LA Galaxy soccer star Robbie Rogers changed the face of sports 2013 when he beme the first openly gay athlete the five major North Amerin sports leagu. In his new book, "Comg Out to Play," he scrib the pa of livg the closet — and an terview airg on TODAY Tuday, he told special rrponnt Maria Shriver what he thks needs to change sports so that every ath
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- ROBBIE ROGERS TAK FIELD AS 1ST OPENLY GAY MALE PLAYER U.S. PRO SPORTS MATCH
- 8 MALE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO DARED TO COME OUT AS GAY
- HERE ARE EIGHT OUT AND PROUD MALE GAY FOOTBALLERS
- GAY SOCCER STAR ROBBIE ROGERS: LIVG CLOSET 'CREAT THIS MONSTER SI YOU'
ROBBIE ROGERS TAK FIELD AS 1ST OPENLY GAY MALE PLAYER U.S. PRO SPORTS MATCH
Robbie Rogers was troduced as a member of the Los Angel Galaxy on Saturday, makg him the first openly gay male athlete to pete Major League Soccer. * galaxy gay player *
Rogers be the first openly gay male athlete to pete Major League Soccer. Robbie Rogers beme the first openly gay male athlete to play a pro Amerin sportg match Sunday when he took the field for Major League Soccer’s Los Angel Galaxy durg a rout of the Seattle Sounrs. Before the game, Los Angel native Jason Colls, a pro basketball player who announced last month that he was gay, tweeted Rogers to say good luck.
8 MALE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO DARED TO COME OUT AS GAY
In 1990, Jt Fashanu beme the first football player to publicly e out as gay. Sce then, only seventeen players have done the same. * galaxy gay player *
Rogers was troduced as the newt member of the Los Angel Galaxy on Saturday, makg him the first openly gay male athlete Major League Soccer and endg his brief retirement. Natnal team, had retired om soccer Febary at age 25, announcg then that he is gay. “I kept my secret bee I thought I uldn’t be both a soccer player and a gay athlete, ” Rogers said.
Rogers isn’t the only trailblazer for male gay athlet Amerin profsnal sports. Twelve-year NBA veteran Colls announced he was gay, but he has not played a game sce he ma the announcement. Football, like any other game, also has many gay players.
But tak guts to e out and reveal one’s genr as gay, which is ually an act of urage a world that is not ndned to accept every genr. This listicle will mentn eight male football players who dared to e out as gay.
HERE ARE EIGHT OUT AND PROUD MALE GAY FOOTBALLERS
Beg an out gay man and a soccer player is still somethg that’s greeted wh homophobia. See eight out and proud male gay footballers. * galaxy gay player *
Seventeen male footballers have urageoly revealed their sexualy as gay public so far.
GAY SOCCER STAR ROBBIE ROGERS: LIVG CLOSET 'CREAT THIS MONSTER SI YOU'
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Even though has already been three s sce Jt Fashanu first publicly me out as gay, there are only a few of them revealg . The primary reason behd many gay footballers not revealg their sexualy publicly is fear of homophobia on and off the pch. So, many profsnal leagu, teams, and players are raisg their voic to fight back agast homophobia so that gay footballers don’t face backlash while g out.
Now, whout any further ado, let’s list the football players who dared to e out as gay publicly. Furthermore, he is the latt active footballer to e out as gay. Moreover, Andy Brennan is the first Atralian male footballer to openly disclosed beg gay.