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Contents:

• IGOR BENEVENUTO BE FIRST FIFA-RANKED REFEREE TO E OUT AS GAY
• FIFA REFEREE IGOR BENEVENUTO OUT AS GAY MONTHS BEFORE THE WORLD CUP
• HOW ONE OF BRAZIL’S FIRST OPENLY GAY SOCCER REFERE CHANGED THE GAME
• TOP FOOTBALL REFEREE IGOR BENEVENUTO OUT AS GAY AHEAD OF WORLD CUP
• RYAN ATK: FROM LMAN TO CHAMPN - FIRST OPENLY GAY REFEREE ON EXPERIENC
• LGBT GROUPS ACCE FIFA OF HYPOCRISY FOR PUBLICLY SUPPORTG UK SOCCER'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER 30 YEARS, BUT READILY HOSTG A WORLD CUP QATAR
• ‘I NSIRED CHEMIL STRATN,’ SAYS GAY GBY REFEREE NIGEL OWENS
• REFEREE IGOR BENEVENUTO BE FIRST FIFA-RANKED REFEREE TO PUBLICLY CLARE HIMSELF GAY
• THE OUTSPORTS GAY-IENDLY WORLD CUP RANKGS OF ALL 32 TEAMS
• FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME: A KIWI REF GO TO THE GAY GBY WORLD CUP

IGOR BENEVENUTO BE FIRST FIFA-RANKED REFEREE TO E OUT AS GAY

Adriana GarciaJul 9, 2022, 06:29 AM ETBrazilian referee Igor Benevenuto has bee the first FIFA-ranked referee football history to e out as gay. Benevenuto, 41, announced durg a Globoporte podst that he is gay and exprsed his joy that he is fally ready to be a statement to GloboEsporte, FIFA said: "FIFA wel and supports referee Igor Benevenuto and his cisn to e out.

Igor Benevenuto, a FIFA soccer referee Brazil, has e out publicly as gay. In a stirrg statement to Globo Esporte, Benevenuto, 41, talked about the pa of livg a culture and a relign that rejected homosexualy.

Gay sex is illegal Qatar, and FIFA has been experienced heightened scty of late for the selectn of Qatar as the World Cup host. I will jt be Igor, male, gay, who rpects people and their choic. Gay civil rights activist Luiz Mott found one of Brazil’s first gay rights anizatns, Gpo Gay da Bahia.

FIFA REFEREE IGOR BENEVENUTO OUT AS GAY MONTHS BEFORE THE WORLD CUP

Acrdg to Gpo Gay da Bahia, roughly “3, 100 homosexuals” were killed om hate-motivated crim between 1980 and 2009, and the rate of vlence agast gay Brazilians is creasg. Je, along wh Válter Senra, who went by the nickname “the Bian, ” Plo Rodrigu da Silva, and Sérg Cenezi, were the few openly gay Brazilian refere facg such scty 1980s. Acrdg to Plar, the print of the Brazilian Football Conferatn (CBF) at the time, João Ellis Filho, stated that no homosexual referee would manage the Copa União petn.

The homophobic cints happened que often, but they didn’t phase Je.

“When Margarida me on televisn to intify himself as a mp gay [man], we supported his visibily, ” says Luiz Mott. Ironilly, his me, Armando Marqu, mted durg his tenure at CBF to riddg the anizatn of gay refere—or those, like Clés, who were assumed to be gay.

HOW ONE OF BRAZIL’S FIRST OPENLY GAY SOCCER REFERE CHANGED THE GAME

Almost 20 years later, was big news the soccer world when FIFA-ranked Brazilian referee Igor Benevenuto me out publicly as gay the months before the 2022 World Cup Qatar, where gay sex is illegal. For refere and assistants like Sérg Cenezi or gay soccer leagu like LiGay, that’s what Je reprented the 1980s. Brazil’s Igor Benevenuto be ‘first FIFA-ranked referee to e out as gay’ (Friemann Vogel/Getty Imag).

Brazil’s Igor Benevenuto has bee the first FIFA-ranked referee to e out as gay. The 41-year-old football referee said that g out as gay, he hop to spire other LGBTQ+ athlet to speak out about their sexualy.

“Soccer was for men, and sce an early age I knew I was gay… there was not a more perfect place to hi my sexualy, ” Benevenuto told the Nos Armárs dos Vtiárs podst.

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Gays are ed to not beg themselv. “There are many gay people soccer. Blackpool’s Jake Daniels ma history May as the UK’s first active male pro footballer to e out as gay sce Jt Fashanu  1990.

He told Sky Sports that “beg gay or bi or queer” men’s football is “still a taboo” subject, but that was a “massive relief” to e out. Atralian player Josh Cavallo, who is gay, has said that he would be aaid of travellg to Qatar if lled up for the World Cup.

