World Cup star Sam Kerr has shared her story as a gay member of the Matildas' World Cup squad.
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- GAY MATILDAS STAR EY GIELNIK REVEALS WHY SHE STAYED THE CLOSET AHEAD OF 2023 WOMEN'S WORLD CUP
- MATILDAS STAR CHLOE LOGARZO PASSN FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS WAKE OF ISAAC HUMPHRI G OUT AS GAY
- 'WE DON'T LISTEN TO THE HATERS': MATILDAS PTA SAM KERR LASH OUT AT CRICSWORLD CUP STAR SAM KERR HAS SHARED HER STORY AS A GAY MEMBER OF THE MATILDAS' WORLD CUP SQUAD.SAM KERR OF ATRALIA CELEBRAT A GOAL AT THE FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP 2019 MONTPELLIER, FRANCE. SOURCE: AAPMATILDAS PTA SAM KERR HAS ED THE LIMELIGHT OM HER SI'S 3-2 EBACK W OVER BRAZIL TO EXPOSE THE HOMOPHOBIC ATTACKS THAT HER TEAM RECEIV.THE STAR STRIKER PROVID ATRALIAN SPORT WH A H INIC BATTLE CRY AFTER THEIR SUCCS MONTPELLIER: "THERE WAS A LOT OF CRICS TALKG ABOUT BUT WE'RE BACK, SO SUCK ON THAT ONE."FOLLOWG UP WH A SIARLY IMPASSNED "WE DON'T LISTEN TO THE HATERS", KERR’S THENTICY SHOWED THE MOOD OF THE MOMENT SI THE MATILDAS' DRSG ROOM.IN MP, THE MATILDAS HAVE MA THEIR DISTASTE KNOWN FOR OPNS THAT LKED THEIR PULATN AGAST ITALY TO THE TUMULTUO ACHG SWCH OM ALEN STAJCIC TO ANTE MILICIC.TO UNRSTAND THE MATILDAS AS SUBORDATE TO A ACH IS TO MISREAD THE ROOM; THE ATRALIAN NATNAL WOMEN'S FOOTBALL TEAM HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PLAYER-LED ENVIRONMENT.THEY HAVE NTUED TO EXPRS, TO SOME AF EARS, THEY WERE HAPPY UNR MILICIC AND BUYG TO HIS GAME PLAN.BUT THE MORNG AFTER THEIR 'MIRACLE MONTPELLIER', KERR TOOK AIM AT A NEW CLASS OF HATER; THE TROLLS AND THE HOMOPHOB.THE 25-YEAR-OLD SCREEN-PTURED ONE EXAMPLE OF ABE, TWEETG ALONGSI A MSAGE: "FOR PEOPLE GETTG UPSET ABOUT THERE BEG 'NO' HATERS".SEVERAL THE MATILDAS MP ARE 'OUT AND PROUD'. OTHERS KEEP THEIR PRIVATE LIV PRIVATE, AS IS THEIR RIGHT.SAM KERR (R) OF ATRALIA CELEBRAT A GOAL. SOURCE: AAPKERR MA NO SECRET OF HER LONG-TERM PARTNER, CLUB TEAMMATE NIKKI STANTON, BUT SHE'D NEVER MA A G OUT SPLASH.THAT IS UNTIL A NIKE-MISSNED ADVERTISEMENT LAND TWO MONTHS AGO WHICH SHE TALKED LOVGLY OF MS STANTON, THEIR LIFE TOGETHER, AND THE AMERIN'S UNWAVERG SUPPORT AS SHE RECUPERATED OM A KNEE JURY."NO, WASN'T (MY BIG 'G OUT' MOMENT). IT WAS THE FIRST TIME PUBLICLY TALKG ABOUT ," SHE TOLD AAP.SAM KERR WH HER PARTNER, NIKKI STANTON. SOURCE: INSTAGRAM"IT WAS JT A SMALL PART OF THE STORY AND EVERYONE KD OF LATCHED ON TO THAT PART AND I WAS LIKE, 'I DIDN'T EVEN THK ABOUT THAT'."IF I WAS TO HAVE A G-OUT MOMENT, I GUS WOULD BE LIKE THAT, REALLY SUBTLE. BUT EVERYONE THOUGHT WAS KD OF OL, BEE JT HAPPENED SUBTLY AND ANILLY, NATURALLY."SAM KERR OF ATRALIA (M) AT THE FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP 2019 MONTPELLIER, FRANCE. SOURCE: EPACHLOE LOGARZO, VOTED PLAYER OF THE MATCH ATRALIA'S 3-2 STUNNER OVER BRAZIL, IS ANOTHER MATILDA THAT