Josh Cavallo, the only openly gay top-flight male soccer player the sport, has told CNN that FIFA’s cisn to ban players om wearg “OneLove” armbands at the Qatar 2022 has ma him feel “exclud.”
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JOSH CAVALLO: ONLY OPENLY GAY TOP-FLIGHT MALE FOOTBALLER SAYS FIFA’S ‘ONELOVE’ ARMBAND BAN HAS MA HIM FEEL ‘EXCLUD’
Given ternatnal soccer’s challenged history of LGBTQ cln, the Rabow Lac project is a big al — pecially the Premier League, where there’s been only one openly gay player history, Jt Fashanu. The social media acunts of Leicter Cy’s LGBTQ fan group, Fox Pri, were pelted wh homophobic ments followg Vardy’s celebratn, acrdg to Sky Sports.
In some s, fans said they were refed entry to match unls they removed rabow-themed emblems, although others reported they were able to take the rabow symbol to the stadiums whout officials have for years tried to allay fears that LGBTQ fans who traveled to Qatar, a nservative Mlim state that punish homosexualy wh jail time, would not face discrimatn.