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Contents:

• “I KNOW 10 OR 12 GAY AFL PLAYERS” REVEALS JACK VIDGEN ON I’M A CELEB…
• THE GAY MAN'S GUI TO ATRALIAN FOOTBALL'S HOTTT HUNKS
• OPENLY GAY MALE PLAYERS WOULD BE WELED THE AFL: SELWOOD
• 'I'VE HAD TO MASK MY FEELGS': A-LEAGUE PLAYER OUT AS GAY EMOTNAL SOCIAL POSTS
• ANDY BRENNAN IS FIRST MALE ATRALIAN FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY
• WHICH AFL PLAYERS ARE GAY?

“I KNOW 10 OR 12 GAY AFL PLAYERS” REVEALS JACK VIDGEN ON I’M A CELEB…

Jack Vidgen, one of the stars on Atralia’s I’m A Celebry… Get Me Out Of Here!, has revealed that he knows 10 or 12 gay Atralian Football League players, reports.

Vidgen, who ma a name for himself on Atralia’s Got Talent, was talkg about homosexualy sport wh former AFL stars Travis Vare and Robert “Dipper” DiPerdomeni. “I probably know about 10 or 12 footy players, I’d never say their name, that are gay but they wouldn’t e out, ” Vidgen said. Send your suggtns via @newsHQ | @the_mattyoung7 David Pock (Super 15)The Wallabi skipper has been outspoken agast homophobia and is a strong advote of gay marriage.

Geelong pta Joel Selwood says he would be “proud” to see a male AFL player e out as gay, clarg there is now a “safety blanket” place terms of club the Cats lnched their specially signed jumper for Friday night’s Pri Round AFLW clash wh Collgwood at GMHBA Stadium, Selwood said any openly gay male player would be weled. ”The AFL is yet to have a male openly gay or bisexual player, but the AFLW has led the way celebratg change.

THE GAY MAN'S GUI TO ATRALIAN FOOTBALL'S HOTTT HUNKS

”What is seen as a more acceptg AFL men’s culture after Alai Uned A-League player Josh Cavallo revealed late last year he was gay, beg the first man top-tier football worldwi to do so. Football Atralia has issued Melbourne Victory wh a show e notice after Cavallo said he received homophobic abe om the club’s supporters durg an A-League clash.

Alai Uned midfielr Josh Cavallo hop more profsnal footballers will follow his lead and publicly announce that they’re gay. Cavallo on Wednday beme a rary profsnal sport: an openly gay male athlete.

OPENLY GAY MALE PLAYERS WOULD BE WELED THE AFL: SELWOOD

“It’s astonishg to know that there are currently no gay profsnal footballers who are out and actively playg, not only Atralia, but around the world.

'I'VE HAD TO MASK MY FEELGS': A-LEAGUE PLAYER OUT AS GAY EMOTNAL SOCIAL POSTS

“Ashamed I would never be able to do what I loved and be gay, ” he wrote. “Beg a closeted gay footballer, I’ve had to learn to mask my feelgs orr to f the mould of a profsnal footballer.

“Growg up beg gay and playg football were jt two worlds that hadn’t crossed paths before.

There are so many different typ of sexual orientatn om heterosexual through to asexual, homosexual, bisexual and more. 2% of the adult populatn Atralia intified as homosexual or bisexual. While beg the face of a gay movement might sound good theory, when ’s your face and private life splashed through the media, ’s a lot to take .

ANDY BRENNAN IS FIRST MALE ATRALIAN FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY

A gay AFL player might prefer to stay out of the spotlight to avoid placg their reer the media’s hand. In 2019, the fullback ma an anti-gay ment on social media (not for the first time), statg that gays will go to hell.

While Rugby Atralia acted the right manner and termated his posn, shows we have a long way to e before beg gay is accepted.

WHICH AFL PLAYERS ARE GAY?

If beg gay don’t affect their performance (which clearly don’t), then why is somethg they should have to brg up the first place? While would be nice to live a world where people don’t bat an eyelid about beg gay, we’re not que there yet. While we have e a long way when to LGBT rights, we still have a long way to go towards equaly and breakg down barriers and there’s no way of predictg the effect of g out gay.

6) Homophobic slurs. The biggt ncern for many gay athlet is how their teammat will see them. Many gay people fd hard enough g out to their immediate fay.