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• BRA'S GAY FOOTBALLERS
• JAKE DANIELS BE FIRST UK MALE FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY SCE 1990
• JAKE DANIELS: BLACKPOOL FOOTBALLER OUT AS GAY
• JAKE DANIELS: BLACKPOOL FORWARD BE UK'S FIRST ACTIVE MALE PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER TO E OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
• GIANT MURAL ON NORWICH PUB HONOURS JT FASHANU, ENGLAND'S FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER
• FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER ANNOUNC ROLE NEW RUPL'S DRAG RACE SERI
• THE GAY FOOTBALLER: WHY FANS WANTED A UK PLAYER TO E OUT
• 8 MALE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO DARED TO COME OUT AS GAY
• 17-YEAR-OLD SOCCER PLAYER OUT, BEG THE UK'S ONLY OPENLY GAY PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER
• JOSH CAVALLO: ONLY OPENLY GAY TOP-FLIGHT MALE FOOTBALLER SAYS FIFA’S ‘ONELOVE’ ARMBAND BAN HAS MA HIM FEEL ‘EXCLUD’
• UNNAMED PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLER REVEALS HE IS GAY LETTER BUT SAYS HE N'T GO PUBLIC
• GAY PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLER 'VERY LIKELY' TO E OUT NEXT YEAR, SAYS JT FASHANU'S NIECE
• 17-YEAR-OLD IS FIRST ACTIVE UK PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY S
• 'BEG GAY WILL BE PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE FOOTBALL' - ENGLAND STAR COADY ON HIS FIRM STANCE AS AN OUTSPOKEN LGBT ALLY
• JOSH CAVALLO BE ONE OF THE FEW PROFSNAL MEN'S FOOTBALLERS TO E OUT AS GAY
• OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER JAKE DANIELS, 18, MET ‘SOULMATE’ MARK, 46, AFTER HE SLID TO HIS DMS WHEN HE ME OUT

BRA'S GAY FOOTBALLERS

Amal Fashanu go on a missn to disver why no profsnal football player has followed her late uncle Jt's boots over twenty years and e out publicly as gay.

JAKE DANIELS BE FIRST UK MALE FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY SCE 1990

There are currently around 5, 000 profsnal footballers Bra, but credibly not one of them has e out publicly as gay.

Amal Fashanu, niece of Jt Fashanu, the only ever openly gay Brish profsnal, go on a missn to disver why no gay player has followed her uncle's boots over twenty years. Wnsg the typil chants om opposg fans on the terrac at Brighton, Amal n immediately see why gay players will not put their heads above the parapet.

Max Clifford, who reveals he has helped several Premiership stars keep their homosexualy secret orr to prerve their reers, go further by sistg that the mentaly of most people and around the game remas the Dark Ag.

JAKE DANIELS: BLACKPOOL FOOTBALLER OUT AS GAY

The Premiership's most ntroversial and outspoken player, Joey Barton, who like Amal has a gay uncle, exprs 'py' for his fellow profsnals who lack the urage to speak out on the subject, but blam the game's homophobia on some of the 'archaic figur' who n the game. Amal also gas accs to a profsnal game official prepared to e forward and meet her to discs life as a gay man si the game, but the polics of the game prevent him.

The Blackpool forward Jake Daniels has end s of silence wh men’s football to bee the first player the UK to e out as gay sce Jt Fashanu 1990.

JAKE DANIELS: BLACKPOOL FORWARD BE UK'S FIRST ACTIVE MALE PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER TO E OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

Photograph: Pl Dennis/TGS Photo/ShutterstockDaniels’s revelatn is a strikg landmark that when men’s football is more engaged wh social issu than any recent time, but still unable to ce progrs LGBTQ reprentatn wh the year Alai Uned’s Josh Cavallo beme the only male top-flight profsnal footballer the world to e out as gay, but others are yet to follow. In six months the men’s World Cup will be played Qatar, where homosexualy is illegal, and Cavallo revealed to the Guardian he would be “sred” to play at the tournament, the pnacle of world English football specifilly, the shadow of the talented and unfulfilled Fashanu still lgers over the game.