MAK NO BON ABOUT HER SEXUALY.BUT EQUALLY, SHE DIDN'T KICK UP A FS WHEN TRAILBLAZG TEAMMATE MICHELLE HEYMAN WAS LABELLED THE ONLY PUBLICLY GAY MEMBER OF ATRALIA'S 2016 OLYMPIC TEAM.READ MOREOUT AND PROUD MATILDAS WON'T P ABESHE WATCHED KERR'S VIO WH A GR OM EAR TO EAR."IT'S REALLY LOVELY. IT'S NICE TO SEE HAPPEN, PEOPLE BEG FORTABLE THEIR OWN SK," SHE TOLD AAP."PEOPLE WERE VERY WORRIED ABOUT HOW THEY WERE GOG TO BE VIEWED AS FOOTBALLERS AND AS HUMANS."NOW THAT GAY MARRIAGE HAS BEEN LEGALISED, MAYBE EVERYONE IS GETTG THEIR HEAD AROUND ."THE MATILDAS STAND STARK NTRAST WH THE MANY MALE PROFSNAL TEAMS ACROSS THE S, WHICH BOAST A GRAND TOTAL OF ZERO OPENLY GAY MEMBERS."WE REFLECT SOCIETY ... THERE'S DIFFERENT TYP OF PEOPLE," KERR SAID."MICHELLE WAS REALLY PROUD AND OUT THERE. I AM WHO I AM."THAT'S THE OL PART ABOUT . PEOPLE GET TO SEE REAL PEOPLE THIS TEAM."MARTA VIEIRA DA SILVA (L) OF BRAZIL ACTN AGAST CHLOE LOGARZO OF ATRALIA (R). SOURCE: AAPKERR SAID PLAYG WH THE MATILDAS HELPED HER E TO GRIPS WH HER SEXUALY."WHEN YOU'RE GROWG UP, AND YOU'RE QUTNG 'AM I GAY OR NOT?', THE GIRLS HELPED ME GO THROUGH THAT MOMENT," SHE SAID."IT'S A REALLY OL AND WELG PLACE AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT OUR FANS TO FEEL."THE TEAM IS REGULARLY CED AS THE UNTRY'S MOST POPULAR SPORTG OUTF AND AS ROLE MOLS, FOR THEIR ATTUS AS MUCH AS THEIR ABILY.LOGARZO SAID THEIR 'NO JUDGMENT' MANTRA BROUGHT HER TOUCH WH FANS AND YOUNG PLAYERS SEEKG SUPPORT."THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT MSAGE ME TO GET SOME ADVICE BEE THEY'RE A B LOST THEIR LIV. IT'S REALLY NICE," THE 24-YEAR-OLD SAID."I TRY AND MSAGE EVERYONE THAT I POSSIBLY N BEE FOR ME, I REALLY JT WANT TO HELP."LOGARZO HAS LEARNED WHEN TO FORWARD ON FANS TO THE APPROPRIATE SERVIC FOR TERVENTN, AND WHEN SHE N HELP PERSONALLY."THE LEGACY THAT I WANT TO LEAVE IS HELPG ANY YOUNG GIRL BELIEVE THEMSELV AND REALLY BE FORTABLE THEMSELV," SHE SAID."IT'S AMAZG TO BE ABLE TO BE A ROLE MOL FOR SOMEONE BEE I GUS WHEN WE WERE GROWG UP THERE WASN'T REALLY THAT MANY FEMALE ATHLET LIKE ME THAT YOU N REALLY LOOK UP TO. FOR ME, THAT'S A MASSIVE THG."ESPECIALLY WH SOMEONE WHERE THEY N'T FEEL FORTABLE ENOUGH TO TELL THEIR OWN FAY."SHARE5 M READPUBLISHED 15 JUNE 2019 2:30PMUPDATED 16 JUNE 2019 9:07AMTAGSATRALIASHARE THIS WH FAY AND IENDSCOPY LKSHAREREMEND FOR YOU
- A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
GAY MATILDAS STAR EY GIELNIK REVEALS WHY SHE STAYED THE CLOSET AHEAD OF 2023 WOMEN'S WORLD CUP
Once you get labelled as a gay athlete, the biggt fear is that will be the only label you rry for the rt of your life. * gay matildas players *
Once you get labelled as a gay athlete, the biggt fear is that will be the only label you rry for the rt of your life. I want to be a person who n intify to be part of the queer muny, but also I don’t want to jt be Chloe Logarzo the Atralian player who is also gay.
