Premier League footballers openly gay relatnship amid World Cup ntroversy

Contents:

• GAY PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLER 'VERY LIKELY' TO E OUT NEXT YEAR, SAYS JT FASHANU'S NIECE
• TOP 10 ATHLET WHO ARE RUMORED TO BE GAY
• THE 'SECRET' OF THE PREMIER LEAGUE'S SECRETLY GAY FOOTBALLER
• JAKE DANIELS BE FIRST UK MALE FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY SCE 1990
• PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLERS OPENLY GAY RELATNSHIP AMID WORLD CUP NTROVERSY
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• FIVE SECRETLY GAY FOOTBALLERS BEG UNSELLED BY CHARY N BY LATE JT FASHANU’S NIECE

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

None of the athlet are nfirmed to be gay or anythg like that. The purpose of this list is to go a b more pth about some of the mors that are surroundg the players, not to nvce the rear that the athlet are gay. In fact, as society is now much more open to people no matter their orientatn, we have seen a ton more athlet, both active and retired, e out and adm that they are homosexuals, and 's absolutely a great thg.

This list will look at some of the most high profile exampl of pro athlet who have had mors about beg gay surroundg them, but aga, none of those are nfirmed and even if they were nfirmed, they would be somethg to celebrate. In 2011, mors began swirlg that Selby was gay, or at least bi-cur.

Curry however, is also known by some bee of the allegatns that he is gay. His ex-wife has acced him of beg gay and that Dunn’s lover om llege actually lived wh them for the first few years of their marriage. The mors about him potentially beg gay have been gog on sce the early 2000s.

TOP 10 ATHLET WHO ARE RUMORED TO BE GAY

This mor was that a member of the New York Mets was gay and people were speculatg that was Piazza.

Qutns about Aikman's sexual orientatn have been around for s and the mor was started by Skip Bayls, when, his book, he stated that Troy Aikman might be gay. I don't thk 's jt a gay thg or anythg, I thk people fely do that, but when gay people do there's still a level of fear of and that ntu.

"Now, don't go expectg Rsell to spill the beans on a hor of secretly gay footballers hidg the Premier League, but he's certa they're out there.

THE 'SECRET' OF THE PREMIER LEAGUE'S SECRETLY GAY FOOTBALLER

"Well I'm not the football world apart om dog this movie so I have no experience of that and I don't know and I've not met any players that are secretly gay, I'd love to, but I've not, " he said. "You know statistilly 1 10 people are gay so there has to be gay footballers, there has to be, so 's only a matter of time. Are there any well-known footballers that are gay?

I fd que strange that I'm not aware of a sgle gay footballer. Yterday, whilst pesg my Twter timele, I saw that a ntact of me had retweeted a msage om someone llg themselv '@GayFootballerUK'. 5% of people Bra are gay, lbian or bisexual (some say 's as high as 10%, but let's play safe for now).

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

So why are there no openly gay men Brish profsnal football? Jt Fashanu was the first openly gay player and his story end his tragic suici.

That mt have que unrstandably set the schle back a number of years for other players nsirg g who has attend football match the UK will be well aware that homophobic abe is rife. However, my opn is that this is probably partially bee there are no openly gay players. I remember que distctly at school, one particular boy who ed to be lled 'gay', 'queer' and all sorts of vile nam by the other kids for years.

One day, when he was about fifteen, he blew his top and said "Y, I'm gay, all right? A 2009 survey showed that the majory of fans want to see homophobia taken out of football and that they would be very fortable wh and supportive of a player om their team beg gay or bisexual. After all, all football fans know there are gay or bisexual players who play for their team, so knowg who they are would make very ltle difference.

PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLERS OPENLY GAY RELATNSHIP AMID WORLD CUP NTROVERSY

This, my opn, is why homosexualy football still seems to be some sort of joke. So when I saw that one Premier League footballer was takg his first steps towards makg real life, I wanted to Twter-high-five him a pletely manly, un-gay have to follow our stcts life.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

And although my over-thkg bra tells me that 's a terrible state of affairs that anyone feels they have to 'adm' their sexualy, as if were some sort of problem or ficiency, my overridg stct is that this is a big step forward for all gay and bisexual people sport and across the untry. Whoever you are, @GayFootballerUK, may I be among the first to throw my hat the rg and give you my full support.

FIVE SECRETLY GAY FOOTBALLERS BEG UNSELLED BY CHARY N BY LATE JT FASHANU’S NIECE

Related lgbt footballgayFootballSocial Media. 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. 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”.