England's cisn to classify a soccer chant as anti-gay shows a game transn, LGBT+ fans say, as thori nont homophobia and racism the home of morn football.
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JAKE DANIELS BE FIRST UK MALE FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY SCE 1990
* homosexuality in english football *
Wh no openly gay players England’s top four divisns, and only one man Premier League history to publicly e out, an ongog, outdated taboo clearly persists men’s football.
The attu towards homosexualy om fans the game was found to be a large fluence on how accepted many feel football spac. It was found that homosexual fans will stop gog to football stadiums on a match day as mascule behavur om fans and explic ments ma n leave them feelg exclud. The feelgs are fact agreed wh by straight fans, who feel is hard for homosexuals to get volved all aspects of football due to a great al of the social relatnships built football spac beg based on typilly straight iologi.
However, was also found that the negative impact of the fans is pennt on how much homosexual dividuals let such ments affect them. Some homosexual fans explaed they aren’t phased about any homophobic ments om other fans. Perhaps this is a sign that a tolerance of homophobic abe has been built the game.
English football is not ready for another gay footballer like Jt Fashanu to e out. Stonewall FC is workg to alter perceptns of gay footballers the Premier League and beyond. * homosexuality in english football *
While was found that fans would be supportive of players if they were to e out, there was ncern there is an ial embrace of a player’s homosexualy, yet is felt the petive nature of football will overri this and make fans’ attus and behavurs change, g sexualy as an sult game suatns.