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Contents:

• FOOTBALLER MURRAY 'BLOWN AWAY' BY SUPPORT AFTER G OUT AS GAY
• ZANR MURRAY: GALA FAIRYAN ROVERS STRIKER BE FIRST OPENLY GAY STTISH PROFSNAL
• ZANR MURRAY: BONNYRIGG ROSE ATHLETIC SIGN SPFL'S ONLY OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER
• ZANR MURRAY: GALA FAIRYAN ROVERS STRIKER BE FIRST STTISH SENR FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY
• ZANR MURRAY BE FIRST SENR STTISH MALE FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY
• GAY STTISH SOCCER PLAYER ZANR MURRAY IS THE SUBJECT OF A NEW DOCUMENTARY
• MARK SMH: I KNOW THERE ARE GAY FOOTBALLERS STLAND BEE I TRIED TO NVCE ONE TO GO PUBLIC
• OPENLY GAY STS FOOTBALLER ZANR MURRAY SLAMS FIFA CRACKDOWN ON ONELOVE ARMBANDS AS ‘DIRECT ATTACK’ ON GMB
• ZANR MURRAY BE FIRST PLAYER SENR STTISH FOOTBALL TO E OUT AS GAY
• MURRAY BE FIRST OPENLY GAY STTISH PROFSNAL PLAYER
• ZANR MURRAY IS FIRST CURRENT STTISH PROFSNAL PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY
• ZANR MURRAY SIGNS FOR BONNYRIGG ROSE TO BEE ONLY OPENLY GAY PLAYER SPFL
• STLAND'S ONLY OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER ON BREAKG STEREOTYP AND HIS OWN LIBERATN

FOOTBALLER MURRAY 'BLOWN AWAY' BY SUPPORT AFTER G OUT AS GAY

Media ptn, 'I want to spire young men to be themselv' - Zanr MurrayIs football homophobic and what n we do if is? My cisn last September to bee the first male Sttish senr footballer to e out publicly as gay was not an easy or quick one. I knew I was gay and I fought agast .

Image source, Craig Brown - SNS GroupImage ptn, Zanr Murray sr agast Schie Junrs the Sttish CupThe were the sorts of nversatns young lads have - about girls, beg tough, playg hard, and the language ed to scribe gay men was not what you would ll were jt boys and didn't know any better but did set me apart om my gog out on the pch was my relief, I slowly turned away om the game and gave up on my dream of playg football my 20s I started playg serly aga, buildg up through smaller teams.

ZANR MURRAY: GALA FAIRYAN ROVERS STRIKER BE FIRST OPENLY GAY STTISH PROFSNAL

5% of the UK male populatn intifi as gay or bisexual.

ZANR MURRAY: BONNYRIGG ROSE ATHLETIC SIGN SPFL'S ONLY OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER

So wh more than 1, 000 profsnal male footballers Stland you'd expect about 35 of them to be gay.

ZANR MURRAY: GALA FAIRYAN ROVERS STRIKER BE FIRST STTISH SENR FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY

In the urse of filmg the documentary I've heard first-hand ttimony om fans, amatr players, and my iend the referee Lloyd Wilson, about how homophobic language mak them feel. A survey last year showed only 6% of gay men take part team sports.

ZANR MURRAY BE FIRST SENR STTISH MALE FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY

And many say 's homophobia that's stoppg them jog is a problem here, so how do we tackle ? This season, the Sttish Football Associatn troduced Disciplary Rule 81, which rults a 10-match ban for any player or club official who engag homophobic abe, or any other form of discrimatory behavur and around has been ed 22 tim this season.

And 17 of the have been bee of a homophobic slur or a homophobic actn on or around the field of play. The SFA and the chary LEAP have a "Football vs Homophobia" strategy, which I support. I'm now signed to Bonnyrigg Rose, fulfillg my dream of playg the profsnal has been an amazg six months for me, but I'm not llg on other gay male players to e out.

GAY STTISH SOCCER PLAYER ZANR MURRAY IS THE SUBJECT OF A NEW DOCUMENTARY

Gala Fairyan Rovers striker Zanr Murray has bee the first Sttish senr footballer to e out as is the first openly gay player the men's profsnal ranks Stland sce Jt Fashanu wh Airdrie and Hearts the 30-year-old Lowland League player follows the example of refere Craig Napier and Lloyd Wilson June.

"Murray said that remag the closet was "playg havoc wh my life", so "I put a post on my social media tellg folk I was gay". English striker Fashanu moved to Airdrieonians three years after g out as gay before later playg for Heart of Midlothian and remas the only openly gay player to play Stland's top tier.

MARK SMH: I KNOW THERE ARE GAY FOOTBALLERS STLAND BEE I TRIED TO NVCE ONE TO GO PUBLIC

Blackpool forward Jake Daniels ma what Murray scrib as his "amazg" cisn May, closely followed by the two Sttish refere, but the Gala striker is disappoted there are no platforms offerg support to young gay male footballers.

