Here are eight out and PROUD male gay footballers

OPN: WHY A-LEAGUE FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO G OUT AS GAY IS BIG NEWS
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JOSH CAVALLO BE ONE OF THE FEW PROFSNAL MEN'S FOOTBALLERS TO E OUT AS GAY
HEATH DAVIS BE FIRST MALE NEW ZEALAND CRICKETER TO E OUT AS GAY
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HERE ARE EIGHT OUT AND PROUD MALE GAY FOOTBALLERS

OPN: WHY A-LEAGUE FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO G OUT AS GAY IS BIG NEWS

The striker, who beme the first openly gay profsnal men's footballer 1990, fished his reer wh Miramar Rangers Wellgton 1997. * gay new zealand footballer *

As Jim Kay wrote this month's NZ Rugby World magaze, beg gay gby is "so rare" that there is yet to be a openly gay profsnal gby-playg man. Before the release of this month's edn of the magaze, Kay spoke to Chiefs and All Blacks halfback Brad Weber, who believ is virtually impossible for a gay man to make to the top of the sport, not bee they aren't good enough, but bee the game will have driven them out by then. Weber says the language ed schools and clubs, and the culture reflects, would drive out even the most talented man, if they were stgglg wh their sexualy or if they knew they were gay.

By speakg out, Asie footballer Cavallo has shown everyone his termatn and pri himself got him through years of fightg the normalised homophobia the sportg world. Cavallo says he "was ashamed I'd never be able to do what I love and be gay".

A study on sexualy sport entled 'Out on the Fields' claims 78 percent of sportg participants wns or experience homophobia sport. More than half of gay men, nearly 50 percent of lbians and 27 percent of straight men say they have personally experienced homophobia a sportg environment, but here's one statistic that needs to change before any others will.

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How the first openly gay profsnal men’s footballer — one of England’s most headle-grabbg stars of the 80s and 90s — end his reer playg for a Wellgton club si New Zealand’s summer league. * gay new zealand footballer *

Twenty percent of gay men do not play youth team sports, wh 55 percent of them sayg negative experienc school PE class turned them off team sports or they feared they would be bullied. Twenty-ne percent of gay youth fear discrimatn om ach and officials. A staggerg 76 percent believe an openly gay, lbian or bisexual person would not be very safe as a spectator at a sportg event.

JOSH CAVALLO BE ONE OF THE FEW PROFSNAL MEN'S FOOTBALLERS TO E OUT AS GAY

The Alai Uned midfielr announced that he was gay a vio posted to the team's Twter acunt Tuday. * gay new zealand footballer *

At an All Blacks game last year, I got to a discsn wh a fellow spectator, who sisted on referrg to thgs as "so gay". Openly gay gby player Gareth Thomas beaten homophobic Cardiff attack.

Ne-year-old boy di after homophobic bullyg om classmat. There was only so far one uld go wh all the bullyg and homophobic mentary. I'm a lot olr now and I'm a fan of many thgs that some would say are the oppose of "so gay".

"I'm sure there are thoands of gay fans of the sports, but none of them are out and proud on the field. One day, there may be an 'out' All Black, who chang men's gby culture here New Zealand too, but until then, let's celebrate Cavallo, a footballer, who is proud to be gay. He went on to bee Bra’s first £1 ln black footballer but remas bt known to this day as the first openly gay men’s profsnal week marks 25 years sce Fashanu’s ath.

HEATH DAVIS BE FIRST MALE NEW ZEALAND CRICKETER TO E OUT AS GAY

Former New Zealand Tt player Heath Davis has bee the untry’s first male ternatnal cricketer to publicly speak about beg gay * gay new zealand footballer *

Although he certaly had his flaws, the admissn he had tried to sell fake stori to a natnal newspaper about alleged gay relatnships wh MPs st him his job at Sttish si Hearts, his eight months New Zealand passed whout sndal. Not only did Fashanu suffer homophobia om members of the UK prs and football fanbase, but he also faced om his own managers. He is often held up as the example of why there are so few openly gay male footballers.

Ined, is strikg that took until roughly a year ago for Blackpool youngster Jake Daniels to bee the next profsnal male UK active footballer to e out as gay, 32 years sce Fashanu beme the first and prev Fashanu’s time New Zealand appears to have been void of the bigotry that had plagued large parts of his time the former teammate and All Whe David Chote tails, was simply a non-issue the sheds at Miramar. He was acced of the alleged sexual asslt of a 17-year-old Ellit Cy, Howard a state where homosexualy was still illegal, Fashanu nied the May 2 1998, 14 months after his time New Zealand me to an end, Fashanu, 37, was ad. How the first openly gay profsnal men’s footballer — one of England’s most headle-grabbg stars of the 80s and 90s — end his reer playg for a Wellgton club si New Zealand’s summer league.

He remas bt known, however, as the first openly gay profsnal men’s footballer, g out publicly 1990.

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Although he wasn’t always entirely blamels — the admissn he had tried to sell fake stori to a natnal newspaper about alleged gay relatnships wh MPs had st him his job at Sttish club Hearts 1994 — Fashanu had bee a mag for negative prs verage sce g out 1990. Not only did Fashanu suffer homophobia om members of the UK prs and football supporters, he also faced om his own managers. He is often ced as an example of why there are so few openly gay male footballers.

Ined, took more than three s for the UK’s next active profsnal male footballer to e out as gay. In a state where homosexualy was still illegal, Fashanu nied the allegatns and ma a hasty return to England.