The England ternatnal me out at the end of his reer and was to take his own life eight years later, Fashanu, Jt’s niece, who ns a charable foundatn his name, said that Daniels’s cisn would “e as a huge fort to the many footballers at all levels of the game still secretly livg as gay and who still feel unable to e out”. Media ptn, WATCH: 'I am ready to be myself' - Jake DanielsJake Daniels is the first profsnal footballer the UK men's game for more than 30 years to e out as gay while still playg.

"Before Jake, Josh Cavallo - who plays for Alai Uned Atralia - was the only openly gay top-flight male profsnal footballer the world, havg e out last do 'g out' mean? Comg out of the closet, often shortened to g out, is when a person shar wh others that they are lbian, gay, bi and/or trans (LGBT) out is different for everyone and n take some time to get to a pot where someone feels fortable and nfint enough to tell other is this important? Only four male profsnal football players who have played the UK have shared that they were gay - Thomas Beattie, Jt Fashanu, Thomas Hzlsperger and Robbie Jake Daniels, only Jt Fashanu revealed he was gay whilst he was still playg football 1990.

GIANT MURAL ON NORWICH PUB HONOURS JT FASHANU, ENGLAND'S FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER

The other three shared that they were gay after retirg om after g out Jt Fashanu suffered om homophobic bullyg and harassment before he died do LGBTQ+ stand for? The + is an clive symbol to mean 'and others' to clu people of all ptn, WATCH: Gay footballers talk about their experienc the game (June 2020)Thomas Beattie, who was a former youth player for English club Hull Cy, said that he felt that he uldn't announce that he was gay while still playg: "I lerally felt like I had to sacrifice one of the two: who I am, or the sport I loved, " he there are now chari and anisatns that mpaign to make football more clive and a safe place for the LGBTQ+ muny. Speakg about how g out will change his life Daniels said: "Of urse I am aware that there will be a reactn to this and some of will be homophobic, maybe a stadium and on social media.

FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER ANNOUNC ROLE NEW RUPL'S DRAG RACE SERI

"Blackpool forward Jake Daniels speaks exclively on beg the UK's first male profsnal footballer to e out publicly as gay sce Jt talks about g out to his parents, his club, and his team-mat. Of urse I am aware that there will be a reactn to this and some of will be homophobic, maybe a stadium and on social 's an easy thg for people to target. Football v Homophobia: "Football v Homophobia would like to ngratulate Jake on takg this step to share his thentic self the men's profsnal game, pecially at such a young age.

"There have prevly been players who felt that they had no place the game as out gay men durg their playg reers, but Jake is showg the world that you n be yourself. A giant mural of England's first openly gay footballer has been unveiled on the si of a Fashanu remas the only male profsnal player to nfirm he was homosexual - amid fears he would be "outed" by a natnal newspaper 1990 - and was ducted to the footballg Hall of Fame spe now beg seen as an spiratn the fight agast homophobia and discrimatn sport, the proud Canary took his own life 1998 - wrg his suici note that beg gay and a personaly was "so hard" former Norwich Cy striker, who beme the UK's first black £1m player when he was sold to Nottgham Fort, ntu to be seen as a legend at the Norfolk Champnship "wonr strike" agast Liverpool at Carrow Road 1980 went on to w Match of the Day's goal of the season now his face has taken pri of place on the si of a Canari supporters pub. A mural of former Norwich Cy player Jt Fashanu, England's first openly gay footballer, has appeared on the Fat Cat and Canary.

Alai Uned midfielr Josh Cavallo is the first openly gay footballer after g out October 2021Josh is jog the Ru Pl's Drag Race stThe first famo footballer to e out at openly gay is set to take on a role a new Ru Pl's Drag Race seri.

THE GAY FOOTBALLER: WHY FANS WANTED A UK PLAYER TO E OUT

Josh Cavallo, who is a midfielr for Alai Uned, me out as gay October 2021 and is due to feature on season three of RuPl's Drag Race Down Unr. "As the only openly gay male profsnal footballer currently playg top-flight football the world, I'm a big fan of embracg your te self, but for many sport and the queer muny this is really difficult to do.