OPENLY GAY STS FOOTBALLER ZANR MURRAY SLAMS FIFA CRACKDOWN ON ONELOVE ARMBANDS AS ‘DIRECT ATTACK’ ON GMB

"Of urse there are gay footballers our game and I have had lots of players get touch sayg they have read my post and they n't believe how strong I am by dog this, " Murray said. 0’Zanr Murray has bee the only openly gay male footballer Stland's top four divisns after jog League 2 club Bonnyrigg Rose.

The striker, 31, who me out September, arriv om Lowland League outf Gala Fairyan is the first openly gay player Sttish men's profsnal football sce Jt Fashanu played the mid-1990s wh Hearts and three-and-a-half seasons wh Gala, Murray sred more than 100 goals. Bonnyrigg Rose, who gaed promotn om the Lowland League last season, s bottom of League 2 on goal difference but are jt three pots off fifth uld make his but at New Dundas Park on Saturday as Robbie Horn's si wele send-placed Stirlg be first openly gay male Sttish playerMurray 'blown away' by support.

Zanr Murray has bee the first Sttish senr footballer to e out as, who is a striker for Lowland League si Gala Fairyan Rovers, has praised his team-mat for their support and says he hop his announcement "helps other players who are stgglg" be the first openly gay player Sttish football sce Jt Fashanu, who played for Airdrie and Hearts the 1990s, and wants to be a role mol for others, much like Blackpool's Jake Daniels and Sttish refere Craig Napier and Lloyd Wilson. "I have done lots of rearch and I always keep an eye on media outlets to see if there are any platforms for young gay male footballers for support but there are none. Ne months after beg the first openly gay player men's profsnal football, Alai Uned midfielr Josh Cavallo spoke wh Tim Thornton about his life sce the announcement and how his cisn has helped to spire others.

ZANR MURRAY BE FIRST PLAYER SENR STTISH FOOTBALL TO E OUT AS GAY

"Of urse there are gay footballers our game and I have had lots of players get touch sayg they have read my post and they n't believe how strong I am by dog this. "Blackpool's Jake Daniels beme the first UK's first active male profsnal footballer to e out as gay earlier this year, and told his story to Sky Sports. Gala Fairyan Rovers forward Zanr Murray has bee the first senr Sttish football player to e out as is the first openly gay player the men’s profsnal game Stland sce Jt Fashanu wh Airdrie and Hearts the 30-year-old, who is his fourth season wh the Lowland League club, said he ma the cisn to help others who wish to open an terview wh the club webse, Murray said: “(It) feels like the weight of the world is now off my shoulrs.

MURRAY BE FIRST OPENLY GAY STTISH PROFSNAL PLAYER

Zanr Murray has a qutn: why is he the only gay male Sttish soccer player to ever e out? Murray, who publicly me out as gay last fall, is the subject of a new BBC Stland Disclosure documentary that was released Monday.

ZANR MURRAY IS FIRST CURRENT STTISH PROFSNAL PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY

In , Murray speaks wh multiple LGBTQ fans, amatr players and out referee Lloyd Wilson about how anti-gay language hurts them.

ZANR MURRAY SIGNS FOR BONNYRIGG ROSE TO BEE ONLY OPENLY GAY PLAYER SPFL

Jake Daniels, a teenage soccer player for Blackpool FC, said he was gay last May, beg the only out active pro player England. In Murray’s BBC article, he c the importance of the Sttish Football Associatn troducg a new disciplary le that rults a 10-match ban for any player who engag homophobic tnts or other forms of discrimatory behavr. The new clse has been ed 22 tim this season, 17 of which were anti-gay offens.

YOU may have heard the pta of Celtic say over the weekend that he and his team would support a player who was gay.

You may also have seen the tweets of someone lled “the gay footballer” who said he was about to go public. But don’t thk any of this means we’re about to see an openly gay star the men’s game, or that football is on the verge of a breakthrough. READ MORE: What 's like to be a gay football fan Stland 2019.

STLAND'S ONLY OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER ON BREAKG STEREOTYP AND HIS OWN LIBERATN

Don’t misunrstand what I’m sayg here: I’m not suggtg everyone football management is ol wh beg gay – even now, most managers are olr, workg-class men who are often the last to adapt to changg social attus. Karren Brady, the former boss of Birmgham Cy, said the other day that her hband, Pl Pchisolido, had played wh Jt Fashanu the 1990s and no one the drsg room had a problem wh him beg gay. There are several clubs the UK now that have gay players who are hont about their sexualy wh the team and even take their partners to club events – they are jt not open about public.

The Celtic pta Stt Brown was also clearly beg hont when he said he would be supportive to a team-mate who was gay. And even players at Millwall (never the most metrosexual of clubs) have said don’t matter if a team-mate is gay. READ MORE: English men’s game uld soon have s first openly gay profsnal player.

Recently, my lleague Neil Cameron spoke to one of the players wh the LGBT team HotSts FC, Craig Anrson, who said there have been tim when the homophobic abe he’s heard at gam has ma him wonr whether football is the game for him.