In June, 95-year-old former ball player Maybelle Blair me out publicly as gay. At a panel for the A League of Their Own seri at Framele, she shared about queer life the league.
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- ‘I HAVE BEEN FIGHTG MY SEXUALY’: A-LEAGUE MEN PLAYER JOSH CAVALLO OUT AS GAY
- CAVALLO BE FIRST ACTIVE A-LEAGUE PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY
- THE LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN WAS TWO THIRDS GAY, SHAR 95-YEAR-OLD MAYBELLE BLAIR
‘I HAVE BEEN FIGHTG MY SEXUALY’: A-LEAGUE MEN PLAYER JOSH CAVALLO OUT AS GAY
Alai Uned midfielr Josh Cavallo beme the first active A-League player to e out as gay on Wednday, sayg he was done wh feelg ashamed about his sexualy and the exhstn of tryg to live a "double-life". * a league gay player *
A-League Men midfielr Josh Cavallo says he knows there are other players “livg silence” after beg the only known current male top-flight profsnal footballer the world to e out as gay.
CAVALLO BE FIRST ACTIVE A-LEAGUE PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY
* a league gay player *
Ashamed I would never be able to do what I loved and be gay. “Beg a gay closeted footballer, I’ve had to learn to mask my feelgs orr to f the mould of a profsnal footballer. Growg up beg gay and playg football were jt two worlds that hadn’t crossed paths before.
Labor senate lear and openly gay woman, Penny Wong, tweeted: “Any young person who is stgglg wh their inty, or feelg exclud or judged, n look today to Josh Cavallo.
”Globally there are only a handful of openly gay male footballers, none of whom are playg the top flight. Amerin former Leeds player Robbie Rogers also announced he was gay on retirg 2013, before returng to the field wh LA Galaxy and wng the MLS Cup to bee the first openly gay male athlete to w a major profsnal team sports tle the Uned 2019, former Newstle Jets player Andy Brennan beme Atralia’s first profsnal male footballer to e out while still playg the game.
THE LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN WAS TWO THIRDS GAY, SHAR 95-YEAR-OLD MAYBELLE BLAIR
“It is astonishg to know that there are currently no gay profsnal footballers who are out and actively playg, not only Atralia, but around the world. MELBOURNE, Oct 27 (Rters) - Alai Uned midfielr Josh Cavallo beme the first active A-League player to e out as gay on Wednday, sayg he was done wh feelg ashamed about his sexualy and the exhstn of tryg to live a "double-life". "I'm a footballer and I'm gay, " the 21-year-old said on a vio posted on Alai's social media, drawg support om fellow profsnals across the world.