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• GIANT MURAL ON NORWICH PUB HONOURS JT FASHANU, ENGLAND'S FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER
• ENGLISH SOCCER PLAYER JAKE DANIELS SAYS HE IS GAY
• A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL 61 OUT GAY PLAYERS THE WOMEN’S FOOTBALL PREMIER LEAGUE
• GAY CRICKETERS WON’T E OUT UNTIL ‘STIGMA’ IS KNOCKED FOR SIX, BOSS WARNED

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

But an creasg number of openly gay female cricketers are experiencg the petive dilemmas. The outlet Cricket Monthly recently ran a long feature story on the phenomenon of openly gay female cricket players. While Bnt and Sciver are one of only three engaged or married upl who play on the same ternatnal cricket team, there are gay players all over the sport.

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

ENGLISH SOCCER PLAYER JAKE DANIELS SAYS HE IS GAY

There was a lot of homophobia the prs and media and he was hound for the fact that he me out as beg gay.

LONDON — English soccer player Jake Daniels said he is gay on Monday a trailblazg moment for the European men’s 17-year-old forward ma the announcement at the end of his first season as a profsnal player wh send divisn club Blackpool.

A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL 61 OUT GAY PLAYERS THE WOMEN’S FOOTBALL PREMIER LEAGUE

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

”While women’s soccer featur many proment LGBTQ players, the men’s profsnal game lacks players who are publicly gay. Daniels said he was spired by Josh Cavallo of Atralian team Alai Uned, who is the only openly gay man currently playg a top divisn world soccer followg the 22-year-old midfielr’s announcement October. ”The only openly gay man to have played English soccer’s profsnal leagu was Jt Fashanu, who was not active at a high level when he ma the announcement 1990.

The Jt Fashanu Foundatn lls him the “world’s first openly gay profsnal footballer.

GAY CRICKETERS WON’T E OUT UNTIL ‘STIGMA’ IS KNOCKED FOR SIX, BOSS WARNED

”Soccer England is still alg wh tryg to eradite homophobic chants at some gam. ”It is a rary team sports for men to announce they are Wal pta Gareth Thomas was the first active gby profsnal to e out 2009, two years before he retired, and has bee a source of spiratn across first active NFL player to e out as gay was Carl Nassib  2021 while he was at the Las Vegas Rairs.

The fensive end was released by the team first openly gay player the NBA was Jason Colls while playg for the Brooklyn Nets of the most proment gay athlet Bra is Olympic divg champn Tom Daley who spired former England soccer pta Casey Stoney to e out 2014.

Wele to the gayt league all of women’s ternatnal sports, or so I believe: the premier league. While makg my WNBA list and NWSL list, there are about double as many nfirmed straight people as there are nfirmed gay people a league, wh the rt beg unnfirmed eher directn.