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Contents:

• FOOTBALLER MURRAY 'BLOWN AWAY' BY SUPPORT AFTER G OUT AS GAY
• ZANR MURRAY: THE FIRST STTISH SENR FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY
• ZANR MURRAY BE FIRST SENR STTISH MALE FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY
• ZANR MURRAY BE FIRST OPENLY GAY STTISH FOOTBALLER: "I THOUGHT ENOUGH IS ENOUGH"
• GAY STTISH SOCCER PLAYER ZANR MURRAY IS THE SUBJECT OF A NEW DOCUMENTARY
• STTISH PRO SOCCER PLAYER ZANR MURRAY OUT AS GAY
• ZANR MURRAY IS FIRST CURRENT STTISH PROFSNAL PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY
• ZANR MURRAY BE FIRST SENR STTISH FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY
• ZANR MURRAY BE FIRST PLAYER SENR STTISH FOOTBALL TO E OUT AS GAY
• ZANR MURRAY: GALA FAIRYAN ROVERS STRIKER BE FIRST STTISH SENR FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY
• MURRAY BE FIRST STTISH FOOTBALLER TO COME OUT AS GAY
• ZANR MURRAY: FIRST STTISH FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY SAYS HE IS ‘HUMBLED’ BY SUPPORT
• ZANR MURRAY ‘HUMBLED’ BY REACTN TO G OUT AS GAY
• STTISH REFEREE CRAIG NAPIER OUT AS GAY
• GALA FAIRYAN ROVERS ZANR MURRAY 'BLOWN AWAY BY THE SUPPORT' AFTER G OUT AS GAY
• MURRAY BE FIRST STTISH FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY
• STTISH FOOTBALL REFERE CRAIG NAPIER AND LLOYD WILSON E OUT AS GAY

FOOTBALLER MURRAY 'BLOWN AWAY' BY SUPPORT AFTER G OUT AS GAY

Media ptn, 'I want to spire young men to be themselv' - Zanr MurrayIs football homophobic and what n we do if is? My cisn last September to bee the first male Sttish senr footballer to e out publicly as gay was not an easy or quick one.

I knew I was gay and I fought agast . Image source, Craig Brown - SNS GroupImage ptn, Zanr Murray sr agast Schie Junrs the Sttish CupThe were the sorts of nversatns young lads have - about girls, beg tough, playg hard, and the language ed to scribe gay men was not what you would ll were jt boys and didn't know any better but did set me apart om my gog out on the pch was my relief, I slowly turned away om the game and gave up on my dream of playg football my 20s I started playg serly aga, buildg up through smaller teams. 5% of the UK male populatn intifi as gay or bisexual.

ZANR MURRAY: THE FIRST STTISH SENR FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY

So wh more than 1, 000 profsnal male footballers Stland you'd expect about 35 of them to be gay.

ZANR MURRAY BE FIRST SENR STTISH MALE FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY

In the urse of filmg the documentary I've heard first-hand ttimony om fans, amatr players, and my iend the referee Lloyd Wilson, about how homophobic language mak them feel.

A survey last year showed only 6% of gay men take part team sports.

And many say 's homophobia that's stoppg them jog is a problem here, so how do we tackle ? This season, the Sttish Football Associatn troduced Disciplary Rule 81, which rults a 10-match ban for any player or club official who engag homophobic abe, or any other form of discrimatory behavur and around has been ed 22 tim this season.

ZANR MURRAY BE FIRST OPENLY GAY STTISH FOOTBALLER: "I THOUGHT ENOUGH IS ENOUGH"

And 17 of the have been bee of a homophobic slur or a homophobic actn on or around the field of play. The SFA and the chary LEAP have a "Football vs Homophobia" strategy, which I support. I'm now signed to Bonnyrigg Rose, fulfillg my dream of playg the profsnal has been an amazg six months for me, but I'm not llg on other gay male players to e out.

GAY STTISH SOCCER PLAYER ZANR MURRAY IS THE SUBJECT OF A NEW DOCUMENTARY

Image source, Gala Fairyan RoversSenr Sttish footballer, Zanr Murray, has bee the first senr Sttish footballer to say openly that he's Gala Fairyan Rovers player says he's been "blown away" by the reactn sce he ma the announcement last 's still very rare for male profsnal footballers to say they're gay and Murray says he hop he'll be a role mol for younger players g to Sttish of people have been sendg him msag the past said: "It's been crazy, I'll be hont. "Image source, Getty ImagImage ptn, Blackpool's Jake Daniels revealed he was gay back May beg the UK's first male profsnal footballer to publicly e out as gay sce Jt Fashanu the Sttish refere also me out as gay earlier this year as well as Blackpool's Jake Daniels, but even so Murray said was a really sry to go public wh his sexualy.

