English soccer player Matt Jarvis on ver of gay magaze - Outsports

Contents:

• ENGLISH SOCCER PLAYER MATT JARVIS ON VER OF GAY MAGAZE
• IS FOOTBALL READY FOR OPENLY GAY PLAYERS?
• JOSH CAVALLO: ONLY OPENLY GAY TOP-FLIGHT MALE FOOTBALLER SAYS FIFA’S ‘ONELOVE’ ARMBAND BAN HAS MA HIM FEEL ‘EXCLUD’
• "IT’S EVERYDAY LIFE": WT HAM WGER MATT JARVIS BELIEV 'S TIME FOR GAY FOOTBALLERS TO E OUT
• COLL MART IS U.S. SOCCER'S ONLY OPENLY GAY MALE PLAYER, AND HE'S WORKG TO MAKE THE GAME MORE CLIVE FOR FUTURE LGBTQ+ PLAYERS
• FOOTBALL ACE: MORE GAY STARS SHOULD COME OUT; JARVIS: IT WILL BOOST SPORT.

ENGLISH SOCCER PLAYER MATT JARVIS ON VER OF GAY MAGAZE

Matt Jarvis, a player on the Wt Ham soccer club the English Premier League, is on the ver of the Brish gay magaze Attu urgg gay players to e out of the closet.

"I'm sure there are many footballers who are gay, but when they ci to actually e out and say , is a different story. Jarvis, the third pro soccer player to be on the ver of Attu (along wh David Beckham and Freddie Ljungberg), says he thks an openly gay player would get support and might also perform better wh the prsure of hidg removed.

IS FOOTBALL READY FOR OPENLY GAY PLAYERS?

It is not a surprise to learn that the 26-year-old arrived for this terview by tube or that he failed to notice he was attractg cur glanc om his fellow passengers, who were wonrg why an England ternatnal, albe one whose only p was won as a substute a iendly agast Ghana two years ago, was acpanyg them on their journey across the do not seem to worry too much about what other people thk of him, which he monstrated by appearg topls on the ont ver of the gay magaze Attu, January. As far as Jarvis is ncerned, is explible and unacceptable that should be a problem for a footballer to tell the world that he is a month after Jarvis spoke to the magaze, the former Leeds wger and Uned Stat ternatnal Robbie Rogers beme only the send gay footballer Bra to e out.

I've never had a gay team-mate but that don't mean there aren't gay footballers.

JOSH CAVALLO: ONLY OPENLY GAY TOP-FLIGHT MALE FOOTBALLER SAYS FIFA’S ‘ONELOVE’ ARMBAND BAN HAS MA HIM FEEL ‘EXCLUD’

In any other le of work, no one would even bat an eyelid or thk to ask someone if they're gay. ByEurosportUpdated 04/01/2013 at 13:11 GMTWt Ham wger Matt Jarvis has sparked bate by bee the third footballer to feature on the ont of the UK's leadg gay magaze, sayg he believ the sport is more than ready to wele any stars wantg to e Jarvis, Wt Ham UnedImage cred: PA PhotosThe married 26-year-old featur on the ont of Febary's Attu, followg on om David Beckham and Freddie Ljungberg, who both appeared the prev . I'm sure there are many footballers who are gay, but when they ci to actually e out and say , is a different story.

Fashanu tragilly killed himself 1998 after Amerin police qutned him over an alleged sexual asslt; the vtigatn was dropped, but Fashanu is believed to have killed himself the belief that there was a warrant out for his then, the only footballer Europe to have e out publicly is Swedish lower league player Anton Hysen, and gay rights activists believe there is still a major problem wh homophobia the game. "One four football fans thk is an anti-gay sport, while seven 10 fans had heard homophobic abe on the terrac.

"IT’S EVERYDAY LIFE": WT HAM WGER MATT JARVIS BELIEV 'S TIME FOR GAY FOOTBALLERS TO E OUT

There is still a culture the game that means beg gay is not tolerated the same way as is other profsns and society at large, " Alice Ashworth of Stonewall told The attus seem to be rife across the ntent: Italian football has been h by several homophobia ntroversi recently, wh natnal team striker Anton Cassano g a storm at Euro 2012 for sayg that he hoped there were no gay players the Italy Rsia recently, top flight stars Alexanr Kokor and Pavel Mamaev have sparked a huge natnal bate after their holiday photos appeared onle. This row has blown up agast the background of one of Zen St Petersburg's major fan groups mandg that the club shun gay and black players - a mand the club has dismissed out of hand, Bra, however, Jarvis's words suggt that the time is right for more footballers to e out, and Attu's edor Matthew Todd believ that is high time they did. "It's ridiculo that there are no openly gay players profsnal football, " he told the Guardian.

"There's rightly been a foc on riddg the betiful game of racism, but there don't seem to be much effort to tackle homophobia. "We know there are gay players – and gay fans who support the game religly – so I hope this starts a discsn and is a small step the right directn.

'FIFA have ma me feel exclud:' Sole gay top flight player hs out on Qatar armband ban.

COLL MART IS U.S. SOCCER'S ONLY OPENLY GAY MALE PLAYER, AND HE'S WORKG TO MAKE THE GAME MORE CLIVE FOR FUTURE LGBTQ+ PLAYERS

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.

His ments e as he be only the third footballer to get his k off for gay magaze Attu. Premier League star Matt Jarvis says football would be a better sport if gay players me out. The married Wt Ham wger is only the third footballer to get his k off for gay magaze Attu.

He said he is sure that there are gay players but that they fear a backlash if they go public. He believ is time a gay footballer felt fortable enough to e out. “I’m sure there are many footballers who are gay, but when they ci to actually e out and say , is a different story.

FOOTBALL ACE: MORE GAY STARS SHOULD COME OUT; JARVIS: IT WILL BOOST SPORT.

” Jt Fashanu - who played for 22 clubs cludg Norwich and Notts County durg a 19-year reer - remas the only top flight player to e out as gay. Last month Liverpool’s teenage Spanish striker So was fed £10, 000 by the FA and warned about his future nduct after llg team-mate Jose Enrique ‘gay’ on Twter. Matthew Todd, the edor of Attu, said football need to tackle homophobia the same way battl racism, addg: “We know there are gay players – and fans who support the game religly – so I hope this starts a discsn and is a small step the right directn.

In an terview wh UK's Attu magaze, Wt Ham footballer Matt Jarvis (who is straight and married, sorry boys) sists that 's time gay footballers (read: soccer players) felt fortable enough to e out.