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JAKE DANIELS BE FIRST UK MALE FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY SCE 1990
Thanks to the proment athlet who are gay, the sports world is beg more and more acceptg of homosexual players. Whether the famo Olympians, ... * gay uk sports *
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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.
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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”. She is also the first openly gay athlete to pete for grew up Chaka Gopalpur, a poor, ral village Odisha's Jaur district.
She me out 2019 - a year after India's Supreme Court crimalised gay sex - and faced public backlash om people her village, as well as her parents. Unlike male homosexualy, which was a crime, lbianism was then classed as a psychologil disorr. The two-time Pro-Bowler never publicly me out as gay before he died of Aids aged was selected the nth round of the 1965 NFL draft by the Washgton Redsks, now lled the Washgton Football Team.
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Smh never spoke to Kopay was briefly ached by NFL legend Vce Lombardi, who he loved playg for, and whose brother was openly gay.
"Owens, who often roomed wh Smh, said that Smh lived fear and never me out bee he worried if people knew he was gay, his reer would be died two months after revealg he had AidsIn 1986, Smh beme the first profsnal athlete to announce he had been diagnosed wh Aids.
He was also openly gay. Tiln was openly gay and one of the most domant figur US sport durg the 1920sDpe those nvictns, a 1950 Associated Prs poll, Tiln was unanimoly voted the greatt tennis player of the half-century. Thanks to the proment athlet who are gay, the sports world is beg more and more acceptg of homosexual players.
Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib publicly me out June 2021, makg him the first openly gay man to actively play the NFL. * gay uk sports *
Who is the most famo gay athlete? Football star Michael Sam ma headl 2014 when he beme the first openly gay athlete to be drafted to the NFL.
But he fely wasn’t the first homosexual athlete to fd succs. Olympic diver Greg Louganis is openly gay.
NBA player Jason Colls me out as gay an terview wh Sports Illtrated magaze 2013. He was the first active athlete to e out as gay any of the major Amerin sports.
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His announcement provoked mixed reactns om his fellow players and the you surprised that so many profsnal athlet are gay?
Share your thoughts the ments Wikimedia Commons / CC-BYOlympic soccer player Megan Rapoe me out as gay 2012. She has been a relatnship wh Atralian soccer player Sarah Walsh for three 38Natnaly: Uned Stat of AmeriBirthplace: Reddg, CaliforniaTeams: Chigo Red StarsTennis great Billie Jean Kg beme the first proment female profsnal athlete to e out as gay back 79Natnaly: Uned Stat of AmeriBirthplace: Long Beach, California, Uned Stat of AmeriOlympic diver Greg Louganis is openly gay. He married his partner Johnny Chaillo 63Natnaly: Uned Stat of AmeriBirthplace: El Cajon, California, Uned Stat of AmeriWNBA player Sheryl Swoop announced that she was gay 2005.
" In 2011, she revealed that she was currently datg a man and believed that beg gay was a choice. Age: 52Natnaly: Uned Stat of AmeriBirthplace: Brownfield, Texas, Uned Stat of AmeriTeams: Hoton Comets, Uned Stat women's natnal basketball team, Texas Tech Lady Rairs basketballNBA player Jason Colls me out as gay an terview wh Sports Illtrated magaze 2013. He is the first active athlete to e out as gay any of the major Amerin sports.