Is football ready for an openly gay player? Arsenal's Héctor Bellerín says no, but fans n change that | PkNews

Contents:

• ARSENAL’S HECTOR BELLER THE VICTIM OF HOMOPHOBIC SLURS AND SAYS OPENLY GAY PLAYER IS IMPOSSIBLE PREMIER LEAGUE
• ARSENAL'S HECTOR BELLER REVEALS ANTI-GAY ABE: 'IT N AFFECT YOU'
• ARSENAL’S HéCTOR BELLERíN DON’T THK SOCCER IS READY FOR A GAY FOOTBALLER JT YET
• ARSENAL’S HéCTOR BELLERíN TALKS GAY PLAYERS FOOTBALL: “I DON’T KNOW IF FOOTBALL IS READY FOR THAT YET”
• HECTOR BELLER: “IT IS IMPOSSIBLE” FOR A GAY PLAYER THE EPL
• IS FOOTBALL READY FOR AN OPENLY GAY PLAYER? ARSENAL’S HéCTOR BELLERíN SAYS NO, BUT FANS N CHANGE THAT
• ARSENAL’S HéCTOR BELLERíN SAYS FOOTBALL FANS ARE ‘NOT READY’ FOR A GAY PLAYER

ARSENAL’S HECTOR BELLER THE VICTIM OF HOMOPHOBIC SLURS AND SAYS OPENLY GAY PLAYER IS IMPOSSIBLE PREMIER LEAGUE

Therefore, acrdg to a segment of fans, he is gay and should be showered wh homophobic abe. “There are other kds of homophobic sults. His experience has led him to nclu that would be impossible for a gay EPL player to e out.

ARSENAL'S HECTOR BELLER REVEALS ANTI-GAY ABE: 'IT N AFFECT YOU'

“It is impossible that anybody uld be openly gay football. It’s disuragg what has happened to Beller and ’s easy to see why he fells that way about an openly gay player.

Héctor Bellerín ha explido el problema los jugador homosexual. La homosexualidad, el eterno tabú en el fútbol: "Los gays tán atrapados, viven s vidas en secreto". Víctor Gutiérrez, abanrado LGTBI: "Es difícil que Madrid o Barça apoyen a un futbolista gay".

Ha ncedido una entrevista en The Tim don ha hablado sobre la homofobia que hace que te porte aún no té preparado para asiar que los futbolistas nfien su homosexualidad.

ARSENAL’S HéCTOR BELLERíN DON’T THK SOCCER IS READY FOR A GAY FOOTBALLER JT YET

"Es imposible que un futbolista se clare homosexual. Revelar que er homosexual pue ser muy sagradable", expli el lateral recho. Tan implido tá que renoce que habla n aficnados l Arsenal que son homosexual y que se agpan bajo el gpo 'Gay Gooners'.

Bellerín asegura que nun se ha enntrado en un vtuar don le hayan revelado que un futbolista homosexual. Pomos tener charlas en el mero sobre todas tas sas, pero nun he oído que nadie adma su homosexualidad", sentencia el fensa. El lateral recho anseja en su tobgrafía a aquellos futbolistas que sean homosexual no svelar su orientación sexual, no solo en públi, si no también ocultársela a s pañeros equipo así o a s rival.

Mientras, una claración que han firmado más 800 personas l mundo l fútbol alemán en la revista 11 Frn apoyando que los homosexual hagan públi su orientación s temor a cualquier repralia tá dando la vuelta al mundo o ejemplo aontar ta suación. [Más rmación: Lahm pi a los jugador fútbol no hagan públi su homosexualidad]Sigue los temas que te teran.

ARSENAL’S HéCTOR BELLERíN TALKS GAY PLAYERS FOOTBALL: “I DON’T KNOW IF FOOTBALL IS READY FOR THAT YET”

Beller, 23, said that he is regularly the victim of anti-gay abe and that the problem is not jt rtricted to social media, wh siar sults often toward him Premier League stadiums. "There are other kds of homophobic sults.

"There are currently no active, openly gay footballers the Premier League and Beller believ remas difficult for a player to e out than would be if they were volved another sport. "It is impossible that anybody uld be openly gay football, " he said. To mark Arsenal's support for Rabow Lac, Hector Beller jos Gay Gooners members Joe Whe and Carl Fearn and also Sky Sports' Pat Davison for a chat about Pri, privilege, and the importance of beg a good team-mate.

HECTOR BELLER: “IT IS IMPOSSIBLE” FOR A GAY PLAYER THE EPL

Hector Beller says profsnal footballers should help to "break down barriers" that ntue to affect both their fellow players and Spa ternatnal right-back, who has been wh Arsenal sce 2011, was chattg to two members of Arsenal's LGBT+ and alli supporters group Gay Gooners to mark the club's support of Stonewall's Rabow Lac mpaign, which is currently receivg s annual activatn across Brish Gooners was found over seven years ago and now nsists of nearly 1, 000 fans who attend match together and munite wh each other regularly.

Souns, Stt react to Beller's vio ll wh fans'Rabow pta's armbands send powerful msage'Beller was asked by reporter Pat Davison about a post he shared to his Instagram story summer 2019 which featured Gay Gooners fans at the Pri London para, wh one wearg a shirt bearg his name and number. "When I had my long hair, I had homophobic abe. In a 2018 terview, Beller tailed some of the abe he has received and also shared his view that might be "impossible" for a male profsnal footballer who is gay or bi and who wanted to e out publicly to feel safe to do if he still felt the same, he replied: "I haven't seen much change that rpect, personally.

"If a gay player me out, he would have a lot of support om loads of players and fans, but also there would be a big part that wouldn't. "Gay Gooners feels like a fay. "It wasn't really until I joed the Gay Gooners that I was able to exprs myself fortably and do somethg I'd always been very terted but never been brave enough to take part , which was to attend football match.

IS FOOTBALL READY FOR AN OPENLY GAY PLAYER? ARSENAL’S HéCTOR BELLERíN SAYS NO, BUT FANS N CHANGE THAT

"The Gay Gooners have certaly helped welg me, and 's also jt the nnectn before and after the game - if anybody was listeng to after a game, when we're analysg the game, cryg to our beer or are celebratg, we're jt Arsenal fans. Arsenal right back Héctor Bellerín don’t thk soccer is ready for a gay footballer jt yet. Bellerín said he has heard shockg stori of discrimatn om members of the Gay Gooners, Arsenal’s LGBT+ supporters group.

Comg out as gay sport is still ‘taboo’, says Arsenal’s Héctor Bellerín.

He ntued: “I’m havg nversatns wh Gay Gooners, and sometim they go to an Arsenal pub and they’ll have issu wh other Arsenal fans bee they’re wearg a Gay Gooners srf or somethg. “We n have talks the drsg room about all this stuff, but I’ve never heard of anyone [beg gay], ” he add.

ARSENAL’S HéCTOR BELLERíN SAYS FOOTBALL FANS ARE ‘NOT READY’ FOR A GAY PLAYER

Jt Fashanu beme the UK’s first openly gay profsnal footballer when he me out 1990. Amal Fashanu, the footballer’s niece, now ns the Jt Fashanu Foundatn, which foc on racism, homophobia and mental health the sport.

Speakg to The Sun May 2020, Amal Fashanu said her anisatn has been touch wh five profsnal gay footballers who are aaid to e out publicly.