In 1990, Jt Fashanu beme the first football player to publicly e out as gay. Sce then, only seventeen players have done the same.
Contents:
- 8 MALE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO DARED TO COME OUT AS GAY
- THE OUTSPORTS GAY-IENDLY WORLD CUP RANKGS OF ALL 32 TEAMS
8 MALE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO DARED TO COME OUT AS GAY
"Cyd Zeigler, who scrib himself as a gay sports wrer, h out at the backlash, scribg as "crazy" that Amerins would turn their back on the team bee of this tweeted: "LOL the 'Amerins' who are now sudnly hopg the US los at the #WorldCup bee the team has some rabow flags around the facily Qatar. Image hatg your untry jt bee s soccer team might not hate gay people. Qatar is the first Middle Eastern untry to host the soccer tournament and the lotn selectn has been hugely ntroversial due to Qatar’s vol anti-gay polici.
It is illegal to be gay the Mlim untry and a World Cup ambassador said homosexualy is “damage to the md” a recent terview wh a German TV statn, promptg many to ll for a boytt of the Fédératn Internatnale Football Associatn’s pnacle petn.
THE OUTSPORTS GAY-IENDLY WORLD CUP RANKGS OF ALL 32 TEAMS
Many players have voiced fears for gay and female fans travelg to the petn that only tak place every four years, ncerned that Qatar’s discrimatory laws uld endanger certa fans. “Homosexualy is shoved down our throats. “It's really disappotg how if you don’t particularly like this you’re homophobic all of a sudn.
If that mak me a homophobe or a bigot I gus I am one. For years, emg a poor-performg teammate to be “gay” or “a faggot” was simply monplace. Soccer is not only reachg out to s lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr fans, but to straight folks as well.