Josh Cavallo is one of the few male top-level footballers to e out as gay : NPR

Contents:

• A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
• ASIE FOOTBALLERS IN SNDAL AFTER ALLEGEDLY PERFORMG GAY SEX ACT IN PUBLIC
• 'I DIDN'T KNOW ANY FOOTBALLERS WHO WERE GAY'
• “I KNOW 10 OR 12 GAY AFL PLAYERS” REVEALS JACK VIDGEN ON I’M A CELEB…
• ‘NO WORDS’: GAY ATRALIAN FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO LLS OUT HOMOPHOBIC CROWD ABE
• NFL ASSISTANT ACH OUT AS GAY
• ATRALIAN PRO FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO ANNOUNC HE IS GAY
• GAY ATRALIAN FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO SAYS WORLD CUP SHOULDN’T BE GOG TO QATAR, WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS ILLEGAL
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY
• FOOTBALL STAR JOSH CAVALLO OUT AS GAY FIRST FOR ATRALIA’S TOP LEAGUE
• JOSH CAVALLO BE ONE OF THE FEW PROFSNAL MEN'S FOOTBALLERS TO E OUT AS GAY
• THE GAY MAN'S GUI TO ATRALIAN FOOTBALL'S HOTTT HUNKS
• ANDY BRENNAN IS ATRALIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE SOCCER PLAYER
• JOSH CAVALLO: FOOTBALLER OUT AS WORLD'S ONLY OPENLY GAY PLAYER TOP-FLIGHT OF GAME
• ‘SAD’ TTH AS ATRALIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY ACTIVE FOOTBALL JOSH CAVALLO SPOKE ON THE PROJECT
• MATT HALL PAVED THE WAY AS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY ASIE L PLAYER
• 8 MALE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO DARED TO COME OUT AS GAY
• ANDY BRENNAN IS FIRST MALE ATRALIAN FOOTBALLER TO E 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.

ASIE FOOTBALLERS IN SNDAL AFTER ALLEGEDLY PERFORMG GAY SEX ACT IN PUBLIC

” This is famo mentary on the homosocial behavurs of men and the performative nature of masculy. When teammat sledged opposn players, llg them ''homo'' or ''fag'', he'd pretend not to re.

Insi the footy club where he'd played sce he was five, nobody knew he was gay. ''I didn't know any footballers who were gay, so I uld only assume the worst, and sred me.

''Out and proud: Yarra Valley footballer Jason Ball, third om left, wants the AFL to air anti-homophobia vios at the grand fal this Ken IrwThe 24-year-old, who plays for Yarra Glen senrs the Yarra Valley Mounta District Football League, is a rare voice a football world that gay groups say is stgglg to e to terms wh homosexualy s such groups agree sexualy is a private matter, they say is signifint that no AFL players have revealed their homosexualy. The homophobic language stopped. There are mours that a TV work has offered a gay AFL player a six-figure sum to be the first footballer to e, backed by onle-petn movement, Ball will lnch a mpaign urgg the league to air anti-homophobia vios at the MCG durg this month's grand fal.

'I DIDN'T KNOW ANY FOOTBALLERS WHO WERE GAY'

Beyondblue chairman Jeff Kent, who last week lnched a mpaign highlightg the mental health impact of homophobia, backed Ball's petn. ''It after the AFL last month wrote a letter of support for ''No to Homophobia'' - a mpaign n by gay rights and social jtice groups - but were cricised for not dog fact St Kilda's Stephen Milne ped wh a $3000 fe and an tn urse rather than a spensn, after llg Collgwood fenr Harry O'Brien a ''f---g homo'', implied that sexual vilifitn was treated ls serly than other forms of discrimatn, Ball said. ''At high school I got picked on for beg gay and those words were ed to make me feel small and worthls.

If you look at rat of suici, self-harm and prsn for gay kids, this is a ser issue. ''It's no wonr that no gay player at a profsnal level would e out when the AFL is not workg as uld to create a more posive and clive environment for that to happen. ''Dr Carole Symons, a senr lecturer social policy sport at Victoria Universy, says a 2010 report she -thored surveyg the gay and lbian muny found football was the harst sport for people to be open about their sexualy.

' So the termology associat beg gay wh beg weak and that n be very alienatg, '' she said. 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.

“I KNOW 10 OR 12 GAY AFL PLAYERS” REVEALS JACK VIDGEN ON I’M A CELEB…

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.

‘NO WORDS’: GAY ATRALIAN FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO LLS OUT HOMOPHOBIC CROWD ABE

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.

NFL ASSISTANT ACH OUT AS GAY

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. Jack Vidgen, one of the stars on Atralia’s I’m A Celebry… Get Me Out Of Here!, has revealed that he knows 10 or 12 gay Atralian Football League players, reports. Vidgen, who ma a name for himself on Atralia’s Got Talent, was talkg about homosexualy sport wh former AFL stars Travis Vare and Robert “Dipper” DiPerdomeni.

