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• JAKE DANIELS BE FIRST UK MALE FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY SCE 1990
• GIANT MURAL ON NORWICH PUB HONOURS JT FASHANU, ENGLAND'S FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER
• HERE ARE EIGHT OUT AND PROUD MALE GAY FOOTBALLERS
• GROUP OF 20 GAY FOOTBALLERS 'NSIRG G OUT TOGETHER', SAYS LIAM DAVIS
• OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER JAKE DANIELS, 18, MET ‘SOULMATE’ MARK, 46, AFTER HE SLID TO HIS DMS WHEN HE ME OUT
• UNNAMED PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLER REVEALS HE IS GAY LETTER BUT SAYS HE N'T GO PUBLIC
• GAY FOOTBALLER JAKE WILLIAMSON ‘CUT OFF’ BY MEMBERS OF HIS TEAM AFTER G OUT
• THERE ARE GAY PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLERS WHO HAVE E OUT TO TEAMMAT BUT FEAR HOMOPHOBIC BACKLASH OM FANS, SAYS SIR

JAKE DANIELS BE FIRST UK MALE FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY SCE 1990

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”. A giant mural of England's first openly gay footballer has been unveiled on the si of a Fashanu remas the only male profsnal player to nfirm he was homosexual - amid fears he would be "outed" by a natnal newspaper 1990 - and was ducted to the footballg Hall of Fame spe now beg seen as an spiratn the fight agast homophobia and discrimatn sport, the proud Canary took his own life 1998 - wrg his suici note that beg gay and a personaly was "so hard" former Norwich Cy striker, who beme the UK's first black £1m player when he was sold to Nottgham Fort, ntu to be seen as a legend at the Norfolk Champnship "wonr strike" agast Liverpool at Carrow Road 1980 went on to w Match of the Day's goal of the season now his face has taken pri of place on the si of a Canari supporters pub. A mural of former Norwich Cy player Jt Fashanu, England's first openly gay footballer, has appeared on the Fat Cat and Canary.

Great player, sred an amazg goal, the first £1m black player, me out as gay, " he said.

GIANT MURAL ON NORWICH PUB HONOURS JT FASHANU, ENGLAND'S FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER

There was a lot of homophobia the prs and media and he was hound for the fact that he me out as beg gay. It seems that beg an out gay man and a soccer player is still somethg that’s greeted wh homophobia.

However, there have been several pneerg male gay footballers who cid to e out of the closet and proclaim their sexualy to the world. A w for gay rights and helpg to pave the way for other gay players to feel safe enough to e out of the closet. Here are eight of some of the most well-known out-and-proud gay footballers.

HERE ARE EIGHT OUT AND PROUD MALE GAY FOOTBALLERS

Consired the first openly gay male Ain soccer player, Lekoloane me out publicly 2015. The South Ain player acknowledg that most of his teammat accepted his sexualy, however, he has faced homophobic slurs om opposg teams. He also said that he has met several closeted gay soccer players Ai, where homosexualy is crimalised several untri.

I don’t wish the hostily I felt on anyone, bee not everyone n survive homophobia a sport like football, ” he told MambaOnle recently.

In Febary 2013, Amerin soccer player Robbie Rogers me out as gay.

GROUP OF 20 GAY FOOTBALLERS 'NSIRG G OUT TOGETHER', SAYS LIAM DAVIS

On 21 May 2017, he beme the first openly gay male footballer to play at Wembley. “My advice to a young gay footballer at any level or any standard is jt to be themselv, ” Davis said that same year. The Atralian plays for Alai Uned Football Club and has been the victim of shameful homophobic abe om game-goers and on social media.

In May 2022, Jake Daniels me out at the age of 17  an open letter on the Blackpool Football Club’s webse, beg at that time the UK’s only openly gay active male profsnal footballer. He also acknowledged that “beg gay, or bi or queer men’s football is still a taboo” and that he is likely to face some gree of homophobia the sport. After stgglg wh his sexualy for years, he me as gay September 2022, makg him the first openly gay player Sttish football sce Jt Fashanu.

OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER JAKE DANIELS, 18, MET ‘SOULMATE’ MARK, 46, AFTER HE SLID TO HIS DMS WHEN HE ME OUT

As the World Cup go on a untry where homosexualy is illegal, many global football fans are havg to reckon wh the sports' soccer remas one of the most popular sports around the world, very few players have been able to e out and enjoy a succsful reer afterwards.

Gay players face prsure om teammat, ownership, ach, and fans over their are some of the men who have e out, fightg those stereotyp, and pavg the way for LGBTQ+ athlet who e after them. Atralian striker Andy Brennan me out as gay 2019, beg the first out gay Atralian male footballer. He me out 2011, and won the seventh season of Swedish realy show Let's Dance, beg the first out gay person to w.

He me out as gay 2022. His early clubs knew he was gay, and he me out durg his reer, beg the first pro footballer to do so. In 2014, he beme Bra's hight-profile out, gay player, and was the first out, gay male player to play at Wembley.

UNNAMED PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLER REVEALS HE IS GAY LETTER BUT SAYS HE N'T GO PUBLIC

He later me out as gay and has sce spoken out about the difficulti queer players face. He me out as gay 2019. The South Ain footballer beme Ai's first out, gay male footballer when he me out 2015.

GAY FOOTBALLER JAKE WILLIAMSON ‘CUT OFF’ BY MEMBERS OF HIS TEAM AFTER G OUT

Rogers me out as gay 2013, beg the first out gay man to pete a top North Amerin pro sports league when he played for the LA Galaxy that same year. Later, he revealed he qu the sport as a rult of homophobia he faced when he me out.

However, homosexualy is illegal and punishable by ath the Gulf state where he will now play football. "Read more:Beg gay is 'damage the md', Qatar World Cup ambassador saysGary Leker says he knows two gay Premier League stars. Openly gay footballer Liam Davis believ there is a group of around 20 players who are nsirg g out together.

"Davis disagre wh Football Associatn chairman Greg Clarke, who said profsnal players who announce they are gay would be takg a said last year that he would not advise a footballer to e out while still playg bee of the abe they would face om the terrac and social footballer Davis me out to team-mat early his reer and reckons the sport's attu to homosexualy is creasgly progrsive, although no player the Premier League or Football League is openly gay. "My advice to a young gay footballer at any level or any standard is jt to be themselv, " Davis said. "Davis do adm opponents have ma rogatory ments about his sexual orientatn, but sisted his team-mat have always fend he thks footballers n thrive beg openly gay, spe isolated cints of abe.

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

"Unrlg UEFA's stance agast discrimatn, print Aleksanr Cefer said: "We do not tolerate any kd of homophobic, racist or sexist behavur, and we will always stand for valu such as diversy, genr equaly and social cln. "Piara Powar, executive director of Football Agast Racism Europe, hailed UEFA for addrsg the issue of homophobia.