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The Alai Uned midfielr announced that he was gay a vio posted to the team's Twter acunt Tuday.

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JOSH CAVALLO BE ONE OF THE FEW PROFSNAL MEN'S FOOTBALLERS TO E OUT AS GAY

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Atralian footballer Josh Cavallo has e out as gay, beg one of the few profsnal men's soccer players the world to do so. The Alai Uned midfielr announced that he was gay a vio posted to the team's Twter acunt Tuday night.

"I'm a footballer, and I'm gay, " said an emotnal Cavallo.

Ashamed I would never be able to do what I love and be gay, hidg who I really am to pursue a dream I always wished for as a kid.

WHY THERE ARE FEW OPENLY GAY ATHLET IN MEN'S PROFSNAL SPORTS

Two athlet recently g out has highlighted the arth of openly gay players the world of U.S. men's profsnal sports, often dubbed "the last closet" for s lack of LGBTQ reprentatn. * soccer players rumored to be gay *

It's OK to be gay and to play football, " he said. Soccer player for the San Diego Loyal, me out publicly as gay 2018 when he was playg for the Mnota Uned.

Andy Brennan beme the first openly gay Atralian footballer when he me out 2019, acrdg to the Guardian. Male profsnal athlet e out as the first openly gay players currently participatg their rpective sports, cludg NHL hockey player Le Prokop and NFL fensive end Carl Nassib.

TOP 10 ATHLET WHO ARE RUMORED TO BE GAY

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When Nashville Predators prospect Le Prokop me out this week, was the first time an active player unr ntract to an NHL team had ever publicly acknowledged they were gay. Overnight, Prokop's announcement doubled the number of out gay athlet currently playg the untry's four major men's sports — football, basketball, baseball and hockey.

They also highlighted the arth of openly gay players the hypermascule world of U.

THERE ARE GAY PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLERS WHO HAVE E OUT TO TEAMMAT BUT FEAR HOMOPHOBIC BACKLASH OM FANS, SAYS SIR

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Though many retired former players have e out, is more unual for male profsnal athlet to say they are gay while still playg.

5 RUMORED GAY EPL PLAYERS: 4 ANNOUNCED THEIR HOMOSEXUALITY, #5 PLAYED FOR ARSENAL, #1 A NIGERIAN

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Gay male athlet face cultural barriers Part of the reason for the lack of out gay players men's profsnal sports uld be that there are jt fewer of them the game.

Rory Magrath, a rearcher at Solent Universy England, has suggted that 's possible gay men are unrreprented profsnal sports. "Gay men are a fe rource, so they n't exist great numbers every quarter, " Magrath told "Gay men are overreprented some areas, and as a nsequence are gog to be unrreprented sports. That uld be due to the mascule culture at the center of the major sports, experts say, creatg an environment that is ls welg to gay athlet.

Magrath helped thor a study that found that male athlet who me out as gay while still playg sports were largely met wh acceptance by their teammat. Robbie Rogers ma history 2013 when he took the field for the Los Angel Galaxy after as the first openly gay player profsnal U. NBA player Jason Colls, who me out 2013 while he was still playg the league, later told NPR " went great" when he scribed the perd after announcg he was gay.

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