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Contents:
- ‘I HAVE BEEN FIGHTG MY SEXUALY’: A-LEAGUE MEN PLAYER JOSH CAVALLO OUT AS GAY
- BUNSLIGA STARS OFFER SUPPORT TO GAY FOOTBALLERS
- STORM OVER 'BUNCH OF GAYS' GERMANY'S WORLD CUP TEAM
- FORMER GERMAN WORLD CUP PLAYER COM OUT AS GAY
- 8 MALE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO DARED TO COME OUT AS GAY
- THE GAY FOOTBALLER WHO CHOSE EEDOM OVER ‘NSTCTED PRISON’
- GERMANY AND BAYERN STAR MAR GOMEZ URG GAY FOOTBALLERS TO GO PUBLIC
- POWERFUL GERMAN SHORT FILM ALS WH A GAY PRO SOCCER PLAYER G OUT
‘I HAVE BEEN FIGHTG MY SEXUALY’: A-LEAGUE MEN PLAYER JOSH CAVALLO OUT AS GAY
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A-League Men midfielr Josh Cavallo says he knows there are other players “livg silence” after beg the only known current male top-flight profsnal footballer the world to e out as gay. 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.
Labor senate lear and openly gay woman, Penny Wong, tweeted: “Any young person who is stgglg wh their inty, or feelg exclud or judged, n look today to Josh Cavallo. ”Globally there are only a handful of openly gay male footballers, none of whom are playg the top flight. Amerin former Leeds player Robbie Rogers also announced he was gay on retirg 2013, before returng to the field wh LA Galaxy and wng the MLS Cup to bee the first openly gay male athlete to w a major profsnal team sports tle the Uned 2019, former Newstle Jets player Andy Brennan beme Atralia’s first profsnal male footballer to e out while still playg the game.
BUNSLIGA STARS OFFER SUPPORT TO GAY FOOTBALLERS
Thomas Hzlsperger, who retired September after a reer wh proment teams Germany, Italy and England, revealed that he was gay an terview wh the weekly Die Ze. * german gay football player *
“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. “Even 2021, there will not be a sgle openly homosexual footballer the German men’s profsnal leagu, ” the players said a jot statement.
“The fear of beg attacked and ostracized after g out and of jeopardizg one’s reer as a profsnal footballer is apparently still so great that gay footballers believe they have to hi their sexualy.
STORM OVER 'BUNCH OF GAYS' GERMANY'S WORLD CUP TEAM
“If one of my lleagu were to e out, I would protect them om the idts outsi our team who feel disturbed, or really threatened by homosexualy, ” he ntued. The mpaign received a stamp of approval om Thomas Hzlsperger, a retired German soccer player who me out as gay 2014. However, the lnch of 11Frn‘s mpaign after former German soccer pta Philipp Lahm utned gay players agast g out while they were still active the sport.
Women’s Soccer Team posters faced wh anti-gay slurs at New York subway statn. No MLB players ed anti-gay slurs durg regular season for first time four years. Jason Colls, first openly gay NBA player, tts posive for COVID-19.
FORMER GERMAN WORLD CUP PLAYER COM OUT AS GAY
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8 MALE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO DARED TO COME OUT AS GAY
(1:02)Stephan Uersfeld, Germany rrponntFeb 17, 2021, 09:23 AM ETMore than 800 players, both male and female, across Germany have offered their support to any gay footballer addrsg their sexual footballers said they would offer support to anyone stgglg wh their cisn to e out public and, if need be, fend them " the face of hostily. "It's now 2021 -- and still there is not a sgle openly gay football profsnal the men's game Germany, " the appeal, published by German football magaze 11 Frn, said.
"#ihrkönntfunszählenIn r nen 11FREUNDE Agabe #232 stärken Almuth Schult und über 800 weere Fußballernen und Fußballer Dtschland homosexuellen Spielern n Rücken. "Philipp Bommer of Hertha Junxx, the first gay fan club Bunsliga, formed 2001, told ESPN that the appeal was "credibly important for players and an important signal for both fans and society. "Meanwhile, former Germany pta Philipp Lahm has said that he would not advise gay footballers to addrs their sexual orientatn.
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.
THE GAY FOOTBALLER WHO CHOSE EEDOM OVER ‘NSTCTED PRISON’
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.
GERMANY AND BAYERN STAR MAR GOMEZ URG GAY FOOTBALLERS TO GO PUBLIC
He later me out as gay and has sce spoken out about the difficulti queer players face.
POWERFUL GERMAN SHORT FILM ALS WH A GAY PRO SOCCER PLAYER G OUT
He me out as gay 2019.