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Gay Matildas star Ey Gielnik has revealed the heartbreakg reason why she stayed the closet for many years a cisn she said led to 'a lot of dark tim' 30-year-old, who has reprented the Matildas on 57 ocsns, has been wh her fiance Temi Sayer for eight heartbreakgly, for much of that time she didn't feel fortable tellg the world about . Gay Matildas star Ey Gielnik (left, pictured wh fiance Temi Sayer) revealed that she stayed the closet for a long time bee of her fay upbrgg Gielnik, pictured playg for the Matildas agast Portugal last year, has reprented Atralia more than 50 tim and will be ccial at the World Cup Gielnik (left) has been wh Sayer for eight years, though for some of those she sisted they hi the relatnship'My mum beg Croatian...
MATILDAS STAR CHLOE LOGARZO PASSN FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS WAKE OF ISAAC HUMPHRI G OUT AS GAY
Gay Matildas star Ey Gielnik has revealed the heartbreakg reason why she cid to stay the closet for many years: which she said led to some 'a lot of dark tim'. * gay matildas players *
Beg gay was owned upon, so I never saw how I was gog to e out and tell my fay, ' she said on the Disney+ documentary, Matildas: The World At Our Feet.
'Harmful stereotyp and homophobic abe that many female footballers p ntue to make g out a difficult cisn for many, but fortunately those volved the sport self are the oppose of onle trolls.
Tameka Yallop had been playg for the Matildas for almost a before she felt fortable sharg wh people that she was gay.
'WE DON'T LISTEN TO THE HATERS': MATILDAS PTA SAM KERR LASH OUT AT CRICSWORLD CUP STAR SAM KERR HAS SHARED HER STORY AS A GAY MEMBER OF THE MATILDAS' WORLD CUP SQUAD.SAM KERR OF ATRALIA CELEBRAT A GOAL AT THE FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP 2019 MONTPELLIER, FRANCE. SOURCE: AAPMATILDAS PTA SAM KERR HAS ED THE LIMELIGHT OM HER SI'S 3-2 EBACK W OVER BRAZIL TO EXPOSE THE HOMOPHOBIC ATTACKS THAT HER TEAM RECEIV.THE STAR STRIKER PROVID ATRALIAN SPORT WH A H INIC BATTLE CRY AFTER THEIR SUCCS MONTPELLIER: "THERE WAS A LOT OF CRICS TALKG ABOUT BUT WE'RE BACK, SO SUCK ON THAT ONE."FOLLOWG UP WH A SIARLY IMPASSNED "WE DON'T LISTEN TO THE HATERS", KERR’S THENTICY SHOWED THE MOOD OF THE MOMENT SI THE MATILDAS' DRSG ROOM.IN MP, THE MATILDAS HAVE MA THEIR DISTASTE KNOWN FOR OPNS THAT LKED THEIR PULATN AGAST ITALY TO THE TUMULTUO ACHG SWCH OM ALEN STAJCIC TO ANTE MILICIC.TO UNRSTAND THE MATILDAS AS SUBORDATE TO A ACH IS TO MISREAD THE ROOM; THE ATRALIAN NATNAL WOMEN'S FOOTBALL