Josh Cavallo is one of the few male top-level footballers to e out as gay : NPR

Contents:

• MEET THE 16 OUT GAY AND BI FOOTBALL PLAYERS THE NFL’S 103-YEAR HISTORY
• HOMOPHOBIA SPORT: FOOTBALL MANAGER TO FEATURE GAY PLAYERS
• THE 39 CURRENT NFL PLAYERS HAVE ALL PLAYED WH AN OUT GAY TEAMMATE
• LEATHERHEAD FC MANAGER LE TUFFS: ‘I’M SHOWG YOUNG PEOPLE YOU N BE GAY AND A SUCCS’
• JOSH CAVALLO BE ONE OF THE FEW PROFSNAL MEN'S FOOTBALLERS TO E OUT AS GAY
• THERE ARE OPENLY GAY PRO SOCCER PLAYERS, BUT THEY EXIST ONLY A VIO GAME
• POPULAR SPORTS VIO GAME ALLOWS FOR CHARACTERS TO E OUT AS GAY
• FOOTBALL MANAGER TO CLU GAY PLAYERS FOR FIRST TIME SERI' HISTORY
• THREE GAY FOOTBALL PLAYERS FEATURED NFL NETWORK SEGMENT ON CARL NASSIB
• IN FOOTBALL MANAGER 2018, PLAYERS WILL E OUT AS GAY

MEET THE 16 OUT GAY AND BI FOOTBALL PLAYERS THE NFL’S 103-YEAR HISTORY

Has anyone else had a player e out as gay on FM? The NFL has played for more than 100 years and there have been 16 gay or bi players to e out publicly.

HOMOPHOBIA SPORT: FOOTBALL MANAGER TO FEATURE GAY PLAYERS

16 and the first one to e out as gay while on an active roster.

THE 39 CURRENT NFL PLAYERS HAVE ALL PLAYED WH AN OUT GAY TEAMMATE

Over the years, Outsports has known of a few other players who are gay but have never e out, even when retired. The NFL Network produced a documentary on Smh beg gay. Jenks is gay and this was the the first time he wily discsed his sexual orientatn.

In June, Carl Nassib of the Rairs me out as gay. Football Manager has sold more than 15 ln pi, wh players clockg up an average of 200 hours per yearMorn ele male Brish football is still wag for s first openly gay player. "Part of the reason we cid to do this is bee there are gay footballers, " Mil Jabson, the game's director, told BBC Sport.

"We know om the amount of profsnals that there has to be players who are gay but feel they don't want to e out. A BBC survey found 82% would have no issue wh a gay player, but 8% said they would stop watchg their 're not talkg about real-life players. He explaed that, if one of the players at your club out, you'll fd out om a news em your -game after, your mercial director will rm you of a boost the club's revenue, part due to new attentn om the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) muny.

LEATHERHEAD FC MANAGER LE TUFFS: ‘I’M SHOWG YOUNG PEOPLE YOU N BE GAY AND A SUCCS’

Thomas Hzlsperger beme the first openly gay man to have played the English Premier League when he me out 2014 - four months after he former Germany midfielr, who played for Aston Villa, Everton and Wt Ham, said he "uld not image playg football and dog this at the same time" Leeds and Uned Stat midfielr Robbie Rogers me out as gay a year earlier. The tragedy of Jt Fashanu, who took his own life 1998, eight years after g out as gay.

JOSH CAVALLO BE ONE OF THE FEW PROFSNAL MEN'S FOOTBALLERS TO E OUT AS GAY

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Replyg to a BBC Rad 5 live survey October last year, a majory of supporters asked England, Wal and Stland said they would be fortable wh their club signg a gay found 82% would have no issue wh a gay player, but 8% said they would stop watchg their team. Some people still believe that the NFL is a “homophobic” monolh where ’s “dangero” to be gay.

THERE ARE OPENLY GAY PRO SOCCER PLAYERS, BUT THEY EXIST ONLY A VIO GAME

Dpe Outsports chroniclg lerally dozens of piec of evince to the ntrary, there’s a ntued belief amongst some that NFL players would overwhelmgly reject a gay player if he me out. So we set out to figure out how many current NFL players have already played on the same team wh an out gay teammate. We found 39 current NFL players, who were on a roster for the 2020 season, who have already had an out gay teammate.

In addn, dozens of other players have played agast an opponent they knew to be gay. Those gay athlet are all still alive today. The 39 current NFL players have played wh at least five gay or bisexual men who were out to their team while they were on the same team.

POPULAR SPORTS VIO GAME ALLOWS FOR CHARACTERS TO E OUT AS GAY

The Arizona Cardals have the most players we know have played wh an out gay teammate. At least six of the players on the Cardals’ 2020 roster — about 10% of the team, — has already had a gay teammate they knew of. And they have llectively played llege wh all five out gay players.

Wh that experience, solid veteran learship, a ach Kliff Kgsbury who has ld gay football player Stt Frantz, and a ont office that has monstrated an embrace of LGBTQ people, is easy to make the se that an out gay player wh the Cardals would be weled. Of urse many other NFL players have played wh a gay or bi teammate before they me out (e.

The are the current NFL players to have played wh an out gay or bi man on their team (wh that team and their current team listed):. If you thk I’ve missed a current NFL player who’s played wh an out gay or bi teammate, be sure to leave the rmatn the ments below. “They would have thought: ‘Why is a gay person tellg me what to do on a football pch?

FOOTBALL MANAGER TO CLU GAY PLAYERS FOR FIRST TIME SERI' HISTORY

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Tuffs’s experience serv to be amplified as football attempts to change the long-standg stigma around homosexualy wh the game. A man who n’t stop crackg jok and troduc himself as a “massive gayer non-league football” says he and enurag banter the drsg room to addrs the fact of his sexualy.

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.

THREE GAY FOOTBALL PLAYERS FEATURED NFL NETWORK SEGMENT ON CARL NASSIB

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.

IN FOOTBALL MANAGER 2018, PLAYERS WILL E OUT AS GAY

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.