Ryan Atk has refereed four Natnal League gam this season, most recently Dagenham & Redbridge's w agast Alrshot on 16 November"I got a lot of people jt pattg me on the back and sayg 'well done, don't matter that you are gay'. "In Augt 2017, Ryan Atk beme the first man refereeg England's profsnal leagu to e out as then, he has gone om workg as an assistant referee the English Football League to refereeg the Natnal League this nng the le to beg the man the middle, he has been nomated has been named as one of Stonewall's Sport Champns for the chary's Rabow Lac mpaign, which started on Friday and is aimed at tacklg homophobia sport, Atk spoke to the BBC's LGBT Sport Podst and says he hop that others n follow his footsteps.

RYAN ATK: FROM LMAN TO CHAMPN - FIRST OPENLY GAY REFEREE ON EXPERIENC

"'Still work to be done'Wybe goalkeeper Ryan Allsop reported alleged abe to referee John Bby at half-time their w agast Tranmere RoversMany refere workg English football n speak of the sults they are exposed to om the stands, and even as recently as the past week, there was an alleged cint of homophobic abe a League One occurred durg Tranmere's match agast Wybe and led to a man beg arrted. And if we haven't even achieved that, then homophobia football is trailg behd.

"'The culture is slowly changg'Atralian gby unn thori end Israel Fol's ntract over a social media post which he said "hell awas" gay peopleSiar problems exist other sports too. Earlier this year, Atralian gby unn thori end Israel Fol's ntract over a social media post which he said "hell awas" gay England forward Billy Vunipola was later warned by his club si Saracens about his behavur after fendg Fol's actns. Meanwhile, no profsnal footballer the Uned Kgdom has yet e out as gay, a suatn Atk is hopeful will said: "It n sometim be slightly dishearteng to thk that there are other people who are LGBT who don't feel that 's the right time for them or have the nfince to e out.

"Stonewall's Sport Champns 2019Amaz LeThi (bodybuilr)Charlie Mart (racg driver)Corne Humphreys (sprter)John Dickson-Lilley (Paralympic skier)Lizzie Williams (wheelchair racer)Michael Gunng (swimmer)Philippa York (cyclist)Ryan Atk (football referee)Tom Bosworth (race walker)Beth Fisher (former hockey player and sport journalist)Huw Ware (PDC darts referee)Buildg a dialogueWh the 2022 World Cup Qatar - a untry where homosexualy is illegal - fast approachg, Atk says his experienc at last year's World Cup Rsia gave a flavour of what to expect. FIFA tweeted s support for Jake Daniels after the Blackpool player me out as gay Monday.

LGBT GROUPS ACCE FIFA OF HYPOCRISY FOR PUBLICLY SUPPORTG UK SOCCER'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER 30 YEARS, BUT READILY HOSTG A WORLD CUP QATAR

The 2022 FIFA World Cup is beg held Qatar, where beg gay is illegal. LGBTQ+ chari the Uned Kgdom have h out at FIFA for publicly showg s support for Blackpool FC player Jake Daniels, who me out publicly as gay this week, while holdg a World Cup Qatar later this year. On Monday, Daniels, 17, beme the first male profsnal soccer player the UK to e out as gay while still playg for over 30 last player to do so was Jt Fashanu a statement on Blackpool's webse, Daniels said: "I've been hidg the real me and who I really am.

‘I NSIRED CHEMIL STRATN,’ SAYS GAY GBY REFEREE NIGEL OWENS

"I've known my whole life that I'm gay, and I now feel that I'm ready to e out and be myself. In Qatar, homosexualy is illegal and punishable by month, Senr Qatari lear Major General Abdulaziz Abdullah Al Ansari utned LGBTQ+ fans om attendg the tournament, tellg The Indian Exprs they risked beg attacked. An ternatnal referee for the last , Owens is also one of the most proment gay men sport havg e out 2007.

REFEREE IGOR BENEVENUTO BE FIRST FIFA-RANKED REFEREE TO PUBLICLY CLARE HIMSELF GAY

As he rose to the top of the sport, Owens was also g to terms wh the fact that he was a homosexual. However, if you’re gay and want to go to sport, ’s the bulli who should be aaid, not you.

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

Rugby referee Nigel Owens is one of the most proment gay men sport.

As an openly gay figure one of the most mascule of sports Nigel Owens is a rary – but he might never have achieved his inic stat gby unn if he had gone ahead wh plans for a chemil stratn. “I didn’t want to be gay, ” Owens, who me out 2007, told CNN.

FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME: A KIWI REF GO TO THE GAY GBY WORLD CUP

“I actually went to the doctor at one stage to see if I uld be chemilly strated any way, if would get rid of me beg gay. They n’t tell other people they’re gay bee they’re fightg themselv. However, he believ the mcular world of gby unn is way ahead of other global sports when to acceptg gay stars, although Gareth Thomas beme the first profsnal player to open up about his sexualy as recently as 2009.