TEAM HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PLAYER-LED ENVIRONMENT.THEY HAVE NTUED TO EXPRS, TO SOME AF EARS, THEY WERE HAPPY UNR MILICIC AND BUYG TO HIS GAME PLAN.BUT THE MORNG AFTER THEIR 'MIRACLE MONTPELLIER', KERR TOOK AIM AT A NEW CLASS OF HATER; THE TROLLS AND THE HOMOPHOB.THE 25-YEAR-OLD SCREEN-PTURED ONE EXAMPLE OF ABE, TWEETG ALONGSI A MSAGE: "FOR PEOPLE GETTG UPSET ABOUT THERE BEG 'NO' HATERS".SEVERAL THE MATILDAS MP ARE 'OUT AND PROUD'. OTHERS KEEP THEIR PRIVATE LIV PRIVATE, AS IS THEIR RIGHT.SAM KERR (R) OF ATRALIA CELEBRAT A GOAL. SOURCE: AAPKERR MA NO SECRET OF HER LONG-TERM PARTNER, CLUB TEAMMATE NIKKI STANTON, BUT SHE'D NEVER MA A G OUT SPLASH.THAT IS UNTIL A NIKE-MISSNED ADVERTISEMENT LAND TWO MONTHS AGO WHICH SHE TALKED LOVGLY OF MS STANTON, THEIR LIFE TOGETHER, AND THE AMERIN'S UNWAVERG SUPPORT AS SHE RECUPERATED OM A KNEE JURY."NO, WASN'T (MY BIG 'G OUT' MOMENT). IT WAS THE FIRST TIME PUBLICLY TALKG ABOUT ," SHE TOLD AAP.SAM KERR WH HER PARTNER, NIKKI STANTON. SOURCE: INSTAGRAM"IT WAS JT A SMALL PART OF THE STORY AND EVERYONE KD OF LATCHED ON TO THAT PART AND I WAS LIKE, 'I DIDN'T EVEN THK ABOUT THAT'."IF I WAS TO HAVE A G-OUT MOMENT, I GUS WOULD BE LIKE THAT, REALLY SUBTLE. BUT EVERYONE THOUGHT WAS KD OF OL, BEE JT HAPPENED SUBTLY AND ANILLY, NATURALLY."SAM KERR OF ATRALIA (M) AT THE FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP 2019 MONTPELLIER, FRANCE. SOURCE: EPACHLOE LOGARZO, VOTED PLAYER OF THE MATCH ATRALIA'S 3-2 STUNNER OVER BRAZIL, IS ANOTHER MATILDA THAT MAK NO BON ABOUT HER SEXUALY.BUT EQUALLY, SHE DIDN'T KICK UP A FS WHEN TRAILBLAZG TEAMMATE MICHELLE HEYMAN WAS LABELLED THE ONLY PUBLICLY GAY MEMBER OF ATRALIA'S 2016 OLYMPIC TEAM.READ MOREOUT AND PROUD MATILDAS WON'T P ABESHE WATCHED KERR'S VIO WH A GR OM EAR TO EAR."IT'S REALLY LOVELY. IT'S NICE TO SEE HAPPEN, PEOPLE BEG FORTABLE THEIR OWN SK," SHE TOLD AAP."PEOPLE WERE VERY WORRIED ABOUT HOW THEY WERE GOG TO BE VIEWED AS FOOTBALLERS AND AS HUMANS."NOW THAT GAY MARRIAGE HAS BEEN LEGALISED, MAYBE EVERYONE IS GETTG THEIR HEAD AROUND ."THE MATILDAS STAND STARK NTRAST WH THE MANY MALE PROFSNAL TEAMS ACROSS THE S, WHICH BOAST A GRAND TOTAL OF ZERO OPENLY GAY MEMBERS."WE REFLECT SOCIETY ... THERE'S DIFFERENT TYP OF PEOPLE," KERR SAID."MICHELLE WAS REALLY PROUD AND OUT THERE. I AM WHO I AM."THAT'S THE OL PART ABOUT . PEOPLE GET TO SEE REAL PEOPLE THIS TEAM."MARTA VIEIRA DA SILVA (L) OF BRAZIL ACTN AGAST CHLOE LOGARZO OF ATRALIA (R). SOURCE: AAPKERR SAID PLAYG WH THE MATILDAS HELPED HER E TO GRIPS WH HER SEXUALY."WHEN YOU'RE GROWG