Josh Cavallo, the only openly gay top-flight male soccer player the sport, has told CNN that FIFA’s cisn to ban players om wearg “OneLove” armbands at the Qatar 2022 has ma him feel “exclud.”
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JOSH CAVALLO: ONLY OPENLY GAY TOP-FLIGHT MALE FOOTBALLER SAYS FIFA’S ‘ONELOVE’ ARMBAND BAN HAS MA HIM FEEL ‘EXCLUD’
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Josh Cavallo, the only openly gay top-flight male soccer player the sport, has told CNN that FIFA’s cisn to ban players om wearg “OneLove” armbands at the Qatar 2022 has ma him feel “exclud.
The Alai Uned midfielr and former Atralian youth ternatnal ma headl last year when he me out as gay. "This is an important msage which sus the game of football: on the field everybody is equal and this should be the se every place society, " said Netherlands pta Virgil van Dijk back is notorly anti-LGBTQ, and gay marriage is crimalized the untry. Captas om Belgium, Denmark, Germany, England, France, the Netherlands, Norway, Wal, Swen and Swzerland had planned to wear the One Love armband armband is part of an anti-discrimatn mpaign ially started by the Dutch Football Associatn before Euro 2020 and ma no specific reference of homophobia nor any other form of discrimatn.