“I probably know about 10 or 12 footy players, I’d never say their name, that are gay but they wouldn’t e out, ” Vidgen said. Josh Cavallo, who last year beme the only openly gay profsnal top flight men’s footballer the world, says he has “no words” to scribe his disappotment at beg targeted by homophobic abe durg an A-League Men game over the Alai Uned player me on as a send-half substute durg the Reds’ away game at Melbourne Victory on Saturday night and said afterwards that he had received abe om the crowd at AAMI 22-year-old received acclaim om across the globe October when he me out via Alai’s social media channels.

ATRALIAN PRO FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO ANNOUNC HE IS GAY

“I’m not gog to pretend that I didn’t see or hear the homophobic abe at the game last night, ” Cavallo wrote on Instagram on Sunday. ”Cavallo also said he was targeted after the game on Instagram and ed his own post to ll out the social media platform for the way als wh homophobic abe. ”The Atralian Profsnal Leagu said was “shocked and sadned” to hear of the reports of the “homophobic bullyg”.

'I'm a footballer and I'm gay:' Hear pro-player reveal he's gay.

Atralian profsnal footballer Josh Cavallo announced on Wednday that he is gay a vio msage released by his A-League club Alai Uned.

GAY ATRALIAN FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO SAYS WORLD CUP SHOULDN’T BE GOG TO QATAR, WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS ILLEGAL

“I’m a footballer and I’m gay, ” Cavallo said the emotnal vio tled ‘Josh’s Tth.

His announcement means that Cavallo is the only current openly gay top-flight male footballer. “Beg a gay closeted footballer, I’ve had to learn to mask my feelgs orr to f the mold of a profsnal footballer, ” Cavallo wrote. “As a gay footballer, I know there are other players livg silence.

In 2014, former Germany ternatnal Thomas Hzlsperger me out as gay the year after he announced his retirement om football. Amerin ternatnal Robbie Rogers announced he was gay when retirg om profsnal football Febary 2013, but subsequently returned to the sport wh MLS club LA Galaxy three months later and went on to w the MLS Cup.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY

World's only openly gay active pro footballer is ncerned for LGBTQ muny ahead of Qatar 2022. It has been almost a year sce Josh Cavallo announced he is gay, but even now he still stggl to prehend the far-reachg impact his announcement has had – pecially as he has begun to speak out on major issu, notably the Qatar World Cup. A year on, Cavallo remas the only openly gay top-flight male footballer the world – he plays for Alai Uned Atralia’s A League – but his cisn spired Jake Daniels, a forward for English send divisn club Blackpool, to e out May of this year.

“It was jt the uncertaty, seeg that there was no active gay footballer that’s e out before and there was no plan wh , ” he rells. Fashanu beme the first openly gay profsnal footballer after g out 1990 while playg the English top flight, but the backlash he suffered eventually led him to take his own life eight years later.

FOOTBALL STAR JOSH CAVALLO OUT AS GAY FIRST FOR ATRALIA’S TOP LEAGUE

“It is so great to be gay. Earlier this month, former Spa ternatnals Iker Casillas and Carl Puyol were wily cricized after the former posted a tweet claimg he was gay. In a now leted post on his official Twter acunt, Casillas wrote: “I hope I’ll be rpected: I’m gay.

JOSH CAVALLO BE ONE OF THE FEW PROFSNAL MEN'S FOOTBALLERS TO E OUT AS GAY

Cavallo says the exchange between Casillas and Puyol prov football still has “got a long way to go” to eradite homophobia, even if the sport has recently ma steps the right directn. Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Readg the Game newsletter sent straight to your box for eeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s ee weekly newsletter Atralian football player Josh Cavallo has e out as gay and said “he uldn’t be happier wh his cisn” to talk about this part of his Alai Uned player ma the announcement on Wednday a statement and has bee the first openly gay male athlete the A-league petn Atralia.

“I am proud to publicly announce that I am gay, ” Cavallo said the statement and clared that he wanted to create a safe space for other players to e forward.

THE GAY MAN'S GUI TO ATRALIAN FOOTBALL'S HOTTT HUNKS

“Ashamed I would never be able to do what I loved and be gay. “Beg a gay closeted footballer, I’ve had to learn to mask my feelgs orr to f the mould of a profsnal footballer, ” he said. Callg the lack of queer reprentatn astonishg, he said there were “currently no gay profsnal footballers who are out and actively playg, not only Atralia, but around the world.

Several social media ers weled the footballer’s cisn and had ngratulatory msag for “Jamodo” O’Doherty, a FIFA e-sports player, said was “amazg to see the urage and bravery of Atralian Footballer Josh Cavallo openly g out as gay today. ”Stuart Edser, a psychologist and thor of Beg Gay Beg Christian, also left a ment for the football player. ”“Any young person who is stgglg wh their inty, or feelg exclud or judged, n look today to Josh Cavallo, ” said Atralian senator Perry globally celebrated sport, mostly domated by non-queer muny players for s now, is currently wnsg a change reprentatn around the Mart om San Diego Loyal, a send-tier football team of the US, and Phuti Lekoloane, an LGBT+ activist who plays for Tornado FC and is South Ai’s first openly gay footballer, are some of the active and publicly known gay mal the muny.