UP, AND YOU'RE QUTNG 'AM I GAY OR NOT?', THE GIRLS HELPED ME GO THROUGH THAT MOMENT," SHE SAID."IT'S A REALLY OL AND WELG PLACE AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT OUR FANS TO FEEL."THE TEAM IS REGULARLY CED AS THE UNTRY'S MOST POPULAR SPORTG OUTF AND AS ROLE MOLS, FOR THEIR ATTUS AS MUCH AS THEIR ABILY.LOGARZO SAID THEIR 'NO JUDGMENT' MANTRA BROUGHT HER TOUCH WH FANS AND YOUNG PLAYERS SEEKG SUPPORT."THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT MSAGE ME TO GET SOME ADVICE BEE THEY'RE A B LOST THEIR LIV. IT'S REALLY NICE," THE 24-YEAR-OLD SAID."I TRY AND MSAGE EVERYONE THAT I POSSIBLY N BEE FOR ME, I REALLY JT WANT TO HELP."LOGARZO HAS LEARNED WHEN TO FORWARD ON FANS TO THE APPROPRIATE SERVIC FOR TERVENTN, AND WHEN SHE N HELP PERSONALLY."THE LEGACY THAT I WANT TO LEAVE IS HELPG ANY YOUNG GIRL BELIEVE THEMSELV AND REALLY BE FORTABLE THEMSELV," SHE SAID."IT'S AMAZG TO BE ABLE TO BE A ROLE MOL FOR SOMEONE BEE I GUS WHEN WE WERE GROWG UP THERE WASN'T REALLY THAT MANY FEMALE ATHLET LIKE ME THAT YOU N REALLY LOOK UP TO. FOR ME, THAT'S A MASSIVE THG."ESPECIALLY WH SOMEONE WHERE THEY N'T FEEL FORTABLE ENOUGH TO TELL THEIR OWN FAY."SHARE5 M READPUBLISHED 15 JUNE 2019 2:30PMUPDATED 16 JUNE 2019 9:07AMTAGSATRALIASHARE THIS WH FAY AND IENDSCOPY LKSHAREREMEND FOR YOU
Tameka Yallop had been playg for the Matildas for almost a before she felt fortable sharg wh people that she was gay. * gay matildas players *
In a siar ve, Tameka now feels fully supported as a gay woman playg for the Matildas, who on Sunday wore their first-ever Pri jersey the Cup of Natns clash agast Spa acceptance has not always been the norm, and many untri same-sex relatnships rema a divisive topic. But for Tameka, and many of her fellow athlet, there is nothg polil about beg gay.
"It tak back to a time when was normal to be aaid of gay people, beg around gay people, to sort of monise them as predators, people who you uldn't leave your kids wh, " Dodd said. "A sense of there's somethg improper about havg partners who play on the same team, that people 'bee' gay bee they're groomed. "I thk there are some real ncerns the muny that the reportg, and pecially the social media mentary that then follows om all of this, which I'm sure you n image, is somethg that tak back to a time when fear of gay people was normalised.
(AAP: Las Coch, File)There were echo of this subtext the aftermath of former Matildas head ach Alen Stajcic's dismissal 2019, when was reported that he regularly ed homophobic language team mps, cludg the now-famo phrase "lbian mafia".
