Comedian Joel Creasey has mented on the difficulti nontg a gay footballer g out publicly
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- “I KNOW 10 OR 12 GAY AFL PLAYERS” REVEALS JACK VIDGEN ON I’M A CELEB…
- JOEL CREASEY OPENS UP ON GAY PLAYERS THE AFL
- SAT BE 'GAY IN' AHEAD OF AFL'S GURAL PRI GAME
- AFL’S GAY MALE PLAYERS OPT TO KEEP THEIR SEXUALY PRIVATE TO AVOID BEG THE FIRST TO COME OUT
“I KNOW 10 OR 12 GAY AFL PLAYERS” REVEALS JACK VIDGEN ON I’M A CELEB…
Jack Vidgen, one of the stars on Atralia’s I’m A Celebry… Get Me Out Of Here!, has revealed that he knows 10 or 12 gay Atralian Football League players, reports. Vidgen, who ma a name for himself on Atralia’s Got Talent, was talkg about homosexualy sport wh former AFL stars Travis Vare and Robert “Dipper” DiPerdomeni. “I probably know about 10 or 12 footy players, I’d never say their name, that are gay but they wouldn’t e out, ” Vidgen said.
Comedian Joel Creasey has mented on the difficulti nontg a gay footballer g out publicly, after revealg he had a sexual affair wh a “bloody good” current AFL player. “He's gog to be 'the gay player', and you don't want that. You want to be intified as the bt your field, not as the bt gay player.
While valu the broar muny would suggt the first player to reveal their homosexualy will be embraced, there is no doubt a mentaly wh the system that mak a challenge. Dermott Brereton only last year ma claims gay players the AFLW were “groomg” straight young teammat, somethg Gillon McLachlan quickly refuted.
JOEL CREASEY OPENS UP ON GAY PLAYERS THE AFL
"I have been to the football a few tim, ” Creasey says, “and I have been stg the stands and I've heard lots of (anti-gay slurs) ed as tnts to players and yelled out.
SAM GILBERT, gay in. It might not be a scriptor the St Kilda fenr ever expected, but, acrdg to Jason Ball (Atralian Football's first openly gay male player), the scriptn is que, a 28-year-old centre half-back for Victorian untry club Yarra Glen, explaed how highly Gilbert is thought of by the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, tersex and qutng (LGBTIQ) muny. "He's bee a gay in a way, " Ball said of the veteran Sats fenr.
SAT BE 'GAY IN' AHEAD OF AFL'S GURAL PRI GAME
"It sent a msage to other people the sportg world that sayg no to homophobia don't make you ls of a man. "I me to unrstand a lot of the homophobic language and behavur wasn't g om a place of hatred towards me or gay people, but rather jt ignorance and not knowg the impact on me, " Ball said.
"Once I was out, that homophobic language fad. "(They weren't) necsarily directed at me, but every time I would hear those words, felt like a remr if they found out I was gay, I wouldn't be accepted.
"Ball was 12 when he realised he was gay. "Acrdg to the study Out On The Fields, which documented the experienc of gay, lbian and bisexual people team sports, 87 per cent of young gay Atralians felt pelled to hi their sexualy some hid his sexualy om his football club for many years, but he had ma a promise to himself he would not lie about if ever knew tryg to fabrite tal about experienc wh women would get him ught was openly gay while studyg at Melbourne Universy, so when an old school iend me to the football club, Ball's sexualy soon beme an open secret, although he remaed unaware others night after trag, while talkg to a teammate, the nversatn shifted and Ball was asked about his personal life.
AFL’S GAY MALE PLAYERS OPT TO KEEP THEIR SEXUALY PRIVATE TO AVOID BEG THE FIRST TO COME OUT
He was able to proudly intify as a gay cisn to e out publicly was supported by Yarra Glen, which ntu to back Ball his 's experienc have shown him people are pable of change. "Gilbert believ the AFL is ready for s first openly gay player, but only when a person feels fortable enough to go down that path. Durg a Learship Matters lunch Perth, Atralian Football League CEO, Gillon McLachlan revealed that there are gay players the AFL who have e out to their teammat but have opted to not publicly announce their sexualy to avoid the prsure of beg the first male player the league to do so.
North Melbourne AFLW pta, Emma Kearney said last year that some clubs were more diverse and acceptg than others and that not every locker room would be a fortable place for a gay man.