GAY TIMES looks at how the prevalence of queer players women’s football may spire posive change throughout the footballg world.
Contents:
- A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
- A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL 61 OUT GAY PLAYERS THE WOMEN’S FOOTBALL PREMIER LEAGUE
A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
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In 2019, 41 gay and bisexual women peted the World Cup, and six of the players were Lns. GAY TIMES looks at how the prevalence of queer players women’s football may spire posive change throughout the footballg world. C midfielr Jake Daniels beme the UK’s first openly gay active male profsnal footballer and, earlier this month, Brazilian referee Igor Benevenuto beme the first FIFA-ranked referee football history to e out as gay.
As the Lns prepare to face the fals of the 2022 Women’s UEFA Euros wh seven openly queer players their squad alone, GAY TIMES asks: how is women’s football helpg LGBTQ+ cln wh the sport as a whole? Ever sce Bend Like Beckham teased queer fans wh s homoerotic subtext, the lk between lbians and women’s football has been strong. This rgs te for Rosie Hall, a lbian and lifelong Arsenal fan, who tells GAY TIMES that is the muny that women’s football offers that she most cherish.
A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL 61 OUT GAY PLAYERS THE WOMEN’S FOOTBALL PREMIER LEAGUE
A rerd number of out LGBTQ players make this year’s tournament a feast for gay fans. * women's euros gay players *
“As a woman – let alone a gay woman – I feel a b judged gog to men’s gam, ” says Rosie.
Profsor Rory Magrath, a rearcher of homophobia and masculy, explas how this newns may be a potential reason for the creased LGBTQ+ reprentatn wh the women’s game. Whereas the FA was found 1863, over 100 years before homosexualy was crimalised the UK. While the women’s game has faced s own unique challeng and rtrictns, cludg a 50 year ban om the FA, s growth a climate where 1 5 people believe homosexualy is wrong (figur om 2010) pared to 1 2 thirty years earlier has ma LGBTQ+ cln easier wh the sport.
Speakg about the FA’s 2012 anti-homophobia scheme ‘Openg doors and jog ’, Profsor Magrath explas his hance to attribute the advancements LGBTQ+ cln football to the work of football erng anisatns. ” He adds: “I’ve also been cril of that policy for s nflatn, nflated the men’s and the women’s game, nflated the lbian, gay, bisexual and trans experienc where, of urse, we know they are different. “The sport is alg wh a range of issu, ” she tells GAY TIMES, referencg the var problems of both sexism and homophobia, “but I thk mpaigns like this give a ph the right directn to create a safer space for LGBTQ+ fans and players football, whether they’re out the closet or not.