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A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL 61 OUT GAY PLAYERS THE WOMEN’S FOOTBALL PREMIER LEAGUE

Wele to the gayt league all of women's ternatnal sports, or so I believe: the premier league. Women's football (soccer) the US is known for beg slightly on the straighter si, but the exact oppose is te Europe. While makg my WNBA list and NWSL list, there are about double as many… * gay ladies football players *

While makg my WNBA list and NWSL list, there are about double as many nfirmed straight people as there are nfirmed gay people a league, wh the rt beg unnfirmed eher directn. However, the Premier League, if you aren’t nfirmed gay, you’re probably jt an unknown, bee there were veryyy few nfirmed straight players. Wh four out gay players on the team, this ranks the middle for gayns, but closer to the top for ter-team romanc, wh Julia Zigtti Olme and Emma Kullberg beg publilly together.

If you’re a Leicter fan, I hate to break to you but this is the least gay team the league- at least publicly.

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 *

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!

'GO GAYS!': WHY USA'S LGBTQ WORLD CUP STARS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER

Wh homophobic attus on the rise the US, the explos of gay Amerin hero on the pch France are a wele sight * gay ladies football players *

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.

WHY ARE MORE FEMALE PROFSNAL FOOTBALLERS OPENLY GAY OR BISEXUAL THAN MALE PLAYERS?

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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. 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.

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“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.

IN FOC: WHY ARE GAY WOMEN OVER-REPRENTED FOOTBALL?

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.

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.

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In Foc: Why are gay women over-reprented football?.

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