Zanr Murray asks why he is the only male senr Sttish footballer to reveal publicly that he is gay.
Contents:
- ZANR MURRAY IS FIRST CURRENT STTISH PROFSNAL PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY
- OPENLY GAY PRO FOOTBALLER ZANR MURRAY HELPS ASPIRG YOUNG PLAYER TO E OUT
- GAY FOOTBALLER ZANR MURRAY SAYS HIS 20S FELT LIKE PERSONAL ‘NVERSN THERAPY’
- ZANR MURRAY ‘HUMBLED’ BY REACTN TO G OUT AS GAY
- STTISH PRO ZANR MURRAY SPIR FELLOW FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY TO TEAMMAT
- GAY PRO-FOOTBALLER ZANR MURRAY SPEAKS NDIDLY ABOUT HOMOPHOBIA SPORT: ‘YOU LOSE A GAME AND FANS GO FOR THE JUGULAR’
- PRO-FOOTBALLER ZANR MURRAY BRAVELY OUT AS GAY – AND EXPLAS PERFECTLY WHY ’S NECSARY
- ZANR MURRAY BE FIRST OUT GAY PLAYER 30 YEARS TO SIGN FOR TOP STTISH TEAM
- STTISH PRO SOCCER PLAYER ZANR MURRAY OUT AS GAY
- ZANR MURRAY SIGNS FOR BONNYRIGG ROSE TO BEE ONLY OPENLY GAY PLAYER SPFL
- FOOTBALLER ZANR MURRAY SHAR RPONS TO HIS G OUT AS GAY: ‘I’M SO HUMBLED’
- ZANR MURRAY BE FIRST SENR STTISH MALE FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY
- STLAND'S FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER ZANR MURRAY TARGETED WH HOMOPHOBIC ABE DAYS BEFORE DOC AIRSZANR MURRAY, WHO PLAYS FOR LEAGUE 2 SI BONNYRIGG ROSE FC, HAS BEEN VTIGATG HOMOPHOBIA STTISH FOOTBALL FOR A NEW BBC DOCUMENTARY WHICH AIRED ON MONDAY.DAILYRERDBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYRYAN CARROLLREPORTER12:25, 14 MAR 2023UPDATED14:32, 14 MAR 2023BOOKMARKZANR MURRAY (IMAGE: BBC)GET THE LATT TOP NEWS STORI SENT STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX WH OUR DAILY NEWSLETTERMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 GET THE LATT TOP NEWS STORI SENT STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX WH OUR DAILY NEWSLETTERINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
- STLAND'S FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER ZANR MURRAY LLS OUT "HORRENDO" HOMOPHOBIC ABE
- ZANR MURRAY: GALA FAIRYAN ROVERS STRIKER WAS LIVG FEAR BUT WEIGHT IS OFF HIS SHOULRS AFTER G OUT AS GAY
- ‘BLOWN AWAY BY SUPPORT’ – ZANR MURRAY BE FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER STTISH FOOTBALL SCE JT FASHANU
ZANR MURRAY IS FIRST CURRENT STTISH PROFSNAL PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY
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OPENLY GAY PRO FOOTBALLER ZANR MURRAY HELPS ASPIRG YOUNG PLAYER TO E OUT
Gay Sttish footballer Zanr Murray opens up about his stggl wh ternalised homophobia a new BBC documentary. * zander gay footballer *
So wh more than 1, 000 profsnal male footballers Stland you'd expect about 35 of them to be gay. 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.
A survey last year showed only 6% of gay men take part team sports. And many say 's homophobia that's stoppg them jog is a problem here, so how do we tackle ? 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.
And 17 of the have been bee of a homophobic slur or a homophobic actn on or around the field of play. The SFA and the chary LEAP have a "Football vs Homophobia" strategy, which I support.
GAY FOOTBALLER ZANR MURRAY SAYS HIS 20S FELT LIKE PERSONAL ‘NVERSN THERAPY’
Zanr Murray has shared a movg msage he received om a fan after he beme the first-ever Sttish pro-footballer to e out as gay. * zander gay footballer *
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. Zanr Murray has bee the first current profsnal footballer Stland to e out as gay.
