Josh Cavallo: Atralian footballer out as gay, sayg: 'I'm tired of this double life' | World News | Sky News

Contents:

• ‘NO WORDS’: GAY ATRALIAN FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO LLS OUT HOMOPHOBIC CROWD ABE
• 8 MALE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO DARED TO COME OUT AS GAY
• 'I DIDN'T KNOW ANY FOOTBALLERS WHO WERE GAY'
• ALAI UNED MIDFIELR JOSH CAVALLO BE FIRST CURRENT A-LEAGUE MEN PLAYER TO PUBLICLY ANNOUNCE HE'S GAY
• ASIE FOOTBALLERS IN SNDAL AFTER ALLEGEDLY PERFORMG GAY SEX ACT IN PUBLIC
• ATRALIAN PRO FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO ANNOUNC HE IS GAY
• GAY ATRALIAN FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO SAYS WORLD CUP SHOULDN’T BE GOG TO QATAR, WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS ILLEGAL
• JOSH CAVALLO: FOOTBALLER OUT AS WORLD'S ONLY OPENLY GAY PLAYER TOP-FLIGHT OF GAME
• JOSH CAVALLO BE ONE OF THE FEW PROFSNAL MEN'S FOOTBALLERS TO E OUT AS GAY
• FOOTBALL STAR JOSH CAVALLO OUT AS GAY FIRST FOR ATRALIA’S TOP LEAGUE
• GAY FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO WOULD BE ‘SRED’ TO PLAY AT WORLD CUP QATAR
• JOSH CAVALLO: ATRALIAN FOOTBALLER OUT AS GAY, SAYG: 'I'M TIRED OF THIS DOUBLE LIFE'
• ‘I HAVE BEEN FIGHTG MY SEXUALY’: A-LEAGUE MEN PLAYER JOSH CAVALLO OUT AS GAY
• ANDY BRENNAN IS ATRALIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE SOCCER PLAYER
• ATRALIAN SOCCER PLAYER JOSH CAVALLO OUT AS GAY

‘NO WORDS’: GAY ATRALIAN FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO LLS OUT HOMOPHOBIC CROWD ABE

Josh Cavallo, who last year beme the only openly gay profsnal top flight men’s footballer the world, says he has “no words” to scribe his disappotment at beg targeted by homophobic abe durg an A-League Men game over the Alai Uned player me on as a send-half substute durg the Reds’ away game at Melbourne Victory on Saturday night and said afterwards that he had received abe om the crowd at AAMI 22-year-old received acclaim om across the globe October when he me out via Alai’s social media channels.

8 MALE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO DARED TO COME OUT AS GAY

“I’m not gog to pretend that I didn’t see or hear the homophobic abe at the game last night, ” Cavallo wrote on Instagram on Sunday. ”Cavallo also said he was targeted after the game on Instagram and ed his own post to ll out the social media platform for the way als wh homophobic abe.

'I DIDN'T KNOW ANY FOOTBALLERS WHO WERE GAY'

”The Atralian Profsnal Leagu said was “shocked and sadned” to hear of the reports of the “homophobic bullyg”. 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.

ALAI UNED MIDFIELR JOSH CAVALLO BE FIRST CURRENT A-LEAGUE MEN PLAYER TO PUBLICLY ANNOUNCE HE'S GAY

Seventeen male footballers have urageoly revealed their sexualy as gay public so far. 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.

Now, whout any further ado, let’s list the football players who dared to e out as gay publicly. Moreover, Andy Brennan is the first Atralian male footballer to openly disclosed beg gay.

ASIE FOOTBALLERS IN SNDAL AFTER ALLEGEDLY PERFORMG GAY SEX ACT IN PUBLIC

Currently, he is the only openly gay football player to play any of the Amerin top 5 major leagu. In 2020, durg the San Diego Loyal match agast Phoneix Risg FC, Mart released a story of homophobic sults directed toward him.

ATRALIAN PRO FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO ANNOUNC HE IS GAY

One of the hight-profile male football players publicly clarg himself as gay is German footballer Thomas Hzlsperger.

In January 2014, Hzlsperger me out as gay while terviewg Die Ze, a German newspaper.

GAY ATRALIAN FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO SAYS WORLD CUP SHOULDN’T BE GOG TO QATAR, WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS ILLEGAL

Later, after wng the 2014 MLS Cup, Rodgers also beme the first gay male to w the league tle the USA.

JOSH CAVALLO: FOOTBALLER OUT AS WORLD'S ONLY OPENLY GAY PLAYER TOP-FLIGHT OF GAME

Moreover, David Tto is the first profsnal Amerin male profsnal footballer to e out as gay.

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

In 2019, he was also featured a documentary related to homophobia sports named Standg on the Le. Tto is a You Can Play mpaign advisory group fightg to elimate homophobia the sportg world. Anton Hysen is the youngt son of retired Swedish footballer Glenn Hysen and one of the gay players football.

Later, he was profiled on Swedish broadstg channel TV4 March 2011 a bate show (Can gays play football too? Likewise, he also participated the 7th edn of the realy TV show Lets Dance and beme the first-ever gay to w the ntt. The documentary Rise Above is a film on Anton Hysen released 2013 to portray his story as gay.

