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• JOSH CAVALLO: A-LEAGUE PLAYER BE ONLY CURRENT OPENLY GAY MALE TOP-FLIGHT PRO FOOTBALLER
• JOSH CAVALLO: ONLY OPENLY GAY TOP-FLIGHT MALE FOOTBALLER SAYS FIFA’S ‘ONELOVE’ ARMBAND BAN HAS MA HIM FEEL ‘EXCLUD’
• GAY FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO SAYS HE WOULD BE ‘SRED’ TO PLAY AT THE 2022 WORLD CUP QATAR
• WORLD’S ONLY OPENLY GAY ACTIVE PRO FOOTBALLER IS NCERNED FOR LGBTQ MUNY AHEAD OF QATAR 2022
• JAKE DANIELS: BLACKPOOL FOOTBALLER OUT AS GAY
• GAY FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO WOULD BE ‘SRED’ TO PLAY AT WORLD CUP QATAR
• REVISED: JOSH CAVALLO, THE ONLY OPENLY GAY TOP-TIER MEN’S FOOTBALLER
• CARL NASSIB, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY N.F.L. PLAYER, HAS BEEN A FOOTBALL EVERYMAN
• ATRALIAN FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO BE ONLY OPENLY GAY MALE PROFSNAL PLAYER
• GAY ATRALIAN FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO SAYS WORLD CUP SHOULDN’T BE GOG TO QATAR, WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS ILLEGAL
• JOSH CAVALLO: FOOTBALLER OUT AS WORLD'S ONLY OPENLY GAY PLAYER TOP-FLIGHT OF GAME
• JOSH CAVALLO: THE WORLD’S ONLY OPENLY GAY TOP-TIER MEN’S FOOTBALLER
• JAKE DANIELS: BLACKPOOL FOOTBALLER, 17, OUT, BEG ONLY OPENLY GAY MALE PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER BRA
• GIANT MURAL ON NORWICH PUB HONOURS JT FASHANU, ENGLAND'S FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER

JOSH CAVALLO: A-LEAGUE PLAYER BE ONLY CURRENT OPENLY GAY MALE TOP-FLIGHT PRO FOOTBALLER

Alai Uned player Josh Cavallo has e out as gay, makg him the world's only current openly gay male top-flight profsnal footballer. I am a footballer and I am gay, " Cavallo said, a vio posted on Alai Uned's Twter acunt.

"Growg up I always felt the need to hi myself bee I was ashamed - ashamed I would never be able to do what I loved and be gay. "Growg up beg gay and playg football were jt two worlds that hadn't crossed paths before. Former Aston Villa, Stuttgart, Wt Ham and Everton player Thomas Hzlsperger is among the most high-profile former players to be openly gay, havg e out publicly the year after he Leeds Uned player Robbie Rogers also announced he was gay when retirg 2013, before returng to the game wh LA Galaxy and wng the MLS Cup.

In dog so he beme the first openly gay male athlete to w a major profsnal team sports tle the Uned Stat. Cavallo said he worried g out might have a negative effect on his reer and add that, as a gay footballer, he knew of "other players livg silence".

JOSH CAVALLO: ONLY OPENLY GAY TOP-FLIGHT MALE FOOTBALLER SAYS FIFA’S ‘ONELOVE’ ARMBAND BAN HAS MA HIM FEEL ‘EXCLUD’

"It is astonishg to know that there are currently no gay profsnal footballers who are out and actively playg, not only Atralia, but around the world. "Inspirg a future generatn Several top-flight footballers have e out once their playg reers were over, but Cavallo's announcement mak him the world's only current openly gay male top-flight profsnal said: "I hope one day I n spire someone om the younger generatn or someone else who may be stgglg. 'FIFA have ma me feel exclud:' Sole gay top flight player hs out on Qatar armband ban.

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.

The Alai Uned midfielr and former Atralian youth ternatnal ma headl last year when he me out as gay.

GAY FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO SAYS HE WOULD BE ‘SRED’ TO PLAY AT THE 2022 WORLD CUP QATAR

'I'm a footballer and I'm gay:' Hear pro-player reveal he's gay. After beg the only current, openly gay player men’s top-flight football last month, Josh Cavallo says a new terview wh the Guardian that he would be “sred” to play at the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar bee of the untry’s homosexualy laws. Cavallo, who plays for Alai Uned Atralia’s A-League, received wispread support om the football muny and beyond when he announced on social media that he is gay, cludg om Barcelona fenr Gerard Piqué, Atléti Madrid forward Antoe Griezmann and Liverpool midfielr Jordan Henrson.

