Phuti Lekoloane, Ai's first openly gay male footballer, talks to Mambaonle about g out the macho football world.
Contents:
- HERE ARE EIGHT OUT AND PROUD MALE GAY FOOTBALLERS
- 20 INSPIRG GAY AND LBIAN FOOTBALL (SOCCER) PLAYERS
- LIST OF SOUTH AIN GAY ACTORS – PICTUR
- THIS IS PHUTI LEKOLOANE – SOUTH AI’S FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE FOOTBALLER
- GAY SOUTH AIN SOCCER PLAYER: ‘MY SEXUALY HAS ROBBED ME OF MY REER’
- MEET PORTIA MODISE, AI'S HIGHT GOALSRER AND FIANT GAY IN
- WHERE ARE THE GAY SOUTH AIN SPORTSMEN?
HERE ARE EIGHT OUT AND PROUD MALE GAY FOOTBALLERS
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20 INSPIRG GAY AND LBIAN FOOTBALL (SOCCER) PLAYERS
Football goalkeeper Phuti Lekoloane [he/him], 30, is the only rerd out gay male footballer South Ai to play at a high level. He says beg out has severely damaged his reer. * gay south african footballers *
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LIST OF SOUTH AIN GAY ACTORS – PICTUR
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Here are eight of some of the most well-known out-and-proud gay footballers.
THIS IS PHUTI LEKOLOANE – SOUTH AI’S FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE FOOTBALLER
South Ain soccer player Phuti Lekoloane has revealed that g out as gay 2015 almost put an end to his reer due to homophobia sport. * gay south african footballers *
Consired the first openly gay male Ain soccer player, Lekoloane me out publicly 2015. The South Ain player acknowledg that most of his teammat accepted his sexualy, however, he has faced homophobic slurs om opposg teams.
He also said that he has met several closeted gay soccer players Ai, where homosexualy is crimalised several untri. I don’t wish the hostily I felt on anyone, bee not everyone n survive homophobia a sport like football, ” he told MambaOnle recently.
GAY SOUTH AIN SOCCER PLAYER: ‘MY SEXUALY HAS ROBBED ME OF MY REER’
In Febary 2013, Amerin soccer player Robbie Rogers me out as gay.
On 21 May 2017, he beme the first openly gay male footballer to play at Wembley. “My advice to a young gay footballer at any level or any standard is jt to be themselv, ” Davis said that same year. The Atralian plays for Alai Uned Football Club and has been the victim of shameful homophobic abe om game-goers and on social media.
MEET PORTIA MODISE, AI'S HIGHT GOALSRER AND FIANT GAY IN
In May 2022, Jake Daniels me out at the age of 17 an open letter on the Blackpool Football Club’s webse, beg at that time the UK’s only openly gay active male profsnal footballer. He also acknowledged that “beg gay, or bi or queer men’s football is still a taboo” and that he is likely to face some gree of homophobia the sport.
After stgglg wh his sexualy for years, he me as gay September 2022, makg him the first openly gay player Sttish football sce Jt Fashanu. As the World Cup go on a untry where homosexualy is illegal, many global football fans are havg to reckon wh the sports' soccer remas one of the most popular sports around the world, very few players have been able to e out and enjoy a succsful reer afterwards.
Gay players face prsure om teammat, ownership, ach, and fans over their are some of the men who have e out, fightg those stereotyp, and pavg the way for LGBTQ+ athlet who e after them. Atralian striker Andy Brennan me out as gay 2019, beg the first out gay Atralian male footballer. He me out 2011, and won the seventh season of Swedish realy show Let's Dance, beg the first out gay person to w.
WHERE ARE THE GAY SOUTH AIN SPORTSMEN?
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