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- COLL MART IS U.S. SOCCER'S ONLY OPENLY GAY MALE PLAYER, AND HE'S WORKG TO MAKE THE GAME MORE CLIVE FOR FUTURE LGBTQ+ PLAYERS
- COLL MART SAYS HE HAD MIXED FEELGS WHEN HIS TEAM FORFEED A GAME AFTER HE WAS LLED AN ANTI-GAY SLUR
- COLL MART, MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER PLAYER, SAYS, 'I'M GAY'
- SAN DIEGO PRO SOCCER TEAM FORFES GAME AFTER GAY PLAYER ALLEGEDLY LLED A SLUR
- COLL MART JT BEME THE ONLY OUT GAY MAN MAJOR LEAGUE SPORTS
- MNOTA UNED'S COLL MART OUT AS GAY
COLL MART IS U.S. SOCCER'S ONLY OPENLY GAY MALE PLAYER, AND HE'S WORKG TO MAKE THE GAME MORE CLIVE FOR FUTURE LGBTQ+ PLAYERS
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COLL MART SAYS HE HAD MIXED FEELGS WHEN HIS TEAM FORFEED A GAME AFTER HE WAS LLED AN ANTI-GAY SLUR
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Mart actually endured ltle homophobia the profsnal game, though. Countls others were proud of Mart too, though, when he me out publicly durg Pri Month June 2018, makg him the only openly gay sportsman any of the big five Amerin sports leagu (NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB and MLS), and the only openly LGBT male player a top-flight natnal champnship profsnal soccer.
COLL MART, MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER PLAYER, SAYS, 'I'M GAY'
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Major League Soccer midfielr Coll Mart me out Friday as a gay man, announcg his sexualy publicly for the first time, though he said had been known for years by fay, iends and, 23, ma the announcement on social media hours before his club, Mnota Uned FC, was schled to host FC Dallas for s “Pri Match” support of the LGBTQ+ muny.
“Today, I’m proud that my entire team and the management of Mnota Uned know that I am gay, ” Mart wrote a msage on Twter. ”“I thk for a while I’ve been hant about postg on social media, but look around — I’m the only out gay athlete the five major [U.
SAN DIEGO PRO SOCCER TEAM FORFES GAME AFTER GAY PLAYER ALLEGEDLY LLED A SLUR
The fact is, there aren’t enough profsnal athlet that are good role mols for kids that are growg up that are gay.
COLL MART JT BEME THE ONLY OUT GAY MAN MAJOR LEAGUE SPORTS
June is Pri month, and I am proud to be playg for Pri, and to be playg as an out gay man.
Robbie Rogers announced he was gay 2013 and retired immediately; three months later, he announced his return to the game and was acquired by the Los Angel Galaxy. When an opponent lled pro soccer player Coll Mart an anti-gay slur the middle of a match, his team walked off the field and forfeed.
MNOTA UNED'S COLL MART OUT AS GAY
“Growg up as a kid, pecially high school when I thought I was potentially gog to have to hi this big fact that I was gay and still try to progrs sport, the last thg I wanted was anyone to know I was gay, and jt have my sexualy impact my abily to play.
The Loyal walked off the field prott when a player on the Phoenix Risg lled Mart a homophobic slur September 2020. The San Diego Loyal walked off the field prott Wednday night, sayg a Phoenix Risg player ed an anti-gay slur directed at openly-gay midfielr Coll Mart.