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
Contents:
- JAKE DANIELS BE FIRST UK MALE FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY SCE 1990
- WHY THERE ARE STILL NO OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLERS THE PREMIER LEAGUE
- 8 MALE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO DARED TO COME OUT AS GAY
- PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLERS OPENLY GAY RELATNSHIP AMID WORLD CUP NTROVERSY
- WHY 'S STILL DIFFICULT TO BE MALE, GAY AND PLAY FOOTBALL
- WHY ARE MORE FEMALE PROFSNAL FOOTBALLERS OPENLY GAY OR BISEXUAL THAN MALE PLAYERS?
- THE GAY FOOTBALLER: WHY FANS WANTED A UK PLAYER TO E OUT
- JAKE DANIELS: BLACKPOOL FORWARD BE UK'S FIRST ACTIVE MALE PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER TO E OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
- AT LEAST 20 FOOTBALLERS PREMIER LEAGUE AND CHAMPNSHIP ARE GAY BUT THEY'RE AAID TO E OUT SAYS EX-CLUB BOSS
- EVRA: THERE ARE AT LEAST TWO GAY PLAYERS AT EVERY FOOTBALL CLUB
JAKE DANIELS BE FIRST UK MALE FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY SCE 1990
Fifa’s U-turn over the OneLove armband this week reflects a wir lack of support for gay players Brish football * are there any gay england football *
The Blackpool forward Jake Daniels has end s of silence wh men’s football to bee the first player the UK to e out as gay sce Jt Fashanu 1990. Photograph: Pl Dennis/TGS Photo/ShutterstockDaniels’s revelatn is a strikg landmark that when men’s football is more engaged wh social issu than any recent time, but still unable to ce progrs LGBTQ reprentatn wh the year Alai Uned’s Josh Cavallo beme the only male top-flight profsnal footballer the world to e out as gay, but others are yet to follow. In six months the men’s World Cup will be played Qatar, where homosexualy is illegal, and Cavallo revealed to the Guardian he would be “sred” to play at the tournament, the pnacle of world English football specifilly, the shadow of the talented and unfulfilled Fashanu still lgers over the game.
The England ternatnal me out at the end of his reer and was to take his own life eight years later, Fashanu, Jt’s niece, who ns a charable foundatn his name, said that Daniels’s cisn would “e as a huge fort to the many footballers at all levels of the game still secretly livg as gay and who still feel unable to e out”.
WHY THERE ARE STILL NO OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLERS THE PREMIER LEAGUE
In 1990, Jt Fashanu beme the first football player to publicly e out as gay. Sce then, only seventeen players have done the same. * are there any gay england football *
Nearly 25 years after Jt Fashanu took his own life, followg years of homophobic abe, Brish football still has not had another openly gay player the top flight. The armband was never much of a gture, but would have been a small act of fiance at the tournament beg award to Qatar, where homosexualy is punishable by imprisonment and some s, ath. “Pathetic, ” said Blackpool forward Jake Daniels, the only out gay player the English league, on Instagram after hearg the news.
Former footballer Clarke Carlisle, a proment spokman for player welfare, said eight Premier League players had told him they were gay.
8 MALE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO DARED TO COME OUT AS GAY
After a character the CBBC drama Jamie Johnson out - Newsround speaks to profsnals and young players about beg gay and playg football. * are there any gay england football *
Consir the se of (heterosexual) Graeme Le Sx, who played for Chelsea and England the 1990s and 2000s and was brand “gay” for admtg he read The Guardian. The clubs and the FA have ma efforts to improve the culture wh iativ such as Kick It Out, which mpaigns agast discrimatn and Football v Homophobia, backed by the FA, which offers support to fans, grassroots teams and top-level clubs.
PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLERS OPENLY GAY RELATNSHIP AMID WORLD CUP NTROVERSY
England women's pta Casey Stoney reveals she is gay, sayg she has been spired to e out by Olympic diver Tom Daley. * are there any gay england football *
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. Even though has already been three s sce Jt Fashanu first publicly me out as gay, there are only a few of them revealg .
