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GERMAN SOCCER REFEREE SAYS THERE’S A SHOCKG NUMBER OF GAY MEN BUNSLIGA

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.

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.

STORM OVER 'BUNCH OF GAYS' GERMANY'S WORLD CUP TEAM

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.

He me out as gay 2019.

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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.

There’s never been an active openly gay male player any of the German profsnal soccer leagu. The evils of homophobia have been entrenched German soccer for a long time. A study by German Sport Universy Cologne found that 90 percent of the LGBTQ people European Unn untri believe soccer is affected by homophobia and transphobia.

In their msage, the players pledge to stand up agast any bigotry that would potentially be levied agast an openly gay player. “If one of my lleagu were to e out, I would protect them om the idts outsi our team who feel disturbed, or really threatened by homosexualy. That is a signifint statement: Kse, one of the more visible players The Bunsliga, lled homophob “idts.

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