STTISH PRO SOCCER PLAYER ZANR MURRAY OUT AS GAY

Gala Fairyan Rovers forward Zanr Murray has bee the first senr Sttish football player to e out as is the first openly gay player the men’s profsnal game Stland sce Jt Fashanu wh Airdrie and Hearts the 30-year-old, who is his fourth season wh the Lowland League club, said he ma the cisn to help others who wish to open an terview wh the club webse, Murray said: “(It) feels like the weight of the world is now off my shoulrs. Zanr Murray be first openly gay Sttish footballer: "I thought enough is enough"Gala Fairyan Rovers striker Zanr Murray said "the weight of the world is now off my shoulrs" after beg the first openly gay active footballer StlandZanr Murray says he's been touched by the support he's receivedZanr Murray has bee the first active Sttish footballer to e out as gay. He is the first openly gay footballer the men's profsnal game Stland sce Jt Fashanu played for Airdrie and Hearts the neti.

I put a post on my social media tellg folk I was gay.

" Murray has e out as gay four months after Blackpool forward Jake Daniels beme the first openly gay active footballer England. Sttish refere Craig Napier and Lloyd Wilson also me out as gay June. Gala Fairyan Rovers striker Zanr Murray has announced he is gay.

ZANR MURRAY IS FIRST CURRENT STTISH PROFSNAL PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY

I have done lots of rearch and I always keep an eye on media outlets to see if there are any platforms for young gay male footballers for support but there are none. "Of urse there are gay footballers our game and I have had lots of players get touch sayg they have read my post and they n't believe how strong I am by dog this.

ZANR MURRAY BE FIRST SENR STTISH FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY

" Murray is hopg the Sttish Football Associatn n offer more support to male footballers who want to e out as gay. Zanr Murray has a qutn: why is he the only gay male Sttish soccer player to ever e out?

ZANR MURRAY BE FIRST PLAYER SENR STTISH FOOTBALL TO E OUT AS GAY

Murray, who publicly me out as gay last fall, is the subject of a new BBC Stland Disclosure documentary that was released Monday. In , Murray speaks wh multiple LGBTQ fans, amatr players and out referee Lloyd Wilson about how anti-gay language hurts them.

ZANR MURRAY: GALA FAIRYAN ROVERS STRIKER BE FIRST STTISH SENR FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY

Jake Daniels, a teenage soccer player for Blackpool FC, said he was gay last May, beg the only out active pro player England. In Murray’s BBC article, he c the importance of the Sttish Football Associatn troducg a new disciplary le that rults a 10-match ban for any player who engag homophobic tnts or other forms of discrimatory behavr. The new clse has been ed 22 tim this season, 17 of which were anti-gay offens.

Footballer Zanr Murray says the support he has received sce g out as gay 'fills his heart wh so much joy' striker, who plays the Lowland League for Gala Fairyan Rovers, beme the first Sttish senr footballer to e out as gay. Zanr Murray, a pro soccer player Stland, says the great time he had gog to a Pri event this year nvced him to e out as openly gay.

MURRAY BE FIRST STTISH FOOTBALLER TO COME OUT AS GAY

Media reports say Murray is the first Sttish senr soccer player to e out as gay. All three men me out this sprg as gay.

Sce g out, Murray has heard om other gay athlet, he told the Sun, provg the power of publicly beg out. “I know there are other gay men playg football Stland, the leagu, and I hope this giv them strength to speak out. A uple of sportsmen have msaged me wh support, and I had no ia they were gay.

ZANR MURRAY: FIRST STTISH FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY SAYS HE IS ‘HUMBLED’ BY SUPPORT

CelebryThe striker ma history as Stland's first openly gay senr player. Zanr Murray has e out as gay.

