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• JAKE DANIELS BE FIRST UK MALE FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY SCE 1990
• JAKE DANIELS: BLACKPOOL FOOTBALLER OUT AS GAY
• JAKE DANIELS: BLACKPOOL FORWARD BE UK'S FIRST ACTIVE MALE PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER TO E OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
• 17-YEAR-OLD SOCCER PLAYER OUT, BEG THE UK'S ONLY OPENLY GAY PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER
• 17-YEAR-OLD IS FIRST ACTIVE UK PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY S
• JOSH CAVALLO: A-LEAGUE PLAYER BE ONLY CURRENT OPENLY GAY MALE TOP-FLIGHT PRO FOOTBALLER
• BLACKPOOL FOOTBALLER JAKE DANIELS BE FIRST ACTIVE OPENLY GAY PROFSNAL PLAYER BRA
• FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE PLAYER ENGLAND SCE JT FASHANU: JAKE DANIELS LATT WORLD FOOTBALLER TO E OUT
• GIANT MURAL ON NORWICH PUB HONOURS JT FASHANU, ENGLAND'S FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER
• PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLERS OPENLY GAY RELATNSHIP AMID WORLD CUP NTROVERSY
• JAKE DANIELS: BLACKPOOL FOOTBALLER, 17, OUT, BEG ONLY OPENLY GAY MALE PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER BRA
• GAY PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLER 'VERY LIKELY' TO E OUT NEXT YEAR, SAYS JT FASHANU'S NIECE
• ATRALIAN FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO BE ONLY OPENLY GAY MALE PROFSNAL PLAYER
• DPE S BT TENTNS, FOOTBALL REMAS UNWELG OF GAY FANS
• ‘I HAVE BEEN FIGHTG MY SEXUALY’: A-LEAGUE MEN PLAYER JOSH CAVALLO OUT AS GAY
• THE MOST FAMO GAY FOOTBALLERS IN THE MORN GAME
• BUCNEERS' CARL NASSIB, FIRST OPENLY GAY NFL STAR, SAYS 'I'M NOT HIDG'
• AT LEAST 20 FOOTBALLERS PREMIER LEAGUE AND CHAMPNSHIP ARE GAY BUT THEY'RE AAID TO E OUT SAYS EX-CLUB BOSS

JAKE DANIELS BE FIRST UK MALE FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY SCE 1990

The Blackpool forward Jake Daniels has end s of silence wh men’s football to bee the first player the UK to e out as gay sce Jt Fashanu 1990.

JAKE DANIELS: BLACKPOOL FOOTBALLER OUT AS GAY

Photograph: Pl Dennis/TGS Photo/ShutterstockDaniels’s revelatn is a strikg landmark that when men’s football is more engaged wh social issu than any recent time, but still unable to ce progrs LGBTQ reprentatn wh the year Alai Uned’s Josh Cavallo beme the only male top-flight profsnal footballer the world to e out as gay, but others are yet to follow. In six months the men’s World Cup will be played Qatar, where homosexualy is illegal, and Cavallo revealed to the Guardian he would be “sred” to play at the tournament, the pnacle of world English football specifilly, the shadow of the talented and unfulfilled Fashanu still lgers over the game. The England ternatnal me out at the end of his reer and was to take his own life eight years later, Fashanu, Jt’s niece, who ns a charable foundatn his name, said that Daniels’s cisn would “e as a huge fort to the many footballers at all levels of the game still secretly livg as gay and who still feel unable to e out”.

Media ptn, WATCH: 'I am ready to be myself' - Jake DanielsJake Daniels is the first profsnal footballer the UK men's game for more than 30 years to e out as gay while still playg. "I've known my whole life that I'm gay, and I now feel that I'm ready to e out and be myself.

JAKE DANIELS: BLACKPOOL FORWARD BE UK'S FIRST ACTIVE MALE PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER TO E OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

"Before Jake, Josh Cavallo - who plays for Alai Uned Atralia - was the only openly gay top-flight male profsnal footballer the world, havg e out last do 'g out' mean? Comg out of the closet, often shortened to g out, is when a person shar wh others that they are lbian, gay, bi and/or trans (LGBT) out is different for everyone and n take some time to get to a pot where someone feels fortable and nfint enough to tell other is this important?

Only four male profsnal football players who have played the UK have shared that they were gay - Thomas Beattie, Jt Fashanu, Thomas Hzlsperger and Robbie Jake Daniels, only Jt Fashanu revealed he was gay whilst he was still playg football 1990. The other three shared that they were gay after retirg om after g out Jt Fashanu suffered om homophobic bullyg and harassment before he died do LGBTQ+ stand for? The + is an clive symbol to mean 'and others' to clu people of all ptn, WATCH: Gay footballers talk about their experienc the game (June 2020)Thomas Beattie, who was a former youth player for English club Hull Cy, said that he felt that he uldn't announce that he was gay while still playg: "I lerally felt like I had to sacrifice one of the two: who I am, or the sport I loved, " he there are now chari and anisatns that mpaign to make football more clive and a safe place for the LGBTQ+ muny.