Media ptn, 'I want to spire young men to be themselv' - Zanr MurrayIs football homophobic and what n we do if is? My cisn last September to bee the first male Sttish senr footballer to e out publicly as gay was not an easy or quick one.

8 MALE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO DARED TO COME OUT AS GAY

Image source, Craig Brown - SNS GroupImage ptn, Zanr Murray sr agast Schie Junrs the Sttish CupThe were the sorts of nversatns young lads have - about girls, beg tough, playg hard, and the language ed to scribe gay men was not what you would ll were jt boys and didn't know any better but did set me apart om my gog out on the pch was my relief, I slowly turned away om the game and gave up on my dream of playg football my 20s I started playg serly aga, buildg up through smaller teams. In the urse of filmg the documentary I've heard first-hand ttimony om fans, amatr players, and my iend the referee Lloyd Wilson, about how homophobic language mak them feel. This season, the Sttish Football Associatn troduced Disciplary Rule 81, which rults a 10-match ban for any player or club official who engag homophobic abe, or any other form of discrimatory behavur and around has been ed 22 tim this season.

I'm now signed to Bonnyrigg Rose, fulfillg my dream of playg the profsnal has been an amazg six months for me, but I'm not llg on other gay male players to e out. Image source, Getty ImagNearly 50, 000 people were followg a Twter acunt reportedly n by a Champnship footballer planng to e out as gay - until this @FootballerGay acunt was never verified, and there were doubts over whether was genue but drew huge attentn om football fans and the Aston Villa midfielr Thomas Hzlsperger revealed he was gay after retirg om the sport - but there are no out LGBT players the top tiers of men's UK football.

17-YEAR-OLD SOCCER PLAYER OUT, BEG THE UK'S ONLY OPENLY GAY PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER

"Image source, Bristol Cy PanthersImage ptn, "When 's you and your iends kickg a ball about no one really r about you beg gay, " says PhilPhil believ there is a "1950s attu" towards LGBT people profsnal football - pecially on the an example, he mentns a iend who would be "fe" if a player at his favoure club me out as gay - but wouldn't want his child supportg the footballer or wearg his shirt. 'LGBT fans endure horrible behavur'Before @FootballerGay leted his acunt, he changed his b to clu the le: "I thought I was strong enough.

"There are lbian, gay and trans people every football stadium across the untry at every game, " says Robbie De Santos, Stonewall's director of sport. "He says the lack of LGBT players on the pch at men's gam rults homophobic chants and attus on the terrac - and says that havg big stars football e out uld go some way to makg fans more tolerant.

He's also cril of the "media enzy" that surround the acunt and the "unhelpful" speculatn that took place about who was behd the @FootballerGay acunt before was taken source, TwterImage ptn, The acunt was leted after ls than a month on TwterAttus football have evolved, Robbie says, and he hop the recent succs and populary of the Women's World Cup uld help show certa fans that football isn't only played by straight men. "That's somethg that would make a huge difference to gay football fans like Phil, who says if the @FootballerGay acunt was a fake, would show the lengths some supporters would go "to make harr for someone to e out sport". Image source, Andy Trigg/BBCImage ptn, The mural took the graffi artist eight hours to pleteA mural of Jt Fashanu, the first profsnal football player to e out as gay, has been pated on the si of a pub Norwich.

JOSH CAVALLO: ONLY OPENLY GAY TOP-FLIGHT MALE FOOTBALLER SAYS FIFA’S ‘ONELOVE’ ARMBAND BAN HAS MA HIM FEEL ‘EXCLUD’

Fashanu grew up Norfolk and signed for Norwich the late source, Getty ImagImage ptn, Former Norwich Cy striker Jt Fashanu me out as gay 1990 while still playg profsnal football"He means a lot to a lot of people, pecially Norfolk, " said Christian Hodgkson, landlord of the Fat Cat and Canary on Thorpe Road, close to the cy centre stadium. I am ready to be myself - DanielsBlackpool's Jake Daniels said his cisn to e out as the UK's only openly gay active male profsnal footballer would allow him to be "ee and nfint" Champnship club forward is the first profsnal the UK men's game for more than 30 years to e out while still playg.

