The Blackpool striker is the fist openly gay profsnal footballer over 30 years
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- JAKE DANIELS: BLACKPOOL FORWARD BE UK'S FIRST ACTIVE MALE PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER TO E OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
- BLACKPOOL FOOTBALLER JAKE DANIELS, 17, IS FIRST UK PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY SCE JT FASHANU 1990
- JAKE DANIELS BE FIRST UK MALE FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY SCE 1990
- SOCCER PLAYER JAKE DANIELS, 18, SAYS HE FOUND HIS 'SOULMATE' PARTNER, 46, AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY
- PRO SOCCER PLAYER JAKE DANIELS OUT AS GAY
- JAKE DANIELS' SCHOOL ISSU HEARTWARMG STATEMENT AFTER BLACKPOOL FC PLAYER OUT AS GAYTHE BLACKPOOL STRIKER IS THE FIST OPENLY GAY PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER OVER 30 YEARSACCRGTONBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYFATIMA AZIZTRAEE REPORTER09:46, 17 MAY 2022BOOKMARKJAKE DANIELS IS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE FOOTBALLER OVER 30 YEARS (IMAGE: BLACKPOOL FC)WANT ALL THE LATT BLACKPOOL FC NEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOX? SHARE YOUR EMAIL FOR THE BIGGT HEADL, TRANSFER NEWS AND MOREMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 WANT ALL THE LATT BLACKPOOL FC NEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOX? SHARE YOUR EMAIL FOR THE BIGGT HEADL, TRANSFER NEWS AND MOREINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
- JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT
- JAKE DANIELS: WHY BLACKPOOL PLAYER’S CISN TO E OUT AS GAY MATTERS
- BLACKPOOL FOOTBALLER JAKE DANIELS BE FIRST ACTIVE OPENLY GAY PROFSNAL PLAYER BRA
JAKE DANIELS: BLACKPOOL FORWARD BE UK'S FIRST ACTIVE MALE PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER TO E OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
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BLACKPOOL FOOTBALLER JAKE DANIELS, 17, IS FIRST UK PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY SCE JT FASHANU 1990
Soccer Player Jake Daniels, 18, Says He Found His ‘Soulmate’ Partner, 46, After Comg Out as Gay Jake Daniels is reflectg on his g out. In May 2022, the 18-year-old Blackpool player beme the first active openly gay profsnal male soccer player… * blackpool player comes out as gay *
Jake Daniels: England's only openly gay active footballer reveals Tom Daley spired him to e out.
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JAKE DANIELS BE FIRST UK MALE FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY SCE 1990
* blackpool player comes out as gay *
Football v Homophobia: "Football v Homophobia would like to ngratulate Jake on takg this step to share his thentic self the men's profsnal game, pecially at such a young age. "There have prevly been players who felt that they had no place the game as out gay men durg their playg reers, but Jake is showg the world that you n be yourself.
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SOCCER PLAYER JAKE DANIELS, 18, SAYS HE FOUND HIS 'SOULMATE' PARTNER, 46, AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY
Ken Felts didn't e out as gay until he was 90. He told his dghter about havg to abandon his first real love the 1950s. His story went global on Facebook. Now, at 93, he's found a hband. * blackpool player comes out as gay *
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PRO SOCCER PLAYER JAKE DANIELS OUT AS GAY
Of urse I am aware that there will be a reactn to this and some of will be homophobic, maybe a stadium and on social media. ”Jake Daniels is the first openly gay male profsnal footballer Bra sce Jt Fashanu (Photo: Sky Sports News)He is the first player to e out sce Jt Fashanu, who did so 1990 amid mours about his private life – takg his own life eight years later after years of homophobic players have e out sce, cludg ex-Wt Ham and Everton player Thomas Hzlsperger, but none have done so while playg the top tier of Brish men’s football.
JAKE DANIELS' SCHOOL ISSU HEARTWARMG STATEMENT AFTER BLACKPOOL FC PLAYER OUT AS GAYTHE BLACKPOOL STRIKER IS THE FIST OPENLY GAY PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER OVER 30 YEARSACCRGTONBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYFATIMA AZIZTRAEE REPORTER09:46, 17 MAY 2022BOOKMARKJAKE DANIELS IS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE FOOTBALLER OVER 30 YEARS (IMAGE: BLACKPOOL FC)WANT ALL THE LATT BLACKPOOL FC NEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOX? SHARE YOUR EMAIL FOR THE BIGGT HEADL, TRANSFER NEWS AND MOREMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 WANT ALL THE LATT BLACKPOOL FC NEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOX? SHARE YOUR EMAIL FOR THE BIGGT HEADL, TRANSFER NEWS AND MOREINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
“The sad realy is there is still a lot of homophobia the game, at all levels.
“To e out publicly as the UK’s first openly gay profsnal footballer nearly 30 years tak credible urage, and we’re heartened by the solidary and support he has received om Blackpool FC and his teammat. ”Campaign group Football v Homophobia said: “Football v Homophobia would like to ngratulate Jake on takg this step to share his thentic self the men’s profsnal game, pecially at such a young age.
“There have prevly been players who felt that they had no place the game as out gay men durg their playg reers, but Jake is showg the world that you n be yourself.
JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT
Jt Fashanu ed a tabloid sensatn 1990 when he gave an exclive terview to The Sun, g out as gay, a bid to thwart mours swirlg about his sexualy the prs.
JAKE DANIELS: WHY BLACKPOOL PLAYER’S CISN TO E OUT AS GAY MATTERS
Homosexualy remaed taboo men’s football for years after his ath. “I’m a soccer player, I’m Christian, and I’m gay, ” the former USA ternatnal said. Dpe the lack of openly gay players the sport, there have been equent claims of closeted LGBT+ players.
Jt Fashanu’s niece Amal onted 2012 documentary Bra’s Gay Footballers explorg the experienc of gay players, while Channel 4 documentary Football’s Comg Out, which aired earlier this year, explored how “LGBTQ+ players current and future n feel enuraged to be their most thentic selv the sport they love.
BLACKPOOL FOOTBALLER JAKE DANIELS BE FIRST ACTIVE OPENLY GAY PROFSNAL PLAYER BRA
The Blackpool forward Jake Daniels has end s of silence wh men’s football to bee the first player the UK to e out as gay sce Jt Fashanu 1990. Photograph: Pl Dennis/TGS Photo/ShutterstockDaniels’s revelatn is a strikg landmark that when men’s football is more engaged wh social issu than any recent time, but still unable to ce progrs LGBTQ reprentatn wh the year Alai Uned’s Josh Cavallo beme the only male top-flight profsnal footballer the world to e out as gay, but others are yet to follow. In six months the men’s World Cup will be played Qatar, where homosexualy is illegal, and Cavallo revealed to the Guardian he would be “sred” to play at the tournament, the pnacle of world English football specifilly, the shadow of the talented and unfulfilled Fashanu still lgers over the game.
The England ternatnal me out at the end of his reer and was to take his own life eight years later, Fashanu, Jt’s niece, who ns a charable foundatn his name, said that Daniels’s cisn would “e as a huge fort to the many footballers at all levels of the game still secretly livg as gay and who still feel unable to e out”.
In May 2022, the 18-year-old Blackpool player beme the first active openly gay profsnal male soccer player the UK sce 1990 when he publicly revealed that he was gay at the age of 17.