Murray is the first openly gay footballer to play the Sttish leagu sce Jt Fashanu, who played for Hearts the 1993-94 season. ”Murray also lled for more support to help gay footballers the men’s game, addg that he would cle beg tagged social media posts an effort to hi his sexualy, bee of his reer as a profsnal footballer. I put a post on my social media tellg folk I was gay.
Photograph: News Imag/Alamy“I have done lots of rearch and I always keep an eye on media outlets to see if there are any platforms for young gay male players for support but there are none, ” he add. ”“Of urse there are gay footballers our game.
ZANR MURRAY ‘HUMBLED’ BY REACTN TO G OUT AS GAY
Gala Fairyan Rovers striker Zanr Murray has bee the first-ever senr Sttish footballer to e out as gay. * zander gay footballer *
In September, Zanr Murray joed an creasg list of out LGBTQ+ profsnal athlet and ma history by beg the first senr Sttish footballer to e out as gay.
“As a young footballer, I fd difficult to be myself as is but beg gay and keepg secret was so challengg. Zanr is the first senr Sttish player to e out and the first openly gay football player Stland sce Airdrie and Hearts player Jt Fashanu the 1990s. He follows the footsteps of Jake Daniels, who me out back May, and ma history as Bra’s first active openly gay male profsnal footballer and the first pro to e out sce Fashanu, over 30 years later.
Gay Sttish footballer Zanr Murray opens up about his stggl wh ternalised homophobia a new BBC documentary.
STTISH PRO ZANR MURRAY SPIR FELLOW FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY TO TEAMMAT
Striker Zanr Murray has bee the only openly gay footballer Stland's top four divisns after movg clubs. * zander gay footballer *
That was when the ternalised homophobia jt built and built and built. Zanr Murray, now 31, me out publicly September, beg the first openly gay senr Sttish footballer history. “Beg a gay person that environment was seen as ferr.
I don’t thk they were necsarily homophobic, ’s jt a lack of tn… and that has a huge impact.
GAY PRO-FOOTBALLER ZANR MURRAY SPEAKS NDIDLY ABOUT HOMOPHOBIA SPORT: ‘YOU LOSE A GAME AND FANS GO FOR THE JUGULAR’
Zanr Murray says the great time he had gog to a Pri event this year nvced him to e out as openly gay. * zander gay footballer *
The issue of homophobia football is teased out Zanr Murray’s new BBC documentary, Disclosure: Out on the Pch. “The documentary is about my life, me growg up as a young gay player a profsnal set up, talkg about the difficulti I had, my stggl, ” says Murray, who joed League Two si Bonnyrigg Rose January.
“I also wanted to try [to] change perceptns of that homophobic father who’s givg his son or dghter, or whatever they intify as, a tough time. “Homophobic slurs at gam are fely not out of the game. ”He said has been great to see other players beg open about their sexualy such as Daniels and refere Craig Napier and Lloyd Wilson, who June revealed they were gay, and Atralian player Josh said that he hop he n also act as a role mol for other said: “The are tremendo role mols for our game and our younger generatns, a young me if I had that, you know maybe thgs might have been different, but I never.
Zanr Murray ma history 2022 as the first Sttish pro-footballer to e out as gay. Zanr Murray has shared a movg msage he received om a fan after he beme the first-ever senr Sttish pro-footballer to e out as gay. “As a young footballer I fd difficult to be myself as is but beg gay and keepg secret was so challengg… It felt amazg when I told my teammat, they were super supportive.
PRO-FOOTBALLER ZANR MURRAY BRAVELY OUT AS GAY – AND EXPLAS PERFECTLY WHY ’S NECSARY
Zanr Murray beme the first Sttish profsnal footballer to e out as gay back September and is now lookg to spire the next generatn of LGBT+ players * zander gay footballer *
His life was tragilly cut short ls than eight years later when – after beg hound by the racist and homophobic prs – he died by suici. Dpe the dark history of homophobia sport, the posive reactn to Murray’s g out has left him feelg “overwhelmed, empowered, spired”. Profsnal footballer Zanr Murray untentnally ma ternatnal headl last September when he sually mentned on social media that he was gay.