17-YEAR-OLD SOCCER PLAYER OUT, BEG THE UK'S ONLY OPENLY GAY PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER

"To e out publicly as the first openly gay player men's profsnal football the UK the last 30 years tak urage. Speakg about how g out will change his life Daniels said: "Of urse I am aware that there will be a reactn to this and some of will be homophobic, maybe a stadium and on social media.

"Blackpool forward Jake Daniels speaks exclively on beg the UK's first male profsnal footballer to e out publicly as gay sce Jt talks about g out to his parents, his club, and his team-mat.

17-YEAR-OLD IS FIRST ACTIVE UK PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY S

I n't really put a date on , but I was probably five or six years old when I knew I was gay.

Zanr Murray signs for Bonnyrigg Rose to bee only openly gay player SPFL. Jake Daniels: England's only openly gay active footballer reveals Tom Daley spired him to e out.

JOSH CAVALLO: A-LEAGUE PLAYER BE ONLY CURRENT OPENLY GAY MALE TOP-FLIGHT PRO FOOTBALLER

Jt Fashanu: LGBTQ+ Norwich fan group raisg money to stall statue of first openly gay footballer. At that age you don't really thk that football and beg gay don't mix. In school people even ed to ask me: "Are you sure you aren't gay?

BLACKPOOL FOOTBALLER JAKE DANIELS BE FIRST ACTIVE OPENLY GAY PROFSNAL PLAYER BRA

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FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE PLAYER ENGLAND SCE JT FASHANU: JAKE DANIELS LATT WORLD FOOTBALLER TO E OUT

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GIANT MURAL ON NORWICH PUB HONOURS JT FASHANU, ENGLAND'S FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER

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"There have prevly been players who felt that they had no place the game as out gay men durg their playg reers, but Jake is showg the world that you n be yourself.

PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLERS OPENLY GAY RELATNSHIP AMID WORLD CUP NTROVERSY

To e out publicly as the first openly gay player men's profsnal football the UK the last 30 years tak urage.

The Blackpool FC forward is now the only openly gay, active profsnal soccer player the UK.

Jake Daniels, a forward for England's Blackpool Football Club, me out as gay on Monday, beg the UK's only active profsnal soccer player and first to e out 30 years. Last year, the fensive end Carl Nassib me out as gay, beg the first openly gay man to actively play the NFL. Jake Daniels, a 17-year-old forward for Blackpool FC England’s send tier, publicly me out as gay Monday a statement released by the club.

JAKE DANIELS: BLACKPOOL FOOTBALLER, 17, OUT, BEG ONLY OPENLY GAY MALE PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER BRA

“I’ve known my whole life that I’m gay, and I now feel that I’m ready to e out and be myself.

“To e out publicly as the first openly gay player men’s profsnal football the UK the last 30 years tak urage. Alai Uned player Josh Cavallo has e out as gay, makg him the world's only current openly gay male top-flight profsnal footballer.

GAY PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLER 'VERY LIKELY' TO E OUT NEXT YEAR, SAYS JT FASHANU'S NIECE

I am a footballer and I am gay, " Cavallo said, a vio posted on Alai Uned's Twter acunt. "Growg up I always felt the need to hi myself bee I was ashamed - ashamed I would never be able to do what I loved and be gay.

"Growg up beg gay and playg football were jt two worlds that hadn't crossed paths before. Former Aston Villa, Stuttgart, Wt Ham and Everton player Thomas Hzlsperger is among the most high-profile former players to be openly gay, havg e out publicly the year after he Leeds Uned player Robbie Rogers also announced he was gay when retirg 2013, before returng to the game wh LA Galaxy and wng the MLS Cup.

In dog so he beme the first openly gay male athlete to w a major profsnal team sports tle the Uned Stat.

ATRALIAN FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO BE ONLY OPENLY GAY MALE PROFSNAL PLAYER

Cavallo said he worried g out might have a negative effect on his reer and add that, as a gay footballer, he knew of "other players livg silence". "It is astonishg to know that there are currently no gay profsnal footballers who are out and actively playg, not only Atralia, but around the world.

"Inspirg a future generatn Several top-flight footballers have e out once their playg reers were over, but Cavallo's announcement mak him the world's only current openly gay male top-flight profsnal said: "I hope one day I n spire someone om the younger generatn or someone else who may be stgglg.

Blackpool Football Club player Jake Daniels has bee the first active male profsnal to e out as openly gay Bra three 17-year-old ma the announcement on Sky News and says he wanted to do so to "break the stigma" said he had been hidg who he really is and "now feel that I’m ready to e out and be myself. "Jake Daniels (left) be the first openly gay footballer Bra.