Followg the brave footsteps of Jake Daniels, Josh Covallo, and the late Jt Fashanu, Gala Fairyan Rovers striker Zanr Murray is the latt profsnal footballer to e out as gay. Murray, who has bee the first-ever openly gay senr Sttish football player, opened up about his sexualy on Sept. ”Craig Brown - SNS Group/SNS Group/Getty ImagMeanwhile, wrg on Twter after g out publicly, Murray said the younger generatn “n now see happy, thrivg gay men [and] around football.

Zanr Murray has bee the first current profsnal footballer Stland to e out as gay.

ZANR MURRAY ‘HUMBLED’ BY REACTN TO G OUT AS GAY

Murray is the first openly gay footballer to play the Sttish leagu sce Jt Fashanu, who played for Hearts the 1993-94 season.

”Murray also lled for more support to help gay footballers the men’s game, addg that he would cle beg tagged social media posts an effort to hi his sexualy, bee of his reer as a profsnal footballer.

Photograph: News Imag/Alamy“I have done lots of rearch and I always keep an eye on media outlets to see if there are any platforms for young gay male players for support but there are none, ” he add. ”“Of urse there are gay footballers our game.

STTISH REFEREE CRAIG NAPIER OUT AS GAY

A BRAVE footballer has bee the first player the senr leagu to e out as gay. 2Zanr has bravely cid to e out as gayCred: David Henrson. “A uple of sportsmen have msaged me wh support, and I had no ia they were gay.

“I have serly stggled for years bee I am not your typil gay guy. Zanr Murray has bee the first Sttish senr footballer to e out as, who is a striker for Lowland League si Gala Fairyan Rovers, has praised his team-mat for their support and says he hop his announcement "helps other players who are stgglg" be the first openly gay player Sttish football sce Jt Fashanu, who played for Airdrie and Hearts the 1990s, and wants to be a role mol for others, much like Blackpool's Jake Daniels and Sttish refere Craig Napier and Lloyd Wilson.

GALA FAIRYAN ROVERS ZANR MURRAY 'BLOWN AWAY BY THE SUPPORT' AFTER G OUT AS GAY

"I have done lots of rearch and I always keep an eye on media outlets to see if there are any platforms for young gay male footballers for support but there are none.

Ne months after beg the first openly gay player men's profsnal football, Alai Uned midfielr Josh Cavallo spoke wh Tim Thornton about his life sce the announcement and how his cisn has helped to spire others.

"Blackpool's Jake Daniels beme the first UK's first active male profsnal footballer to e out as gay earlier this year, and told his story to Sky Sports. Gala Fairyan Rovers striker Zanr Murray beme the first senr Sttish footballer to e out as gay on Friday.

MURRAY BE FIRST STTISH FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY

”Murray said beg open about his sexualy “feels like the weight of the world is now off my shoulrs” an terview wh his club’s webse last said that beg gay and profsnal football has been “so challengg, maly my head I’ll be btally hont, I’ve jt created so many issu wh . ”He said has been great to see other players beg open about their sexualy such as Daniels and refere Craig Napier and Lloyd Wilson, who June revealed they were gay, and Atralian player Josh Cavallo. ”He said has been great to see other players beg open about their sexualy such as Daniels and refere Craig Napier and Lloyd Wilson, who June revealed they were gay, and Atralian player Josh said that he hop he n also act as a role mol for other said: “The are tremendo role mols for our game and our younger generatns, a young me if I had that, you know maybe thgs might have been different, but I never.

RtersJun 2, 2022, 08:44 AM ETSttish referee Craig Napier me out as gay on Thursday, beg the first openly gay figure the Sttish game sce late Hearts forward Jt Fashanu the Category One official follows Blackpool's Jake Daniels g out after the 17-year-old revealed his sexualy last, 32, said he was spired by Daniels and felt the need to "change the climate" and remove the stigma and fear that others a siar posn may feel. "Daniels beme the first active male Brish profsnal soccer player to e out as gay sce former Norwich Cy and Nottgham Fort forward Fashanu referee Lloyd Wilson also me out as gay followg Napier's announcement.

STTISH FOOTBALL REFERE CRAIG NAPIER AND LLOYD WILSON E OUT AS GAY

Gala Fairyan Rovers striker Zanr Murray has bee the first Sttish senr footballer to e out as 30-year-old, his fourth season at the Galashiels club, will be the first openly gay player men's profsnal football Stland sce Jt Fashanu wh Airdrie and Hearts the follows the example of refere Craig Napier and Lloyd Wilson June, sayg " feels like the weight of the world is now off my shoulrs".