In season 3 episo 3, Ted Lasso troduced s first major gay storyle. Can be a force for good the real world?
Contents:
- TED LASSO SEASON 3'S GAY FOOTBALLER STORYLE HAS ARRIVED AT JT THE RIGHT TIME
- “TED LASSO” JT REVEALED THAT THIS CHARACTER IS GAY AND CLOSETED
- THE LATT EPISO OF ‘TED LASSO’ IS GAY, GAY, GAY AND MORE GAY
TED LASSO SEASON 3'S GAY FOOTBALLER STORYLE HAS ARRIVED AT JT THE RIGHT TIME
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This mak him the perfect foil for the tensn of Col’s sexualy, and an ial readg is that Isaac, the only player on Richmond to know that Col is gay, isn’t fortable around his teammate.
It’s here where everythg explos, when a fan yells a homophobic slur at the team as they ex the field. What if one of was gay?
“TED LASSO” JT REVEALED THAT THIS CHARACTER IS GAY AND CLOSETED
Ted Lasso nfirmed a long-held fan theory that Richmond FC footballer Col is gay, but this week's episo largely ignored the storyle * ted lasso gay episode *
Isaac not beg told that Col was gay had absolutely nothg to do wh Isaac, but rather Col’s sense of self. We end their story wh Col and Isaac playg FIFA, as Issac peppers Col wh all sorts of qutns about what ’s like to be gay a locker room.
THE LATT EPISO OF ‘TED LASSO’ IS GAY, GAY, GAY AND MORE GAY
In the last eighteen months, at least three active footballers have e out as gay across the world: first Jake Cavallo Atralia, followed by Blackpool youth player Jake Daniels here England and, most recently, Czech ternatnal Jakub Jankto over Prague.
A groundswell of support for gay cln the sport has rultantly grown, wh active players and punds alike g out solidary and allyship: Daniels was celebrated by the lik of England pta Harry Kane and long-time Uned goalie David Gea; ahead of the ntroversial World Cup Qatar, France forward Antoe Griezmann lled homophobia not “an ia, [but] a crime. ”Wh around 550 active players the Premier League, 's a statistil likelihood that at least one player is gay, but no one has e out while playg England's top tier sce Jt Fashanu 1990, who endured hostily om the prs and died of suici eight years later.
The world has changed sce then, wh the vast majory of people England supportg gay rights, but g out as a top-drawer footballer — the first 33 years, not least — remas a fearful prospect. And what a thg that would be: an openly gay footballer the sypy fictn of Ted Lasso's Premier League before, y'know, the real-life one. Disregard as the product of imagative wokery all you like, but Ted Lasso season 3 is makg up for s historil lack of gay rep wh an arc that uld go some way further turng the real-world dial.