DPE S BT TENTNS, FOOTBALL REMAS UNWELG OF GAY FANS

It is not jt footballers who have shown their support for Jake, celebri have also celebrated his urage, cludg Eddie Izzard who said: "I salute you, Jake"Liz Ward, director of programm at Stonewall, a lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr rights chary, said: “To e out publicly as the UK’s first openly gay profsnal footballer nearly 30 years tak credible urage, and we’re heartened by the solidary and support he has received om Blackpool FC and his team-mat. Blackpool FC star Jake Daniels has taken the spiratnal step of beg the first male English profsnal footballer to publicly e out as gay over two 17-year-old spoke exclively to Sky Sports followg his cisn to make the statement after breakg to the Seasirs first team 2022. Daniels' move has been met wh wispread onle support as a bold step towards greater openns of LGBT muni wh terview as part of a posive move towards addrsg fears over negativy and abe followg Alai Uned star Josh Cavallo breakg down barriers as the only gay currently active profsnal player English Premier League schle: Updated TV, streamg for every 2021-22 EPL soccer match USAFirst openly gay English footballer sce FashanuDaniels' ccial terview has opened a necsary nversatn over the willgns of profsnal footballers to openly e out.

‘I HAVE BEEN FIGHTG MY SEXUALY’: A-LEAGUE MEN PLAYER JOSH CAVALLO OUT AS GAY

However, his move to bee the first English-based footballer to publicly e out, will voke memori of former Notts Country striker Jt Fashanu — Josh Cavallo (@JoshuaCavallo) October 27, 2021Fashanu me out as part of an exclive terview wh The Sun newspaper but a staed public backlash to the report effectively end his profsnal brave move remaed as the only example of a English player to do so wh former Aston Villa midfielr Tomas Hzlsperger wag until retirement before g gay football players around the worldAlongsi Josh Cavallo, male players based Atralia and the Uned Stat have publicly e out, wh Daniels beg a ground breaker England. — Sky News (@SkyNews) May 16, 2022"In school people even ed to ask me: 'Are you sure you aren't gay?

"It's a day of great importance for English football"Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher discs Blackpool's Jake Daniels g out as gay - the first UK profsnal footballer to do so publicly sce 1990 — Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) May 16, 2022Well played, @Jake_Daniels11. A giant mural of England's first openly gay footballer has been unveiled on the si of a Fashanu remas the only male profsnal player to nfirm he was homosexual - amid fears he would be "outed" by a natnal newspaper 1990 - and was ducted to the footballg Hall of Fame spe now beg seen as an spiratn the fight agast homophobia and discrimatn sport, the proud Canary took his own life 1998 - wrg his suici note that beg gay and a personaly was "so hard" former Norwich Cy striker, who beme the UK's first black £1m player when he was sold to Nottgham Fort, ntu to be seen as a legend at the Norfolk Champnship "wonr strike" agast Liverpool at Carrow Road 1980 went on to w Match of the Day's goal of the season now his face has taken pri of place on the si of a Canari supporters pub. A mural of former Norwich Cy player Jt Fashanu, England's first openly gay footballer, has appeared on the Fat Cat and Canary.

THE MOST FAMO GAY FOOTBALLERS IN THE MORN GAME

Great player, sred an amazg goal, the first £1m black player, me out as gay, " he said.

BUCNEERS' CARL NASSIB, FIRST OPENLY GAY NFL STAR, SAYS 'I'M NOT HIDG'

There was a lot of homophobia the prs and media and he was hound for the fact that he me out as beg gay. This is a hot topic particularly bee the host natn, Qatar, is known to crimalise homosexual relatns. Now, has been revealed that two Premier League teammat are a gay an exclive story by The Sun, the two Premier League footballers are reportedly open about beg a gay relatnship, at least as far as the drsg room go.

AT LEAST 20 FOOTBALLERS PREMIER LEAGUE AND CHAMPNSHIP ARE GAY BUT THEY'RE AAID TO E OUT SAYS EX-CLUB BOSS

Earlier this month, the Qatari ambassador to the UK had warned same-sex upl not to kiss public if they will travel to watch the World, World Cup ambassador Khalid Salman ed outrage last week after sayg that beg gay is tantamount to havg "damage the md. This is why the possibily of havg two active Premier League players speak up about beg gay is such an important topic for the LGBTQ+ muny at the moment. There are mours about other gay players, but remas to be seen if they will e out publicly while still nversatns about the topic will surely ntue to the World Cup, pecially wh thoands of spectators flockg to Qatar to enjoy the event.

The 21-year-old released an emotnal vio on Wednday (Pictur: Instagram / Twter)Alai Uned footballer Josh Cavallo has bee the only openly gay male profsnal player the world and hop his cisn to e out will spire others to do the same. Unfortunately, beg gay is still nsired somethg of a taboo wh football, though Cavallo says he was tired of ‘livg a double life’ and hop to enurage others to follow his lead.