But as one of the gay players football, Rouyer is dog his bt to fight homophobia France. In 1990, Jt broke the barrier the footballg World when he clared himself gay publicly the newspaper.

FOOTBALL STAR JOSH CAVALLO OUT AS GAY FIRST FOR ATRALIA’S TOP LEAGUE

Later, on 22nd October 1990, The Sun Tabloid newspaper published the headle “£1m Football Star: I AM GAY”. After his ath, The Pk Paper ranked Jt Fashanu the 99th spot the Top 500 Lbian and Gay Hero. Likewise, The Jt Fashanu All-stars football special event started Brighton to honor him and promote homosexualy football.

GAY FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO WOULD BE ‘SRED’ TO PLAY AT WORLD CUP QATAR

In June 2020, former profsnal footballer Tomas Beattie me out as gay durg an Amerin sports channel ESPN terview. Furthermore, he is one of the send Brish football players to publicly e out as gay after Jt Fashanu did 30 years ago. Siarly, Richarlyson Barbossa Felisbo om Brazil also revealed his genr as gay openly.

JOSH CAVALLO: ATRALIAN FOOTBALLER OUT AS GAY, SAYG: 'I'M TIRED OF THIS DOUBLE LIFE'

Therefore, a suable environment should be created through tn as a drivg factor, so gay footballers don’t feel prsured to reveal their sexualy. "Je suis footballr et je suis gay": voici l mots l'Atralien Josh Cavallo, qui s't exprimé dans une urte vidéo ce mercredi.

Le jne footballr a révélé mercredi son homosexualé, venant asi le premier jour en activé du Champnnat d'Atralie (A-League) à le faire, scant nombrx msag soutien dans le mon sportif. "Essayer jouer mix vos pacés et vivre une double vie c't épuisant, c't une expérience que je ne souhae à personne", a-t-il footballrs profsnnels se sont déclarés publiquement homosexuels et le font généralement après avoir arrêté jouer pour éver l remarqu homophob s spectatrs.

"immense" soutienCavallo a lui-même diqué que le s Fashanu éta présent dans son pr alors qu'il nsidéra l'éventualé révéler son homosexualé. "Je me souviens avoir lu sujet Jt Fashanu me étant le premier footballr profsnnel à révéler son homosexualé dans l anné 1990 et son suici hu ans pl tard et cela m'a fa réfléchir", a-t-il a qualifié "d'immense" le soutien reçu son club, Alai Uned, s équipiers et s rponsabl du football stralien et nfié qu'il voula venir un exemple pour l tr jours gay. When teammat sledged opposn players, llg them ''homo'' or ''fag'', he'd pretend not to re.

‘I HAVE BEEN FIGHTG MY SEXUALY’: A-LEAGUE MEN PLAYER JOSH CAVALLO OUT AS GAY

''I didn't know any footballers who were gay, so I uld only assume the worst, and sred me. ''Out and proud: Yarra Valley footballer Jason Ball, third om left, wants the AFL to air anti-homophobia vios at the grand fal this Ken IrwThe 24-year-old, who plays for Yarra Glen senrs the Yarra Valley Mounta District Football League, is a rare voice a football world that gay groups say is stgglg to e to terms wh homosexualy s such groups agree sexualy is a private matter, they say is signifint that no AFL players have revealed their homosexualy.

There are mours that a TV work has offered a gay AFL player a six-figure sum to be the first footballer to e, backed by onle-petn movement, Ball will lnch a mpaign urgg the league to air anti-homophobia vios at the MCG durg this month's grand fal.

ANDY BRENNAN IS ATRALIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE SOCCER PLAYER

Beyondblue chairman Jeff Kent, who last week lnched a mpaign highlightg the mental health impact of homophobia, backed Ball's petn.

ATRALIAN SOCCER PLAYER JOSH CAVALLO OUT AS GAY

''It after the AFL last month wrote a letter of support for ''No to Homophobia'' - a mpaign n by gay rights and social jtice groups - but were cricised for not dog fact St Kilda's Stephen Milne ped wh a $3000 fe and an tn urse rather than a spensn, after llg Collgwood fenr Harry O'Brien a ''f---g homo'', implied that sexual vilifitn was treated ls serly than other forms of discrimatn, Ball said. ''At high school I got picked on for beg gay and those words were ed to make me feel small and worthls.

''It's no wonr that no gay player at a profsnal level would e out when the AFL is not workg as uld to create a more posive and clive environment for that to happen.

''Dr Carole Symons, a senr lecturer social policy sport at Victoria Universy, says a 2010 report she -thored surveyg the gay and lbian muny found football was the harst sport for people to be open about their sexualy. ' So the termology associat beg gay wh beg weak and that n be very alienatg, '' she said. Alai Uned's Josh Cavallo has publicly announced he is gay, beg the first footballer to open up about their sexualy while playg the A-League Men pots:Josh Cavallo says he "uldn't be happier" wh his cisn to publicly announce that he is gayHis club has stood wh Cavallo, wh ach Carl Veart sayg he has "nothg but admiratn and support" for his player In 2019, former Newstle player Andy Brennan me out about his sexualyThe midfielr has played 19 gam for the Reds sce makg the move to Alai om Wtern A-League club said stood alongsi Cavallo for beg te to himself, and would ntue to love and support him as a member of s diverse fay.