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Contents:
- GAY & LBIANS IN SOCCER
- A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
- JOSH CAVALLO: ONLY OPENLY GAY TOP-FLIGHT MALE FOOTBALLER SAYS FIFA’S ‘ONELOVE’ ARMBAND BAN HAS MA HIM FEEL ‘EXCLUD’
- 20 INSPIRG GAY AND LBIAN FOOTBALL (SOCCER) PLAYERS
- THERE ARE 0 OUT GAY PLAYERS AT THE MEN’S WORLD CUP. THERE WERE 40 WOMEN 2019
- MALAYSIA CUTS SHORT MIC FT AFTER BRISH BAND SLAMS ANTI-GAY LAWS, SGER KISS MALE BANDMATE
- CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTS SOCIAL STUDI TEXTBOOKS THAT CLU GAY RIGHTS AFTER WARNGS OM ERNOR
GAY & LBIANS IN SOCCER
Dan Cox discs Why Are There so Few Gay & Lbian Athlet Profsnal Sports? 60 gay football players currently the NFL alone... * gay soccer player in the world *
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. Atralian striker Andy Brennan me out as gay 2019, beg the first out gay Atralian male footballer.
A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
A rerd number of out LGBTQ players make this year’s tournament a feast for gay fans. * gay soccer player in the world *
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.
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.
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.
JOSH CAVALLO: ONLY OPENLY GAY TOP-FLIGHT MALE FOOTBALLER SAYS FIFA’S ‘ONELOVE’ ARMBAND BAN HAS MA HIM FEEL ‘EXCLUD’
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Later, he revealed he qu the sport as a rult of homophobia he faced when he me out.
It is a long sought victory for gay rights. This cisn is the end rult of s of effort and gay rights activism.
While the world gradually accepts non-heterosexuals as star players the world of sports, all to often gay and lbian soccer players and ach keep a low profile. Attus about gay and lbian people have shifted dramatilly over the last .
20 INSPIRG GAY AND LBIAN FOOTBALL (SOCCER) PLAYERS
Malaysia’s ernment has cut short a mic ftival after the lead sger of Brish band The 1975 slammed the untry’s anti-gay laws and kissed a male bandmate durg their performance. * gay soccer player in the world *
Support for same-sex marriage has steadily creased and more than 6--10 Amerins now report they have a close iend or fay member who is gay or lbian. Millennials, who have nsistently monstrated strong support for gay marriage, are growg size and fluence— 2015 they will surpass Baby Boomers as the largt sgle generatn.
Their views on gay marriage and other hotly ntted social qutns may soon serve as the flt cultural norm.
Yet, spe the creasg acceptance of gays and lbians the U. S., openly gay profsnal athlet are still somethg of an anomaly—the NFL was whout a sgle openly gay player until the draftg of Michael Sam 2014. There are three possible reasons why profsnal sports have so few gay and lbian athlet.
THERE ARE 0 OUT GAY PLAYERS AT THE MEN’S WORLD CUP. THERE WERE 40 WOMEN 2019
First, there may simply be a arth of gay and lbian athlet wh the realm of profsnal sports.
This optn seems unlikely, however, as gay and lbians would have to exceedgly unrreprented for the numbers to add up. 5 percent of the public is gay or lbian. This would translate to as many as 60 gay football players currently the NFL alone.
MALAYSIA CUTS SHORT MIC FT AFTER BRISH BAND SLAMS ANTI-GAY LAWS, SGER KISS MALE BANDMATE
A send reason might be that sports fans are simply not ready to cheer for gay and lbian athlet, disuragg such athlet om g forward.
The PRRI/RNS Survey found that most Amerins (73 percent) support profsnal teams signg gay and lbian athlet. Even among diehard football fans support for signg gay athlet remas robt: roughly three-quarters (72 percent) of football fans say they would support their favore team signg an openly gay player. After g out, Robbie Rogers, an openly gay MLS player, said he more often heard words of enuragement and support om fans than jeers or tnts.
But the LA Galaxy player was highly cril of FIFA, ternatnal soccer’s erng body, for selectg Rsia and Qatar, untri wh strict anti-gay laws, to host the next two world Cup tournaments.
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTS SOCIAL STUDI TEXTBOOKS THAT CLU GAY RIGHTS AFTER WARNGS OM ERNOR
“The msage FIFA sends to gay athlet is pafully clear.
A majory (56 percent) of Amerins believe that gay and lbian athlet face a lot of discrimatn profsnal sports. Gay former athlet who have reunted experiencg substantial discrimatn, om the ont office and the locker room, largely rroborate this perceptn. One of the strongt predictors of one’s attu toward gay and lbian people is simply havg a close iend or fay who gay or lbian.
Erik Brady of USA Today reports that when gay athlet e out to their teammat the homophobic jok and slurs, which once may have been mon, tend to evaporate and players themselv are embraced by their teammat. It will be a glor month to be a gay fan.