ANDY BRENNAN IS ATRALIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE SOCCER PLAYER

Atralian footballer Josh Cavallo has e out as gay, beg one of the few profsnal men's soccer players the world to do so. The Alai Uned midfielr announced that he was gay a vio posted to the team's Twter acunt Tuday night.

"I'm a footballer, and I'm gay, " said an emotnal Cavallo. Ashamed I would never be able to do what I love and be gay, hidg who I really am to pursue a dream I always wished for as a kid. It's OK to be gay and to play football, " he said.

Soccer player for the San Diego Loyal, me out publicly as gay 2018 when he was playg for the Mnota Uned. Andy Brennan beme the first openly gay Atralian footballer when he me out 2019, acrdg to the Guardian.

JOSH CAVALLO: FOOTBALLER OUT AS WORLD'S ONLY OPENLY GAY PLAYER TOP-FLIGHT OF GAME

Male profsnal athlet e out as the first openly gay players currently participatg their rpective sports, cludg NHL hockey player Le Prokop and NFL fensive end Carl Nassib. Send your suggtns via @newsHQ | @the_mattyoung7 David Pock (Super 15)The Wallabi skipper has been outspoken agast homophobia and is a strong advote of gay marriage. An Atralian sportsman has bee the untry’s first profsnal male soccer player to e out as openly gay.

“I’m gay. “Beg gay, sport, and the closet, has been a mental burn of not knowg how those around you will react.

A footballer om Atralia has e out as gay, makg him the world's only openly gay male player the top-flight of the Cavallo ma the announcement a seri of posts on Twter earlier on a vio, the Alai Uned player said: "I'm a footballer, and I'm gay. Ashamed I'd never be able to do what I love and be gay", he 21-year-old, om Melbourne add: "All I want to do is play football, and be treated equally.

‘SAD’ TTH AS ATRALIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY ACTIVE FOOTBALL JOSH CAVALLO SPOKE ON THE PROJECT

"The footballer, who plays as both a left back and central midfielr, said had been a stggle to get to this pot, and that he had been battlg his sexualy but was "proud" to make the said he hop will enurage more gay footballers to e out and create a culture change the sport. South Atralia Senator Penny Wong thanked Cavallo for his is still unmon for male footballers to e out as gay while they are still Hzlsperger, who played for Aston Villa, Wt Ham and Everton, waed until he retired before g out Mart, an openly gay male profsnal footballer who plays the US's equivalent of the send divisn, ngratulated Josh Cavallo on social media.

Alai Uned football Josh Cavallo has bee the first Atralian footballer to e out as gay while actively playg the 21-year-old took to social media on Wednday to “publicly announce I am gay”, jog a select group of high-level footballers across the world who have e out, almost all after their playg his brave announcement has exposed the dark secret of men’s football and sport general when to players beg open about who they really are. ”Other active and openly gay mal playg profsnal football elsewhere the world clu Coll Mart, who plays for San Diego Loyal the send tier of football the USA, as well as Phuti Lekoloane, who plays South Ai’s third tier. ” While several Atralian women’s players cludg Sam Kerr, Michelle Heyman and Tameka Yallop are all openly gay, is still rare the men’s game.

Asie women’s pta Kerr tweeted: “Good for you @JoshuaCavallo” gay Atralian Senator Penny Wong praised Cavallo, sayg: “Any young person who is stgglg wh their inty, or feelg exclud or judged, n look today to Josh Cavallo. The first openly gay Asie Rul player via Blue Magaze, 2002.

MATT HALL PAVED THE WAY AS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY ASIE L PLAYER

Blue Magaze wrote an article about pneerg gay sportsman Matt Hall prr to his partakg Sydney’s Gay Gam 2002 as a basketballer. In the landmark article he talked about some of the landmark moments his life, cludg his heterosexual marriage before he me out as a gay man, his r accint where he had to rever om juri and for the first time felt mortal his life.

8 MALE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO DARED TO COME OUT AS GAY

At that time would’ve been near impossible for him to be out as a gay man, nsirg he’d already been ostracised by some his social circle due to his HIV stat.

ANDY BRENNAN IS FIRST MALE ATRALIAN FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY

So his credible g out story through Blue magaze was a blsg for gay sportg people Atralia and worldwi. Hall said the 2nd openly gay Asie Rul player Jason Ball has “erased my own” legacy by “him ntug to claim he was the first to e out spe beg a later 2012. 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. Seventeen male footballers have urageoly revealed their sexualy as gay public so far.

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.