A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
Matildas star Chloe Logarzo is proudly gay - and she won't let the haters force her to hidg who she really is: 'I'm jt livg my life.' * gay matildas players *
Matildas star Chloe Logarzo is proudly gay - and she won't let the haters force her to hidg who she really 27-year-old forward, who has reprented Atralia more than 50 tim at senr level and played top leagu all over the world, is ed to vile ments both onle and that's exactly why 's so important one of the untry's top female footballers is refg to hi the way she attacks life wh joy alongsi fiancee McKenzie Berryhill, wh whom she played wh the US Natnal Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Matildas star Chloe Logarzo (left, pictured wh fiance McKenzie Berryhill) told Daily Mail Atralia that she was jt wanted to live her live as an out-and-proud gay person and be a role mol for young gay peopleChloe Logarzo, who is playg for Wtern Uned this season of the A-League Women's, has also reprented the Matildas this week'I grew up not knowg anyone who was gay, lerally not knowg a sgle soul, even though clearly they existed.
'I'd e out as gay to my parents when I was 17. ' Sadly, gay men and women do often not feel safe and supported.
Chloe Logarzo (left) announced her long-time partner McKenzie Berryhill had said y to her marriage proposal Augt 2021When 'Manly Seven' member Josh Aloiai recently referred to homosexualy as a 'liftyle choice', somethg Logarzo told Daily Mail Atralia was 'horrifilly offensive', many faced a torrent of abe on social media for darg to speak up. 'The amount of DM's I get my Instagram box askg me about how did you know (you were gay), what did you do, all that kd of stuff, is amazg, ' she said. 'NBL star Isaac Humphri me out as gay on Wednday an emotnal vio of the Melbourne Uned player speakg to teammat It's a sentiment that has bee even more important recent days, wh NBL star Isaac Humphri g out as gay an emotnal speech to his teammat.
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That tth, is that I am gay, ' he said the vio, which was released on Wednday.
' Humphri, who plays for Melbourne Uned, is jt the send active male player one of Atralia's top sports leagu to e out as gay, alongsi A-League player Josh Cavallo.
In a show of uny and support for LGBTQI+ participants the football fay and beyond, members of Football Atralia will march the Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras (SGLMG) this Saturday night at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Keepg wh the 2022 SGLMG theme, Uned We She, members of the Football Atralia Board, Executive Learship Team, current and former natnal team players and ont office staff will take part the march. * gay matildas players *
A pretty simple requt, but one ignored by far too many people, cludg Qatar World Cup ambassador Khalid Salman, a former Qatari ternatnal, who lled homosexualy 'a damage the md' treatment of LGBTQI+ people, and athlet, has certaly e unr the microspe given the upg World Cup is takg place opprsive Qatar, where homosexualy is illegal and those who engage same-sex sexual terurse n be jailed for up to seven years. Fortunately, players such as German superstar Leon Goretzka are beg vol, spe the risk dog so, that anti-gay sentiment is not okay. German superstar Leon Goretzka has nmned the anti-gay ments by a Qatar World Cup ambassador that referred to homosexuals as havg 'damaged mds'Angie Greene, CEO of Stand Up Events, a not-for-prof rporated associatn dited to fightg homophobia, particularly sport, said while thgs were headg the right directn, more needs to be done.
There is still 50 per cent of gay youths that tentnally exclu themselv om male team-domated sports bee they don't feel safe or clud, so to provi this visibily is massive. Matildas pta Sam Kerr has ed the limelight om her si's 3-2 eback w over Brazil to expose the homophobic attacks that her team star striker provid Atralian sport wh a h inic battle cry after their succs Montpellier: "There was a lot of crics talkg about but we're back, so suck on that one. Source: EPAChloe Logarzo, voted player of the match Atralia's 3-2 stunner over Brazil, is another Matilda that mak no bon about her equally, she didn't kick up a fs when trailblazg teammate Michelle Heyman was labelled the only publicly gay member of Atralia's 2016 Olympic watched Kerr's vio wh a gr om ear to ear.