Josh Cavallo: Only openly gay top-flight male footballer says FIFA's 'OneLove' armband ban has ma him feel 'exclud' | CNN

Contents:

• A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
• GAY SOCCER PLAYER JOSH CAVALLO TO JUDGE 'RUPL’S DRAG RACE DOWN UNR'
• HERE ARE EIGHT OUT AND PROUD MALE GAY FOOTBALLERS
• JOSH CAVALLO: ONLY OPENLY GAY TOP-FLIGHT MALE FOOTBALLER SAYS FIFA’S ‘ONELOVE’ ARMBAND BAN HAS MA HIM FEEL ‘EXCLUD’
• CZECH FOOTBALLER JAKUB JANKTO BE FIRST ACTIVE TERNATNAL MEN’S PLAYER TO ANNOUNCE HE IS GAY
• CZECH SOCCER PLAYER JAKUB JANKTO ANNOUNC HE IS GAY: 'I NO LONGER WANT TO HI MYSELF'
• CZECH SOCCER PLAYER JAKUB JANKTO OUT AS GAY
• 20 INSPIRG GAY AND LBIAN FOOTBALL (SOCCER) PLAYERS
• CZECH SOCCER PLAYER JAKUB JANKTO COM OUT AS GAY

A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP

It will be a glor month to be a gay fan.

Last time at the 2019 Women’s World Cup, the Netherlands lay claim to the honor of beg the team wh the most out LGBTQ players, but this year Atralia boasts 10 out players and overtak them for the tle of Gayt Team 2k23. Ireland’s historic entry to the tournament marks another triumph for out midfielr Sead Farrelly, whose natnal team but and 2023 return to the NWSL e more than six years after retirg om soccer the wake of systemic homophobic and sexual abe wh the league, which the Athletic first reported on 2021. As the World Cup go on a untry where homosexualy is illegal, many global football fans are havg to reckon wh the sports' soccer remas one of the most popular sports around the world, very few players have been able to e out and enjoy a succsful reer afterwards.

Gay players face prsure om teammat, ownership, ach, and fans over their are some of the men who have e out, fightg those stereotyp, and pavg the way for LGBTQ+ athlet who e after them.

GAY SOCCER PLAYER JOSH CAVALLO TO JUDGE 'RUPL’S DRAG RACE DOWN UNR'

Atralian striker Andy Brennan me out as gay 2019, beg the first out gay Atralian male footballer.

He me out 2011, and won the seventh season of Swedish realy show Let's Dance, beg the first out gay person to w. He me out as gay 2022.

His early clubs knew he was gay, and he me out durg his reer, beg the first pro footballer to do so. In 2014, he beme Bra's hight-profile out, gay player, and was the first out, gay male player to play at Wembley. He later me out as gay and has sce spoken out about the difficulti queer players face.

HERE ARE EIGHT OUT AND PROUD MALE GAY FOOTBALLERS

He me out as gay 2019.

The South Ain footballer beme Ai's first out, gay male footballer when he me out 2015. Rogers me out as gay 2013, beg the first out gay man to pete a top North Amerin pro sports league when he played for the LA Galaxy that same year. Later, he revealed he qu the sport as a rult of homophobia he faced when he me out.

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

"Navratilova, a trailblazer for gay rights, tweeted a one-word rponse: "Yik... Out Soccer Player Josh Cavallo to Judge RuPl’s Drag Race Down UnrOut gay Atralian soccer player Josh Cavallo announced he will be a judge on the upg season of RuPl’s Drag Race Down Unr. “As the first openly gay male profsnal football player, embracg your thentic self means eedom but for so many of the queer muny this isn’t as easy as you thk, ” Cavallo wrote his post.

“I’m a footballer and I’m gay. ”The followg January Cavallo spoke of the homophobic abe he received om fans at a game.

CZECH FOOTBALLER JAKUB JANKTO BE FIRST ACTIVE TERNATNAL MEN’S PLAYER TO ANNOUNCE HE IS GAY

“I’m not gog to pretend I didn’t see or hear the homophobic abe at the game last night, ” Cavallo wrote the post. It seems that beg an out gay man and a soccer player is still somethg that’s greeted wh homophobia. However, there have been several pneerg male gay footballers who cid to e out of the closet and proclaim their sexualy to the world.

A w for gay rights and helpg to pave the way for other gay players to feel safe enough to e out of the closet.

Here are eight of some of the most well-known out-and-proud gay footballers. Consired the first openly gay male Ain soccer player, Lekoloane me out publicly 2015.

CZECH SOCCER PLAYER JAKUB JANKTO ANNOUNC HE IS GAY: 'I NO LONGER WANT TO HI MYSELF'

The South Ain player acknowledg that most of his teammat accepted his sexualy, however, he has faced homophobic slurs om opposg teams. He also said that he has met several closeted gay soccer players Ai, where homosexualy is crimalised several untri. I don’t wish the hostily I felt on anyone, bee not everyone n survive homophobia a sport like football, ” he told MambaOnle recently.

CZECH SOCCER PLAYER JAKUB JANKTO OUT AS GAY

In Febary 2013, Amerin soccer player Robbie Rogers me out as gay. On 21 May 2017, he beme the first openly gay male footballer to play at Wembley. “My advice to a young gay footballer at any level or any standard is jt to be themselv, ” Davis said that same year.

The Atralian plays for Alai Uned Football Club and has been the victim of shameful homophobic abe om game-goers and on social media. In May 2022, Jake Daniels me out at the age of 17  an open letter on the Blackpool Football Club’s webse, beg at that time the UK’s only openly gay active male profsnal footballer. He also acknowledged that “beg gay, or bi or queer men’s football is still a taboo” and that he is likely to face some gree of homophobia the sport.

After stgglg wh his sexualy for years, he me as gay September 2022, makg him the first openly gay player Sttish football sce Jt Fashanu. 'FIFA have ma me feel exclud:' Sole gay top flight player hs out on Qatar armband ban. 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.

20 INSPIRG GAY AND LBIAN FOOTBALL (SOCCER) PLAYERS

The Alai Uned midfielr and former Atralian youth ternatnal ma headl last year when he me out as gay. Czech football star Jakub Jankto has bee the first active ternatnal men’s player to announce he is gay. “I am homosexual, and I no longer want to hi myself.

CZECH SOCCER PLAYER JAKUB JANKTO COM OUT AS GAY

Jankto jos Atralian player Josh Cavallo as the only openly gay top-flight male footballers the world. Czech Republic midfielr Jakub Jankto announced on Monday that he is gay.

He be the send current openly gay soccer player top-tier men's profsnal soccer, jog Atralian Josh Cavallo, who announced he was gay back 2021.

I'm homosexual and I no longer want to hi myself. Jakub Jankto, seen here playg for the Czech Republic natnal team, announced on Monday that he is gay.