"Jt Fashanu was the last active men's profsnal footballer the UK to e out durg his playg reer, featurg for clubs England and Stland after announcg October 1990 that he was gay. Alai Uned player Josh Cavallo is the only current openly gay top-flight male profsnal footballer the world, havg e out last October. "'I've been hidg who I am'Jake Daniels ma his Blackpool first-team but agast Peterborough on 7 MayDaniels said he had known he was gay sce the age of five or six and that his girliends school were "a massive ver-up" said: "In school people even ed to ask me: 'Are you sure you aren't gay?

UNNAMED PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLER REVEALS HE IS GAY LETTER BUT SAYS HE N'T GO PUBLIC

"Of urse I am aware that there will be a reactn to this and some of will be homophobic, maybe a stadium and on social media, " Daniels add.

GAY PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLER 'VERY LIKELY' TO E OUT NEXT YEAR, SAYS JT FASHANU'S NIECE

"'Incredibly proud'Thomas Hzlsperger: The past seven years have been a fantastic journey (Febary 2021)Before Daniels' announcement, Fashanu was the only male footballer to have e out as gay while playg profsnally the UK.

Speakg on behalf of the foundatn set up memory of her uncle, who killed himself 1998, Amal Fashanu said there is still homophobia football and lled for to be treated wh "zero tolerance" add: "Jake's announcement will e as a huge fort to the many footballers at all levels of the game, om grass roots to the profsnal leagu, still secretly livg as gay and who still feel unable to e out.

"There are a number of openly gay players women's football, and several men's players have e out once their playg reers were England ternatnal Casey Stoney said Daniels had shown "guts and urage" add: "Good for you for steppg out of the mould and for beg thentilly you. "Jt Fashanu: 30 years sce footballer me out (October 2020)Listen: Euro Leagu - Hzlsperger's 'fantastic' journey sce g out (Febary 2021)Jt Fashanu: Natnal Football Mm Hall of Fame ductn 'served' (Febary 2021)Former Aston Villa, Stuttgart, Wt Ham and Everton player Thomas Hzlsperger - who me out as gay 2013, shortly after retirg - ngratulated Daniels. "Read more:Beg gay is 'damage the md', Qatar World Cup ambassador saysGary Leker says he knows two gay Premier League stars.

17-YEAR-OLD IS FIRST ACTIVE UK PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY S

But tak guts to e out and reveal one’s genr as gay, which is ually an act of urage a world that is not ndned to accept every genr.

Even though has already been three s sce Jt Fashanu first publicly me out as gay, there are only a few of them revealg . The primary reason behd many gay footballers not revealg their sexualy publicly is fear of homophobia on and off the pch. So, many profsnal leagu, teams, and players are raisg their voic to fight back agast homophobia so that gay footballers don’t face backlash while g out.

'BEG GAY WILL BE PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE FOOTBALL' - ENGLAND STAR COADY ON HIS FIRM STANCE AS AN OUTSPOKEN LGBT ALLY

In 2020, durg the San Diego Loyal match agast Phoneix Risg FC, Mart released a story of homophobic sults directed toward him. One of the hight-profile male football players publicly clarg himself as gay is German footballer Thomas Hzlsperger. Likewise, he also participated the 7th edn of the realy TV show Lets Dance and beme the first-ever gay to w the ntt.

JOSH CAVALLO BE ONE OF THE FEW PROFSNAL MEN'S FOOTBALLERS TO E OUT AS GAY

Likewise, The Jt Fashanu All-stars football special event started Brighton to honor him and promote homosexualy football. Furthermore, he is one of the send Brish football players to publicly e out as gay after Jt Fashanu did 30 years ago.

OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER JAKE DANIELS, 18, MET ‘SOULMATE’ MARK, 46, AFTER HE SLID TO HIS DMS WHEN HE ME OUT

Therefore, a suable environment should be created through tn as a drivg factor, so gay footballers don’t feel prsured to reveal their sexualy. Jake Daniels, a forward for England's Blackpool Football Club, me out as gay on Monday, beg the UK's only active profsnal soccer player and first to e out 30 years.