Like playg footy wh a well-earned haner? Try a kickabout wh Birmgham Blaze, the only gay football club the Wt Midlands.
Contents:
- GAY FOOTBALLER WAS ‘CUT OFF’ BY TEAM BEE OF WHO HE IS. SO HE CID TO DO SOMETHG ABOUT
- KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
- GAY VILLAGE
- BIRMGHAM GAY MAP
GAY FOOTBALLER WAS ‘CUT OFF’ BY TEAM BEE OF WHO HE IS. SO HE CID TO DO SOMETHG ABOUT
Footballer and nner Jake Williamson was iced out of his own Sunday league team when he did an terview about beg gay sport. * birmingham gay football team *
This n be the se for many people the LGBT muny and gog out the gay village isn't for everyone. " In 2016, they won the Gay Football Supporters Network league and have also won the Midlands Uny League four tim.
Commtee member Anthony Lowe said: "It's all about creatg an environment where people n feel safe whout beg ma fun of for beg gay and kickg a football. "Last year, at the Ftival Sunday League, we were wng 5-1 when a player om the other team started spoutg homophobic abe at ont of his children. Although Qatar says all fans will be wele whout discrimatn, homosexualy is illegal Lovell ns Villa and Proud Birmgham and said the group's members were nflicted about whether or not to engage wh the tournament.
"He add many would-be players had faced "homophobia or bigotry" Kseler said Birmgham Blaze FC, which was set up 2005, started the "Free Football For All" ssns so as many people as possible uld enjoy the game while helpg Blaze grow as a club and a muny. Uned Stat Gay Sports Network is the only LGBTQ+ Sports Webse that nnects you wh all the leagu your cy. Jake Williamson wants to make thgs better for the next generatn after he was ozen out of his football team for beg gay.
KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. * birmingham gay football team *
Footballer Jake Williamson has loved sport ever sce he was a child – but growg up gay ma hard for him to feel fully accepted. He opened up about beg a gay footballer an terview wh the BBC’s LGBT Sport Podst, and his teammat weren’t happy about .
“I then experienced homophobia for the first time. I’ve played football for 20 years and I’m yet to meet an actively gay football player or manager. Shortly after he was kicked off his football team, Jake started g social media to speak out about his own experienc as a gay athlete.
GAY VILLAGE
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“I’ve played football for 20 years and I’m yet to meet an actively gay football player or manager, ” Jake says.
People still see beg gay as a weakns. “It’s really difficult to be like, ‘Look, I’m gay. They’ve all gone through a system where there are no gay people that system eher.
BIRMGHAM GAY MAP
Birmgham Bulls is an clive gby team, based the heart of Birmgham's Gay Village. Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay.
Per Outsports, as of September 2022, there have only ever been 16 players NFL history to publicly e out as gay or bisexual.
Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay 2021. Per Outsports, Maxen is the “first publicly out male ach a major Amerin men’s pro sports league, ” wh WNBA ach Curt Miller, who publicly me out to the media as gay 2015, also a publicly out male ach an Amerin profsnal sports league. Birmgham BlazeBirmgham BlazeWe’re the Birmgham Blaze, and our sole missn is to n around a muddy pch, chasg a leather ball until we’re red the face - and we love every send of don’t re for talent or skill – we value enthiasm over abily and promote fair play, clivens and players e to keep f, some to make new iends, and some who like to be volved somethg different om the ‘gay scene’.