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
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THE OUTSPORTS GAY-IENDLY WORLD CUP RANKGS OF ALL 32 TEAMS
“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.