The 21-year-old has now voiced his ncerns about next year’s World Cup Qatar, where homosexualy is illegal and punishable by up to three years prison.

WORLD’S ONLY OPENLY GAY ACTIVE PRO FOOTBALLER IS NCERNED FOR LGBTQ MUNY AHEAD OF QATAR 2022

“I read somethg along the l of giv a ath penalty for gay people Qatar. He add: “One of the greatt achievements as a profsnal footballer is to play for your untry and to know that [the World Cup] is a untry that don’t support gay people and puts at risk of our own life, that do sre me and that do me make re-evaluate.

Acrdg to a report to state-sponsored homophobia by Lus Ramón Mendos of the human rights group ILGA World, Qatar “ns Sharia urts, where technilly is possible that Mlim men uld be put to ath for same-sex sexual behavurs. “Not havg anyone to look up to and to see okay, they’re playg football and they’re gay and they’re havg a succsful reer – that is somethg that sred me and somethg that I was worried that if I was to potentially e out one day, would affect my reer a bad way?

JAKE DANIELS: BLACKPOOL FOOTBALLER OUT AS GAY

World's only openly gay active pro footballer is ncerned for LGBTQ muny ahead of Qatar 2022. The only openly gay player men's top flight football Josh Cavallo has told CNN that the World Cup shouldn't be held a untry like Qatar that crimaliz homosexualy. Media ptn, WATCH: 'I am ready to be myself' - Jake DanielsJake Daniels is the first profsnal footballer the UK men's game for more than 30 years to e out as gay while still playg.

"I've known my whole life that I'm gay, and I now feel that I'm ready to e out and be myself.

GAY FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO WOULD BE ‘SRED’ TO PLAY AT WORLD CUP QATAR

"Before Jake, Josh Cavallo - who plays for Alai Uned Atralia - was the only openly gay top-flight male profsnal footballer the world, havg e out last do 'g out' mean? Comg out of the closet, often shortened to g out, is when a person shar wh others that they are lbian, gay, bi and/or trans (LGBT) out is different for everyone and n take some time to get to a pot where someone feels fortable and nfint enough to tell other is this important? Only four male profsnal football players who have played the UK have shared that they were gay - Thomas Beattie, Jt Fashanu, Thomas Hzlsperger and Robbie Jake Daniels, only Jt Fashanu revealed he was gay whilst he was still playg football 1990.

The other three shared that they were gay after retirg om after g out Jt Fashanu suffered om homophobic bullyg and harassment before he died do LGBTQ+ stand for? LGBTQ+ stands for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer.

The + is an clive symbol to mean 'and others' to clu people of all ptn, WATCH: Gay footballers talk about their experienc the game (June 2020)Thomas Beattie, who was a former youth player for English club Hull Cy, said that he felt that he uldn't announce that he was gay while still playg: "I lerally felt like I had to sacrifice one of the two: who I am, or the sport I loved, " he there are now chari and anisatns that mpaign to make football more clive and a safe place for the LGBTQ+ muny. "To e out publicly as the first openly gay player men's profsnal football the UK the last 30 years tak urage. "'I want to be a role mol'Media ptn, What is homophobia?

REVISED: JOSH CAVALLO, THE ONLY OPENLY GAY TOP-TIER MEN’S FOOTBALLER

Speakg about how g out will change his life Daniels said: "Of urse I am aware that there will be a reactn to this and some of will be homophobic, maybe a stadium and on social media. The world’s only openly gay top‑flight men’s footballer says he would be “sred” to play at the World Cup tournament Qatar next year bee of the emirate’s harsh ban on homosexualy and legal penalti rangg om floggg to lengthy prison terms and Cavallo, 21, who plays for Alai Uned Atralia’s A-League, received a wave of support om football fans and current and former players last month after openg up about his sexualy a vio posted to the club’s social media feeds.

