‘NFL 360’ profil five LGBTQ people wh a sports background, cludg three openly gay football players, on the impact of Nassib g out.
Contents:
- A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL 61 OUT GAY PLAYERS THE WOMEN’S FOOTBALL PREMIER LEAGUE
- 20 INSPIRG GAY AND LBIAN FOOTBALL (SOCCER) PLAYERS
- 'GO GAYS!': WHY USA'S LGBTQ WORLD CUP STARS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER
- WHY ARE MORE FEMALE PROFSNAL FOOTBALLERS OPENLY GAY OR BISEXUAL THAN MALE PLAYERS?
- THREE GAY FOOTBALL PLAYERS FEATURED NFL NETWORK SEGMENT ON CARL NASSIB
- IN FOC: WHY ARE GAY WOMEN OVER-REPRENTED FOOTBALL?
A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL 61 OUT GAY PLAYERS THE WOMEN’S FOOTBALL PREMIER LEAGUE
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20 INSPIRG GAY AND LBIAN FOOTBALL (SOCCER) PLAYERS
Insir is highlightg out and proud athlet who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and more honor of pri month. * gay ladies football players *
If you’re a Leicter fan, I hate to break to you but this is the least gay team the league- at least publicly. Liverpool players Yana Daniels and Jasme Matthews are datg, and the other two out gay players are also public relatnships wh cute uple photos on their stagrams! I hontly don’t know anythg about this team, but there’s a lot of gay players and seems like a fun team to cheer for.
Rapoe peted for her untry last summer, durg Pri month, along wh the 39 other proudly gay players the year on om that glor Women’s World Cup, and physil Pri events may be ncelled, but the protts and gathergs have moved onle. The very prence of such loud, toxic and aggrsive homophobic language rerc the ia that homosexualy is not tolerated the spac. We need to live a footballg world where the utterance of homophobic slurs rults the banishment of the utterer.
Joanie EvansThe 57-year-old Law Centre worker and Leeds fan is -print of the Feratn of Gay Gam (FGG), founr member/player/ach and manager of Hackney Women’s FC (HWFC), and a former -print of the Internatnal Gay & Lbian Football Associatn (IGLFA). I’ve not endured homophobia women’s football, but I have had transphobia om opposn players, ach, even refere. I’m pleased that, creasgly, the football muny is policg self, and needs to bee unacceptable to e homo/bi/transphobic language football spac.
'GO GAYS!': WHY USA'S LGBTQ WORLD CUP STARS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER
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Oli CowlgLydia GartThe photographer is part of Wonrkid FC, a queer-clive team based Hackney, born of the film Wonrkid by Rhys Chapman, a 2016 short film about a gay male footballer facg homophobia the Premier League. “Origally, Pri began as a prott, an uprisg om different groups – trans women of lour, gay men, butch lbians – and Pri needs to ntue to be a prott.
Direct actn needs to be taken at senr levels (om football associatns, club owners, managers, and ach) to drive clivy as standard practice and addrs the systemic homophobia and racism that exists wh profsnal football. World-cup-wng legend and LGBTQI advote Megan Rapoe famoly said, “you n’t w a champnship whout gays on your team – ’s never been done before, ever. Speakg on gay players the game, Stok told The Guardian, “It’s hontly not somethg I gave too much thought to [g out].
It’s likely there are more lbian and bisexual women on the teams than we know about, pecially sce some participatg untri — like Nigeria, Cameroon and Jamai punish homosexualy wh prison time — and other untri still stggle wh varyg gre of societal homophobia that may keep players closeted.
WHY ARE MORE FEMALE PROFSNAL FOOTBALLERS OPENLY GAY OR BISEXUAL THAN MALE PLAYERS?
At the Women's World Cup, 41 players and managers were openly gay or bisexual, yet the men's tournament, none of them were. | ITV Natnal News * gay ladies football players *
While men's football as an stutn is rife wh homophobia – om abe hurled by fans, to players beg enuraged to keep quiet about their sexualy lt they a sponsorship al – women's football has cultivated a far more supportive and transparent LGBTQ culture. Currently, there are no openly gay male footballers the top English leagu, and the few players (of which there are lerally, like, four) who do e out often choose to do so after retirement. The women's game has built an unprecented culture of acceptance when pared to s male unterpart, and this is great and liberatg for players, who don't need homophobia threateng their reers – but n also throw up a few challengg stance: what's like to play profsnally wh someone you're datg?
"We were good iends, but most of the people women's football are unrstandg that people are gay and that 's really normal.
THREE GAY FOOTBALL PLAYERS FEATURED NFL NETWORK SEGMENT ON CARL NASSIB
Over the years, Outsports has known of a few other players who are gay but have never e out, even when retired. Also, they are the on who have ma a notable announcement to openly lbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, and transgenr sportspeople.
IN FOC: WHY ARE GAY WOMEN OVER-REPRENTED FOOTBALL?
Likewise, he is also a trampolist and, equally important, the first openly gay athlete to w an Olympic gold medal.