game has faced s own unique challeng and rtrictns, cludg a 50 year ban om the FA, s growth a climate where 1 5 people believe homosexualy is wrong (figur om 2010) pared to 1 2 thirty years earlier has ma LGBTQ+ cln easier wh the sport. Speakg about the FA’s 2012 anti-homophobia scheme ‘Openg doors and jog ’, Profsor Magrath explas his hance to attribute the advancements LGBTQ+ cln football to the work of football erng anisatns.

“Its failure to be aquately high profile and s failure to put a set plan place that tells people what to do if they wns or enunter a negative or discrimatory experience si a football stadium are what most people took issue wh.” He adds: “I’ve also been cril of that policy for s nflatn, nflated the men’s and the women’s game, nflated the lbian, gay, bisexual and trans experienc where, of urse, we know they are different.”. “The sport is alg wh a range of issu,” she tells GAY TIMES, referencg the var problems of both sexism and homophobia, “but I thk mpaigns like this give a ph the right directn to create a safer space for LGBTQ+ fans and players football, whether they’re out the closet or not.”.

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