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France striker Olivier Giroud said football has a long way om acceptg openly gay players the sport.

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'I WOULDN'T FEEL SAFE AS A GAY CHELSEA PLAYER RIGHT NOW' - HOW THE BLU' LGBT+ FAN GROUP IS CHALLENGG -STADIUM ABE

Two Premier League players are a uple and have e out as gay to their teammat, but not yet publicly. * gay players in chelsea *

Goal's seri of terviews wh supporters' groups reprentg gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr fans ntu at Stamford Are The Shed, a die-hard group of Chelsea season ticket holrs, may not be the most stereotypil alli to the LGBT+ muny,. The ‘Chelsea rent boys’ chant is a mon homophobic slur ed by supporters of rivals clubs when visg Stamford Bridge, and has been -opted by many Blu fans by way of fiance. It mak Brown immensely unfortable, and while ntu to be sung, she nnot see how LGBT+ fans of the club n be persuad to attend match – let alone for a gay player to e out.

“Go to a women’s game, very rarely will you hear homophobia. Goal"Governg bodi and the law need to change, so that if there is homophobia wh the stands, you n actually be prosecuted and banned jt the same way as you n for racism.

I’ve had homophobic abe directed at me, I know what ’s like. Two Premier League players are a uple and have e out as gay to their teammat, but not yet, reports suggt the Premier League footballers qutn uld e out a documentary currently productn wh Channel follows Gary Leker recently claimg he was aware of two Premier League players who were thkg of g out as gay soon. Jonathan Johnson, PSG rrponntNov 15, 2018, 12:25 PM ETFrance striker Olivier Giroud believ that is "impossible to be openly homosexual football" and that the ia that the sport is a long way om acceptg openly gay players is an "unrstatement.

OLIVIER GIROUD: FOOTBALL IS A LONG WAY OM ACCEPTG OPENLY GAY PLAYERS

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The Chelsea forward also poted to his var gtur wh former clubs Arsenal and Montpellier support of the gay muny. "It was at this time that I thought that is impossible to be openly homosexual football. "When I joed Montpellier, I got volved the fight for tolerance and was on the ver of [French gay magaze] Tetu.

TWO PREMIER LEAGUE TEAMMAT ARE A RELATNSHIP AND OPEN ABOUT BEG A GAY UPLE

Car Azpilicueta jos Pernille Harr and Magda Eriksson on The Hangout and discs safe environments for LGBTQ+ players; Azpilicueta: I have gay iends and I would try to help a way that feels fortable... the most important thg for me is to try to create a safe environment * gay players in chelsea *

At Arsenal, when asked, I wore rabow lac support of the gay muny.

Chelsea pta Car Azpilicueta says he tackl ments that are "out of place" aimed at gay iends, addg that he wants to create a "safe environment" at Chelsea for LGBTQ+ players to feel wele at Stamford an exclive terview wh Chelsea's Pernille Harr and Magda Eriksson, Azpilicueta spoke to The HangOut - a llaboratn between Sky Sports and Ten To Media - about LGBTQ+ cln at the Blu. Megan Rapoe on The HangOutWSL table | Fixtur | RultsDownload the Sky Sports appAzpilicueta said: "I have iends that are gay and I would try to help a way that feels fortable. Founr of Sports Media LGBT+ Jon Holm discs the posive reactn and outpour of support after Blackpool's Jake Daniels me out publicly as gay.

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