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Contents:
- STONEWALL FC – THE WORLD’S BT GAY FOOTBALL TEAM
- THREE GAY FOOTBALL PLAYERS FEATURED NFL NETWORK SEGMENT ON CARL NASSIB
- LEATHERHEAD FC MANAGER LE TUFFS: ‘I’M SHOWG YOUNG PEOPLE YOU N BE GAY AND A SUCCS’
- GAY SPORTS LEAGU NYC: ATHLETIC CLUBS FOR EVERY GAY JOCK
- HERE ARE EIGHT OUT AND PROUD MALE GAY FOOTBALLERS
STONEWALL FC – THE WORLD’S BT GAY FOOTBALL TEAM
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The Internatnal Gay & Lbian Football Associatn (IGLFA) was found 1992 orr to help promote and foster the growth of LGTBQ football world wi.
THREE GAY FOOTBALL PLAYERS FEATURED NFL NETWORK SEGMENT ON CARL NASSIB
‘NFL 360’ profil five LGBTQ people wh a sports background, cludg three openly gay football players, on the impact of Nassib g out. * gay football clubs *
In 27 years, Stonewall FC has evolved om a few iends meetg for a kick about Hy Park to the most succsful gay football team the world.
LEATHERHEAD FC MANAGER LE TUFFS: ‘I’M SHOWG YOUNG PEOPLE YOU N BE GAY AND A SUCCS’
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“One of the ma thgs we are tryg to do is challenge the perceptn that gay people shouldn’t play football, and we do that wh our performance on the pch every sgle Saturday. The amatr gay football team has won ne out of the last 10 Internatnal Gay and Lbian Football Associatn Champnships – makg them the most succsful gay football team the world.
"Through our hard work we’ve shown people that we are jt normal amatr footballers that happen to be gay.
The players are aware that a big step towards achievg equaly the game would be the prence of a high-profile gay footballer the UK. The revelatn is thought to have nsirably damaged Fashanu’s football reer, and he suffered years of homophobic abe.
GAY SPORTS LEAGU NYC: ATHLETIC CLUBS FOR EVERY GAY JOCK
Gay sports leagu abound the cy. Whether you're lookg to ski, play basketball or get the pool, there's a fun and iendly club out there for you. * gay football clubs *
The subject was the impact of Carl Nassib g out as gay the NFL for the Las Vegas Rairs.
Matea offensive leman Jake Strer, who is gay, is one of five current or former LGBTQ athlet profiled.
HERE ARE EIGHT OUT AND PROUD MALE GAY FOOTBALLERS
“When I returned to football my sophomore year after g out was bee I knew that if I qu football was jt the begng of thgs I would qu or hold myself back om bee I was gay, ” Strer told Outsports. “To fast forward to my last football game my senr year and have end wh ‘NFL 360’ there to clu me a story celebratg the first openly gay football player NFL history is still really unbelievable to me. EST, we see scen of Strer’s last game as a Matea Mtang, terspersed wh him speakg about beg gay football and what Nassib’s g out meant to him.
Their experienc are universal, ways good and bad, for many LGBTQ people — Pick talkg about the pa om the ial rejectn by her mom; O’Callaghan discsg suicidal thoughts before beg rcued by a therapist; Rapoport’s touchg rellectn of g out to NFL Commissner Roger Gooll by approachg him at a Super Bowl event holdg her girliend’s hand and Gooll’s se upon seeg ; Saffold discsg growg up Black and gay on the South Si of Chigo “where there are rampant levels of homophobia” and Strer on how he ed to worry “about how bad my life might be after I me out. “I thk 11- or 12-year-old kids playg football prr to Carl Nassib g out didn’t thk there uld be a gay football player, ” Rapoport said. The first team lay Middlex County Football League, the sends the natnal gay 11-a-si league (the GFSN), and two sis the London Uny League.
Invicta aren’t an exclively gay si, they simply provi a team where LGBTQ people will feel wele. The club is amb, addg a Saturday team this season, as well as readyg themselv for the Pairs Gay Gam Augt of next year and playg a role the Tacklg Homophobia Sport event this tumn. Stonewall FC Havg started out as one man lookg for like-md dividuals to play wh, Stonewall was born as an official club 1991 makg them the olst openly gay football club the world.