Leatherhead FC manager Le Tuffs: ‘I’m showg young people you n be gay and a succs’ | Football | The Guardian

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• LEATHERHEAD FC MANAGER LE TUFFS: ‘I’M SHOWG YOUNG PEOPLE YOU N BE GAY AND A SUCCS’
• GAY FOOTBALL MANAGER LE TUFFS ME OUT WHILE PLAYG NON-LEAGUE BUT FEARS PREMIER LEAGUE STARS N’T BEE OF OWNERS
• JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR MEN'S PRO SPORTS TO INTIFY AS GAY

LEATHERHEAD FC MANAGER LE TUFFS: ‘I’M SHOWG YOUNG PEOPLE YOU N BE GAY AND A SUCCS’

“They would have thought: ‘Why is a gay person tellg me what to do on a football pch? ”Tuffs is an openly gay man who is also a football manager. “It means a lot to me to be out there bee I know ’s showg young people that you n be gay, be good at sport and still be a succs, ” he says.

GAY FOOTBALL MANAGER LE TUFFS ME OUT WHILE PLAYG NON-LEAGUE BUT FEARS PREMIER LEAGUE STARS N’T BEE OF OWNERS

“Or my se you n be gay, terrible at sport and still be a succs. Tuffs’s experience serv to be amplified as football attempts to change the long-standg stigma around homosexualy wh the game.

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Has anyone else had a player e out as gay on FM?

JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR MEN'S PRO SPORTS TO INTIFY AS GAY

Is there any way to force a player to e out as gay?

So I was simmg along and I got a msage my box that my star Dutch wonr kid Dick van Wijk had e out as gay.

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