CARL NASSIB, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY N.F.L. PLAYER, HAS BEEN A FOOTBALL EVERYMAN

”The announcement ma Cavallo the only out gay player men’s profsnal football, his isolatn stark a sport whose admistrators have lnched high-profile public mpaigns recent years embracg LGBT fans and only a handful of male players have ever e out, ntrast to the women’s game, which has easily blown past the same barrier: more than 40 lbian or bisexual players took part the 2019 women’s World Cup France, acrdg to Fifa. Crics have raised the fact that Fifa ntu to award World Cups to untri such as Rsia – where homophobia has been lled a “state‑sponsored” project – and Qatar, where same-sex acts are illegal, as evince of the erng body’s patchy mment to if holdg the tournament a untry wh strict penalti for homosexualy sent the wrong msage to gay footballers and fans, Cavallo, who has played for Atralia’s unr-20s ternatnal si, told the Guardian’s daily news podst that he would be aaid for his safety if asked to participate the 2022 Qatar World Cup. 'I'm a footballer and I'm gay': A-League player Josh Cavallo talks about his sexualy – vio“I read somethg along the l of that [they] give the ath penalty for gay people Qatar, so ’s somethg I’m very sred [of] and wouldn’t really want to go to Qatar for that, ” he said.

ATRALIAN FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO BE ONLY OPENLY GAY MALE PROFSNAL PLAYER

At the end of the day the World Cup is Qatar and one of the greatt achievements as a profsnal footballer is to play for your untry, and to know that this is a untry that don’t support gay people and puts at risk of our own life, that do sre me and mak me re-evaluate – is my life more important than dog somethg really good my reer? ”Homosexual acts are banned unr several Qatari laws wh penalti rangg om at least a year to a prison. Mlims the untry n be subject to Sharia law that bans any sexual activy outsi marriage wh punishments rangg up to the ath penalty, meang homosexual acts n technilly rult executn, though several human rights reports have said there is no evince any gay people have been executed for the offence.

”Along wh the appallg ndns for migrant workers buildg the astcture for the tournament, the prospect of gay fans or players beg arrted Qatar has dogged Fifa sce the emirate was announced as host of the tournament 2010.

The anisatn’s then print, Sepp Blatter, fuelled the ntroversy the same year when he was asked if he had any advice for gay people who wanted to travel to the Gulf state for the petn. But they walk a fe le between acmodatg what are now mastream attus towards gay people much of the world and the untry’s own nservative relig the tournament has approached, Qatari officials have sought to reassure LGBT fans that they will be wele the untry and n exprs themselv – wh lims. ”Prsed at the time over how Qataris would react to a gay uple holdg hands, Khater said they would be treated the same as a heterosexual uple.

GAY ATRALIAN FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO SAYS WORLD CUP SHOULDN’T BE GOG TO QATAR, WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS ILLEGAL

Are there any well-known footballers that are gay? I fd que strange that I'm not aware of a sgle gay footballer. When Alai Uned’s Josh Cavallo sat down to film his announcement to the world that he was g out as gay, he didn’t know what to expect.

JOSH CAVALLO: FOOTBALLER OUT AS WORLD'S ONLY OPENLY GAY PLAYER TOP-FLIGHT OF GAME

There are no other out gay footballers playg any of the world’s top leagu. For stance, if he were to be nsired for Atralia’s natnal team (he has played at unr-20 level), he would be aaid to go to the World Cup next year, as is hosted Qatar, where homosexualy is illegal.

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I jt want to take a quick moment to say that I’m gay. L., his ach and his peers the league for their rpect and acceptance, and acknowledged that many gay people before him did not receive that same support. Player Jason Colls, who beme the first openly gay male athlete 2013.

JAKE DANIELS: BLACKPOOL FOOTBALLER, 17, OUT, BEG ONLY OPENLY GAY MALE PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER BRA

The 21-year-old released an emotnal vio on Wednday (Pictur: Instagram / Twter)Alai Uned footballer Josh Cavallo has bee the only openly gay male profsnal player the world and hop his cisn to e out will spire others to do the same. Unfortunately, beg gay is still nsired somethg of a taboo wh football, though Cavallo says he was tired of ‘livg a double life’ and hop to enurage others to follow his lead.

GIANT MURAL ON NORWICH PUB HONOURS JT FASHANU, ENGLAND'S FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER

‘I am proud to publicly announce that I am gay, ’ said Cavallo. Ashamed I would never be able to do what I loved and be gay. ‘Beg a gay closeted footballer, I’ve had to learn to mask my feelgs orr to f the mould of a profsnal footballer.

Growg up beg gay and playg football were jt two worlds that hadn’t crossed paths before.

Cavallo has reprented Atralia at Unr-17 level (Picture: Getty)‘As a gay footballer, I know there are other players livg silence. Cavallo was undated wh msag of support and praise on social media followg his statement, wh the Atralian FA wrg: ‘Football Atralia wish to mend Josh’s bravery to e out as the only openly gay player the A-League men petn. MORE: Why is beg a gay footballer still taboo?