Zanr jos the lik of footballers Josh Cavallo and Jakub Jankto g out as gay (Image: BBC). Here, Zanr – who plays for Bonnyrigg Rose, a Sttish Profsnal Football League club League 2 – reveals all about life sce g out, om alg wh homophobic trolls to datg (or not…he says he “don’t have the time! It’s sentially my story growg up as a young closeted gay profsnal amy player.
ZANR MURRAY BE FIRST OUT GAY PLAYER 30 YEARS TO SIGN FOR TOP STTISH TEAM
Zanr Murray has bee the only openly gay player the mens SPFL after signg for Bonnyrigg Rose; The 31-year-old publicly announced his sexualy September last year; He be the first openly gay player the Sttish league sce Jt Fashanu * zander gay footballer *
I spoke to people om all different walks of life who are out and gay their field. In terms of the other out gay football players, there are a few of now… Do you have a group chat? ” says gay footballer Zanr Murray (Image: BBC).
Also, people talkg about and addrsg , if they’re rogatory, jt feeds to your ternalised homophobia.
STTISH PRO SOCCER PLAYER ZANR MURRAY OUT AS GAY
The Gala Fairyan Rovers striker ma history as Stland's first openly gay senr player. * zander gay footballer *
The negativy, the homophobic attacks.
I me out as gay but nobody gave me a lebook on beg out public.
ZANR MURRAY SIGNS FOR BONNYRIGG ROSE TO BEE ONLY OPENLY GAY PLAYER SPFL
Zanr Murray, who beme Stland's first openly gay footballer back September, has rpond after a social media er subjected him to homophobic abe onle * zander gay footballer *
Gala Fairyan Rovers striker Zanr Murray has bee the first-ever senr Sttish footballer to e out as gay. “Of urse there are gay footballers our game and I have had lots of players get touch sayg they have read my post and they n’t believe how strong I am by dog this. Almost immediately after publicly sharg that he is gay, Murray began receivg cricism om some football fans.
FOOTBALLER ZANR MURRAY SHAR RPONS TO HIS G OUT AS GAY: ‘I’M SO HUMBLED’
Zanr Murray be first openly gay player Sttish football sce Jt Fashanu; Striker, who plays the Lowland League, wants to be spiratn for others; Blackpools Jake Daniels beme UKs first active male profsnal footballer to e out as gay earlier this year * zander gay footballer *
One tweeted: “I don’t get why Zanr Murray has to e out as gay. He wrote: “We are not the vast majory, gay male footballers the UK need role mols, majory are terrified to e out to iends/ fay/ teammat (tst me, a few have reached out already!
He ntued: “To the younger generatn, they n now see happy, thrivg gay men [and] around football.
ZANR MURRAY BE FIRST SENR STTISH MALE FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY
While Murray is the first senr Sttish player to e out, English footballer Jt Fashanu played for Airdrie and Hearts the mid-1990s after he had already e out as gay. Fashanu was the first Brish footballer to e out as gay, and after he was hound by the prs and bombard wh homophobia, the English player died by suici. Jt Fashanu was Bra's first openly gay was betiful and talented.
I love to see Zanr Murray and Jake Daniels change the story for gay men football. AIDSmap executive director Matthew Hodson wrote on Twter: “Jt Fashanu was Bra’s first openly gay footballer. “I love to see Zanr Murray and Jake Daniels change the story for gay men football.
