It's the send year of wrg about all of the gay players the NWSL! Wh the league kickg off this weekend, I've updated the post wh all of the latt and greatt teams and players. As someone who eply lov followg sports for the storyle, knowg which players are openly gay giv me immense…
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- CUCHO HERNANZ SPEND BY MLS FOR LLG AN OPPONENT A GAY SLUR
- COLL MART IS U.S. SOCCER'S ONLY OPENLY GAY MALE PLAYER, AND HE'S WORKG TO MAKE THE GAME MORE CLIVE FOR FUTURE LGBTQ+ PLAYERS
- A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL 40 OUT GAY PLAYERS THE NWSL
- PRI ON THE PCH: DO SOCCER HAVE A GAY PROBLEM?
CUCHO HERNANZ SPEND BY MLS FOR LLG AN OPPONENT A GAY SLUR
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Cucho Hernanz, a forward wh the Columb Crew, has been spend one game by Major League Soccer for llg an opponent the gay slur “puto” durg a match agast the Portland Timbers on Sept. The league has, the past, spend players two or three gam for the e of homophobic language.
Intertgly, he did not apologize to gay men or the LGBT muny, who are the most-harmed by homophobic language.
COLL MART IS U.S. SOCCER'S ONLY OPENLY GAY MALE PLAYER, AND HE'S WORKG TO MAKE THE GAME MORE CLIVE FOR FUTURE LGBTQ+ PLAYERS
Much like the handlg of Anthony Edwards’ homophobic language the NBA, neher the player, the team or the league mentns homophobia, gay men or the LGBT muny any of their statements.
A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL 40 OUT GAY PLAYERS THE NWSL
Whout Outsports’ knowledge of the Hernanz suatn, there would be no way to know what Hernanz said, or that was homophobic nature. It’s why we at Outsports are so adamant that homophobic language be addrsed clearly and out the open. In the past, MLS has specifilly lled out the homophobic slur when Sebastian Lletget said “puto” an Instagram post.
There’s a reason ’s the only league to have two different out gay players play regular-season match, and why so many of Outsports rears nsir MLS the most LGBT-clive of all the Big Five men’s sports. Moments earlier, an opposg player targeted Mart, an openly gay man, wh a homophobic slur, and as they gathered unr a tent at halftime, they discsed how to team was agreement: Somethg need to be done.
PRI ON THE PCH: DO SOCCER HAVE A GAY PROBLEM?
"Flemmgs was later spend for six gam by the league, and he nied g an anti-gay slur toward Mart. "Beg able to have a posive msage e out of a really tough suatn was the silver lg, " he the only openly gay men's profsnal soccer player the Uned Stat -- and one of the few who have ever e out globally -- Mart has e to embrace the signifince of what he reprents, pecially for the LGBTQ+ muny.
Play1:48Coll Mart: Locker room support was all I needSan Diego Loyal midfielr Coll Mart says the support om his old teammat at Mnota Uned was a big help to him when he me out as gay. Around those years, havg to hi, havg to remd myself that like, 'Oh, my bt iend on the team, who jt lled another person a f----t, he isn't really homophobic, but he is jt tryg to be hurtful to that person. "Mart is not unique that he didn't have ach who were willg to step to put an end to homophobic language when was ed.