WHY 'S STILL DIFFICULT TO BE MALE, GAY AND PLAY FOOTBALL
* are there any gay england football *
The primary reason behd many gay footballers not revealg their sexualy publicly is fear of homophobia on and off the pch.
WHY ARE MORE FEMALE PROFSNAL FOOTBALLERS OPENLY GAY OR BISEXUAL THAN MALE PLAYERS?
Blackpools Jake Daniels tells his story to Sky Sports about beg the UKs first male profsnal footballer to e out publicly as gay sce Jt Fashanu 1990 * are there any gay england football *
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. In 2020, durg the San Diego Loyal match agast Phoneix Risg FC, Mart released a story of homophobic sults directed toward him. Likewise, The Jt Fashanu All-stars football special event started Brighton to honor him and promote homosexualy football.
THE GAY FOOTBALLER: WHY FANS WANTED A UK PLAYER TO E OUT
Openly gay Leeds Uned director David Haigh says players nfid him - and he believ clubs uld benef mercially if stars e out * are there any gay england football *
Therefore, a suable environment should be created through tn as a drivg factor, so gay footballers don’t feel prsured to reveal their sexualy. Now, has been revealed that two Premier League teammat are a gay an exclive story by The Sun, the two Premier League footballers are reportedly open about beg a gay relatnship, at least as far as the drsg room go.
Earlier this month, the Qatari ambassador to the UK had warned same-sex upl not to kiss public if they will travel to watch the World, World Cup ambassador Khalid Salman ed outrage last week after sayg that beg gay is tantamount to havg "damage the md.
JAKE DANIELS: BLACKPOOL FORWARD BE UK'S FIRST ACTIVE MALE PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER TO E OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
Patrice Evra has claimed there are at least two gay footballers at each club the world, but he believ some of his former teammat were aaid to e out due to homophobic at * are there any gay england football *
This is why the possibily of havg two active Premier League players speak up about beg gay is such an important topic for the LGBTQ+ muny at the moment. There are mours about other gay players, but remas to be seen if they will e out publicly while still nversatns about the topic will surely ntue to the World Cup, pecially wh thoands of spectators flockg to Qatar to enjoy the event. Media ptn, Newsround speaks to a young gay footballer about his experienc g out, along wh pro footballer Anton Hysén, one of the few openly gay players the game.
But the wrer of the show, Shn Duggan, said that was impossible this time bee of the lack of gay players the game: "It's que sad that 2020 when Dillon need some advice, there are no out players the Premier League.
AT LEAST 20 FOOTBALLERS PREMIER LEAGUE AND CHAMPNSHIP ARE GAY BUT THEY'RE AAID TO E OUT SAYS EX-CLUB BOSS
Former Hull Cy player Thomas Beatie is the latt, after Jt Fashanu, Thomas Hzlsperger and Robbie says that he felt that he uldn't announce that he was gay while still playg: "I lerally felt like I had to sacrifice one of the two: who I am, or the sport I loved, " he said.
EVRA: THERE ARE AT LEAST TWO GAY PLAYERS AT EVERY FOOTBALL CLUB
Homosexualy is often still ed as an sult a lot of, A young footballerThere are a number of clive teams the UK that help people to feel that they n be accepted for who they are and still play football. The LGBT chary Stonewall says dramas and storyl that show openly gay characters are important: "A lot of people fd hard to image that any top tier footballers - who are male - uld potentially be gay or bi, " says Robbie De Santos, Stonewall's director of sport.
However, men's football is far behd other sports when to s stars beg openly gay and Joe thks more needs to be done to make sure young gay players like him feel wele and accepted the game. But rather than jt certa tim of the year, you're not gay for a month you're gay for life and clubs om any sport need to be able to show that support nsistently to say; 'listen, you're gog to be weled this muny and 's gog to be a good thg that you're out and open'.