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Contents:
- ARSENAL STAR VIVIANNE MIEMA CLAIMS ELE MEN’S PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY NEED FOR FOOTBALL TO ACCEPT HOMOSEXUALY
- ARSENAL’S HECTOR BELLER THE VICTIM OF HOMOPHOBIC SLURS AND SAYS OPENLY GAY PLAYER IS IMPOSSIBLE PREMIER LEAGUE
- ARSENAL’S HéCTOR BELLERíN TALKS GAY PLAYERS FOOTBALL: “I DON’T KNOW IF FOOTBALL IS READY FOR THAT YET”
ARSENAL STAR VIVIANNE MIEMA CLAIMS ELE MEN’S PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY NEED FOR FOOTBALL TO ACCEPT HOMOSEXUALY
Hector Beller of Arsenal says will be impossible for a gay player to e out bee of homophobic fans. He has been tnted for how he looks and drs. * arsenal player who is gay *
Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Readg the Game newsletter sent straight to your box for eeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s ee weekly newsletter Arsenal striker Vivianne Miema believ may take an ele men’s player to e out as gay for football to accept several current top female players are openly gay, there has still yet to be a high-profile equivalent among their male Rapoe, a World Cup wner wh the Uned Stat who was named Ballon D’Or Fem wner 2019, is an LGBTQ activist and Miema – the current PFA Women’s Player of the Year – is a relatnship wh Arsenal team-mate Lisa, while the lik of former Aston Villa and Germany midfielr Thomas Hzlsperger announced he was gay followg his retirement, the Premier League is still yet to see an active player do a number of homophobic-related charg at football stadiums recently, tacklg the issue remas a challenge for the Football Associatn and Miema feels havg a proment gay male footballer would help change perceptns.
Vivianne Miema holds off Carole Weir agast Manchter Cy (Getty)“Obvly I like to thk so, ” the Holland ternatnal told the PA news agency when asked if a top men’s player g out would help others and make homosexualy ls of a stigma wh the game.
”The FA has both a 21-page document and a 10-pot plan layg out how they are challengg homophobia and supportg gay players, while mpaigns such as Rabow Lac has creased wir awarens of the issue. “Why do change the player if he is gay or not? ”The rise of social media platforms has prented the chance for racial and homophobic abe of footballers to be both targeted and Miema, 23, has lled for team rivalri to be the only factor separatg fans.
ARSENAL’S HECTOR BELLER THE VICTIM OF HOMOPHOBIC SLURS AND SAYS OPENLY GAY PLAYER IS IMPOSSIBLE PREMIER LEAGUE
Arsenal striker Vivianne Miema has said that would take an ele male player g out as gay for football to ever accept homosexualy. * arsenal player who is gay *
Therefore, acrdg to a segment of fans, he is gay and should be showered wh homophobic abe. “There are other kds of homophobic sults. His experience has led him to nclu that would be impossible for a gay EPL player to e out.
“It is impossible that anybody uld be openly gay football. It’s disuragg what has happened to Beller and ’s easy to see why he fells that way about an openly gay player.
Arsenal striker Vivianne Miema has said that would take an ele male player g out as gay for football to ever accept homosexualy. Miema, who plays ternatnally for the Netherlands, is openly gay and is a relatnship wh Arsenal team-mate Lisa Evans. When asked if she thought a high-profile men’s player g out now would help bat homophobia football, Miema told the Prs Associatn: “Obvly I like to thk so.
ARSENAL’S HéCTOR BELLERíN TALKS GAY PLAYERS FOOTBALL: “I DON’T KNOW IF FOOTBALL IS READY FOR THAT YET”
Two Premier League players are a uple and have e out as gay to their teammat, but not yet publicly. * arsenal player who is gay *
In 2019, an anonymo Twter er amassed 50, 000 followers, claimg to be an English Premier League footballer who tend to e out gay. Gareth Thomas, who was the first openly gay profsnal gby unn player, said that he had ntacted the anonymo player to offer “support”. 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.