Gay cricketers won’t e out until 'stigma' is knocked for six, Sam Schofield has warned the England and Wal Cricket Board.
Contents:
- STEVEN DAVI BEME THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PROFSNAL CRICKETER - AND HAS NEVER BEEN HAPPIER
- GAY CRICKETERS WON’T E OUT UNTIL ‘STIGMA’ IS KNOCKED FOR SIX, BOSS WARNED
- STEVEN DAVI REVEALS HE IS GAY
- CRICKET BACKS STEVEN DAVI AFTER PLAYER ANNOUNC HE IS GAY
- 'BRAVE' CRICKETER DAVI REVEALS HE IS GAY
- FORMER NEW ZEALAND PACER HEATH DAVIS PUBLICLY COM OUT AS GAY
STEVEN DAVI BEME THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PROFSNAL CRICKETER - AND HAS NEVER BEEN HAPPIER
Steven Davi do not nsir himself brave. But when the Surrey and England wicketkeeper beme the first profsnal cricketer to state publicly that he is gay he adms that he feared he would bee a figure of hate. * davies gay cricketer *
Steven Davi is the first cricketer to e out as gay and says footballers fear that qutn Published: 23:31 BST, 4 May 2013 | Updated: 23:53 BST, 4 May 2013 Steven Davi do not nsir himself brave. But when the Surrey and England wicketkeeper beme the first profsnal cricketer to state publicly that he is gay he adms that he feared he would bee a figure of years later, the 26-year-old says he has never been happier.
He is ntent his cisn and ready to rurrect his ternatnal the week that basketball star Jason Colls beme the first man playg a major Amerin team sport to clare that he was gay, Davi spoke to The Mail on Sunday about his own experience of openg up about his sexualy, his iendship wh pop star Sir Elton John — and his hope that one day soon a current profsnal footballer will follow his lead. ’In Febary former Leeds Uned footballer Robbie Rogers did adm to beg gay, but only after announcg his retirement om the sport. ‘I’d tell any young guy who knows they are gay and is nsirg a reer profsnal sport that tim are changg and thgs are gettg a lot easier.
‘Elton would be on Skype to Johnny Depp and one time I walked to the sue and Elton was there havg ffee wh Coldplay, ’ said beme iends wh Sir Elton after the sger wrote to him followg his cisn to reveal that he was gay, the first top English cricketer to take the step.
GAY CRICKETERS WON’T E OUT UNTIL ‘STIGMA’ IS KNOCKED FOR SIX, BOSS WARNED
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Devastated: Davi (left) was cshed by the ath of Tom Maynard (centre) Pneer: NBA star Jason Colls me out, beg the first openly gay active player major sports 'They said seeg me do had given them strength to do and they were so much happier. ’VIEWS FROM OTHER SPORTSFOOTBALLVeteran gay rights mpaigner Peter Tatchell says the Football Associatn mt give a stronger and more public lead the game’s efforts to bat 92 Premier League and Football League clubs signed a ernment charter agast homophobia last year, and the thori are phg the clubs to adopt more active Tatchell, who has lobbied the FA for actn agast for more than 20 years, says the are ‘low-key and almost visible mov and not real actn’ add: ‘The FA should be givg a stronger, more public lead. ‘The Football Associatn are dog good grassroots work, to te agast homophobia at unty and junr league level.
There have been no high-profile FA mpaigns to challenge anti-gay chants.
Three years ago the FA approved the makg of an anti-homophobia vio but then refed to promote . ’So far 56 clubs have signed up to an FA scheme lnched Febary and aimed at gettg all clubs actively volved anti-homophobia iativ.
STEVEN DAVI REVEALS HE IS GAY
England and Surrey wicketkeeper Steven Davi has received support om senr figur throughout the game after revealg he is gay * davies gay cricketer *
The FA are also arrangg meetgs next month wh clubs whose fans were mentned a dossier piled by Brighton about homophobic abe at their gam. (pictured below: Robbie Fowler apologised for gay tnts he directed at Graeme Le Sx) WOMEN'S SPORTEngland pta Casey Stoney believ women’s football has a far more mature attu to homosexualy than the men’s game.
Men’s football remas the last major team sport the UK wh no openly gay players, whereas the women’s game has a number of high-profile lbian of them, 30-year-old Stoney, 30, has won 109 ps for England and not enuntered any hostily, and she believ is time for men’s football clubs and fans alike to take rponsibilty for changg ‘prehistoric’ attus. ‘Havg spoken to a lot of male profsnal players, the one issue that keeps croppg up is the amount of grief an openly gay player might get om fans, ’ she says.
I know recently there was the Football v Homophobia mpaign and was disappotg to hear that some clubs almost refed to take part that. ‘Homophobia was rife society not so long ago, but I believe the man and woman on the street have changed their thought procs — and is time football ught up, pecially the men’s game.
CRICKET BACKS STEVEN DAVI AFTER PLAYER ANNOUNC HE IS GAY
Steve Davi was ngratulated by prent and former players after announcg he is gay * davies gay cricketer *
’(below left) Casey Stoney, who says men's clubs need to change prehistoric attus RUGBY UNIONOpenly gay referee Nigel Owens received wispread support om si and outsi gby unn and has no regrets about his cisn to e out six years feared abe om fans and had even attempted suici, but spe some fans ‘ocsnally over-steppg the mark’ he sists his experience has been almost totally posive. ‘I agonised over whether to e out bee back then there were no openly gay sportsmen or women profsnal gby or any other team sports, ’ he said.
'BRAVE' CRICKETER DAVI REVEALS HE IS GAY
’Owens has spoken to gay footballers who are nsirg gog public about their sexualy and believ is a only matter of time before someone tak the step.
’(below centre) Openly gay gby referee Nigel Owens. Cricketer Steve Davi is the first and only English male pro to e out as gay.
Gay cricket ach and activist Sam Schofield has cricised the England and Wal Cricket Board (ECB) for “lettg down” the LGBTQ+ muny. After Jake Daniels beme England’s first pro male footballer to e out as gay more than three s, Schofield spoke of the need for more LGBTQ+ role mols cricket.
FORMER NEW ZEALAND PACER HEATH DAVIS PUBLICLY COM OUT AS GAY
Comparatively, the women’s divisn has players like Natalie Sciver and Kathere Bnt, an openly gay cricketer uple.