STLAND'S FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER ZANR MURRAY TARGETED WH HOMOPHOBIC ABE DAYS BEFORE DOC AIRSZANR MURRAY, WHO PLAYS FOR LEAGUE 2 SI BONNYRIGG ROSE FC, HAS BEEN VTIGATG HOMOPHOBIA STTISH FOOTBALL FOR A NEW BBC DOCUMENTARY WHICH AIRED ON MONDAY.DAILYRERDBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYRYAN CARROLLREPORTER12:25, 14 MAR 2023UPDATED14:32, 14 MAR 2023BOOKMARKZANR MURRAY (IMAGE: BBC)GET THE LATT TOP NEWS STORI SENT STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX WH OUR DAILY NEWSLETTERMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 GET THE LATT TOP NEWS STORI SENT STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX WH OUR DAILY NEWSLETTERINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
Zanr Murray beme the first-ever Brish profsnal footballer to lead a UK LGBT+ Pri march last week, wh the Sttish star htg out at those who oppose the parasZanr Murray beme the first Brish profsnal football to lead a Pri para last weekStland's only openly gay profsnal footballer Zanr Murray has lnched a stnch fence of LGBT+ Pri march amid a risg ti of homophobia. The striker me out last September, beg the only openly gay player the Sttish Football League when he joed Bonnyrigg Rose January. Murray is the only openly gay footballer the Sttish Football League.
So this was the first, at 31 years old as a gay man, this was the first Pri march that I actually marched at. Striker Zanr Murray has bee the only openly gay footballer Stland’s top four divisns after movg clubs.
Murray is the first openly gay player Sttish men’s profsnal football sce Jt Fashanu, who played wh Hearts and Airdrieonians the mid-1990s.
STLAND'S FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER ZANR MURRAY LLS OUT "HORRENDO" HOMOPHOBIC ABE
In September 2022, Murray beme the first Sttish senr footballer to e out as gay. “I have done lots of rearch and I always keep an eye on media outlets to see if there are any platforms for young gay male footballers for support but there are none. “Of urse there are gay footballers our game and I have had lots of players get touch sayg they have read my post and they n’t believe how strong I am by dog this, ” he said.
Footballer Zanr Murray has been undated wh support after g out as gay. Zanr Murray, a pro soccer player Stland, says the great time he had gog to a Pri event this year nvced him to e out as openly gay. Media reports say Murray is the first Sttish senr soccer player to e out as gay.
ZANR MURRAY: GALA FAIRYAN ROVERS STRIKER WAS LIVG FEAR BUT WEIGHT IS OFF HIS SHOULRS AFTER G OUT AS GAY
All three men me out this sprg as gay. Sce g out, Murray has heard om other gay athlet, he told the Sun, provg the power of publicly beg out. “I know there are other gay men playg football Stland, the leagu, and I hope this giv them strength to speak out.
A uple of sportsmen have msaged me wh support, and I had no ia they were gay. Zanr Murray beme the first Sttish profsnal footballer to e out as gay back September and is now lookg to spire the next generatn of LGBT+ playersZanr Murray has pledged to spire the next generatn of LGBT footballers When he me out as gay September through a private Facebook post, Zanr Murray thought he was jt openg himself up to a select few.
At the time, Murray was playg Lowland League si Gala Fairyan Rovers, wh his g out makg him Stland's first openly gay senr footballer ever, followg jt a few months after Blackpool's Jake Daniels beme the first openly gay UK footballer sce Jt Fashanu. Murray beme the first openly gay player Sttish senr football when he me out six months ago. "The league below, I was well-tablished and I've had offers over the years but was too sred, terrified bee I was gay.
‘BLOWN AWAY BY SUPPORT’ – ZANR MURRAY BE FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER STTISH FOOTBALL SCE JT FASHANU
Murray will now host a documentary lookg to homophobia Sttish football.
As part of that, he has teamed up wh the BBC for a new documentary explorg what is beg done to tackle homophobia football. Not jt them but I hope maybe hs the homophobic father that's been really hard on his son or dghter. Zanr Murray has bee the only openly gay player the men's SPFL after signg for Bonnyrigg Rose; The 31-year-old publicly announced his sexualy September last year; He be the first openly gay player the Sttish league sce Jt Fashanu.
Zanr Murray has bee the only openly gay player the men's Sttish Profsnal Football League after signg for Bonnyrigg 31-year-old publicly announced his sexualy September last year while playg for Gala Fairyan Rovers the Lowland started his reer the Motherwell and Airdrie youth ami but played for Broxburn and Pumpherston non-League set-ups before jog Gala 2019 and htg more than 100 goals for the Borrs striker be the first openly gay player the Sttish league sce Jt Fashanu, who played for Airdrie and Hearts the early 1990s.