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Earlier this year Matt Jarvis bared his torso to appear on the ont ver of gay magaze Attu. The reactn that followed offered the Wt Ham wger a taste of what might be like were a current footballer to e out.

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ENGLISH SOCCER PLAYER MATT JARVIS ON VER OF GAY MAGAZE

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Matt Jarvis, a player on the Wt Ham soccer club the English Premier League, is on the ver of the Brish gay magaze Attu urgg gay players to e out of the closet. "I'm sure there are many footballers who are gay, but when they ci to actually e out and say , is a different story. Jarvis, the third pro soccer player to be on the ver of Attu (along wh David Beckham and Freddie Ljungberg), says he thks an openly gay player would get support and might also perform better wh the prsure of hidg removed.

'People were askg my wife if I'm gay, ' says Wt Ham wger Jarvis after his Attu photoshoot.

' Published: 17:04 BST, 28 March 2013 | Updated: 01:16 BST, 29 March 2013 Earlier this year Matt Jarvis bared his torso to appear on the ont ver of gay magaze Attu. In fact, the episo has given the 26-year-old, pped once by England, a unique sight to the issue of homosexualy football and he is able to add a nfint and nsired voice to the bate.

WT HAM WGER JARVIS: 'PEOPLE WERE ASKG MY WIFE IF I'M GAY,' AFTER ATTU PHOTOSHOOT.

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This hub of mocracy seems an apt place for such FA are regnisg a year of their iative ‘Openg Doors and Jog In’ – a scheme signed to make football a safe environment for gay players and fans. A lot of people who my wife knew were actually askg her if I was gay. ”’ Lookg the part: Hammers wger Jarvis For Jarvis, the barriers to havg openly gay footballers lie the stands more than on the trag ground.

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’ And yet, as Jarvis puts , were a gay football to ‘take a leap of fah’ and reveal his sexualy that uld also brg relief. Ined, the FA have charged 19 players wh homophobic abe sce 2010 levyg f totallg £50, 000.

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Jarvis fac the prs before England play Wal ‘But this mpaign is certaly not ‘Fd a Gay Footballer Month’. It’s for if gay players out there do want to announce they are gay, that football receiv them wh enough nfince and support that they n ntue wh their reers.

Wt Ham Uned midfielr Matt Jarvis reveals that people have asked his wife Sarah whether he is gay followg his appearance Attu magaze.

Wt Ham Uned midfielr Matt Jarvis has revealed that people have qutned his sexualy sce appearg on the ver of gay magaze Attu. The 26-year-old, who is married to wife Sarah, posed for the magaze January orr to try to enurage gay footballers to be open about their sexualy. Meanwhile, former Leeds Uned wger Robbie Rogers has revealed that was "impossible" for him to ntue playg the game as a gay man.

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Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Readg the Game newsletter sent straight to your box for eeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s ee weekly newsletter The Wt Ham and England footballer Matt Jarvis has posed for the ver of Bra's bt-sellg gay magaze an attempt to csh one of the game's last remag married wger is only the third footballer to appear on the ver of Attu s 19-year history. David Beckham, who appeared 2002, and Freddie Ljungberg who followed four years later, led the, 26, told Attu that homosexualy was now "everyday life" and not "somethg that's gog to be a shock".

He add: "I'm sure there are many footballers who are gay, but when they ci to actually e out and say , is a different story. But 's a hard thg for them to do, " he view is vdited by a recent study by the Universy of Staffordshire, that suggted the majory of fans would wele players g out, wh 40 per cent of fans blamg clubs and agents for keepg gay footballers the said that tim have changed and is more likely that an openly gay footballer would receive the support he need now. The most high-profile footballer to e out sce then is Anton Hysen a player the Swedish lower the terview Jarvis agreed that not g out uld hamper performance a sport that has tradnally nsired homosexualy as a forbidn ontier.

MATT JARVIS APPEARS ON ONT OF GAY MAGAZE ATTU AND SAYS G OUT N IMPROVE PLAYER'S PERFORMANCE

"It is part of a wir attempt to tackle prejudice to homosexualy football. Last month the Spanish midfielr So, who plays for Liverpool, was fed £10, 000 for llg his team-mate José Enrique "gay" on Twter and warned about his future nduct by the Football Associatn.

Prevly, former Sheffield Wednday pta Darren Purse said he would have to thk hard before advisg a young player to e out; Bayern Munich's German striker Mar Gomez ma headl when he did the oppose, urgg gay players to break this last "taboo". Matt Jarvis appearg on gay magaze: aims to challenge prejudice and says more homosexual players should 'e out'. Former Wolv wger Matt Jarvis has stripped for the ont ver of a glossy gay mag – a bid to quash football’s olst taboo.

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