Broadster Simon Fanshawe trac the history of the gay muny Brighton over half a century Brighton: 50 Years of Gay on BBC One South & South East on Monday July 31 at 7pm. To mark the 50th Anniversary of the Sexual Offenc Act and the subsequent crimalisatn of homosexualy, Broadster and Gay Rights mpaigner Simon Fanshawe charts the turbulent story of Brighton’s gay people over the last five s – Brighton: 50 Years of Gay.
Contents:
- GRAEME SOUNS EXPLAS WHY THERE ARE NO OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLERS THE PREMIER LEAGUE AND REVEALS TNAL VIS TO BRIGHTON PRI PARA
- 8 MALE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO DARED TO COME OUT AS GAY
- BRIGHTON PRI: THIS B FOR GAY PROFSNAL FOOTBALLERS IS EMPTY
- STONEWALL BLAST PADDY POWER FOR ‘POTENTIALLY DANGERO’ GAY FOOTBALLERS’ B
- BRIGHTON PRI: EMPTY B AT FTIVAL WILL MARK ABSENCE OF GAY FOOTBALLERS PREMIER LEAGUE
- PREVIEW: SIMON FANSHAWE PROFIL ’50 YEARS OF GAY’ BRIGHTON
- GAY FORMER PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLER TELLS JORDAN HENRSON HIS ‘BRAND IS AD’ AFTER SDI MOVE
GRAEME SOUNS EXPLAS WHY THERE ARE NO OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLERS THE PREMIER LEAGUE AND REVEALS TNAL VIS TO BRIGHTON PRI PARA
In 1990, Jt Fashanu beme the first football player to publicly e out as gay. Sce then, only seventeen players have done the same. * brighton gay footballer *
HONEST Graeme Souns explas why there are no openly gay footballers the Premier League and reveals tnal vis to Brighton Pri paraPublished: 9:44, 9 Dec 2019Graeme Souns believ football has created an ‘unfortable environment’ for gay players. Former Wt Ham and Aston Villa midfielr Thomas Hzlsperger beme the first openly gay Premier League player - but he only me out 2014, a year after retirg om the game. "There mt be gay and bisexual players the Premier League but nobody has felt nfint enough to say 'this is me'.
The European Cup-wng midfielr ma his name playg the 70s and 80s, s durg which racism and homophobia were rife. As regnn for the great work that the anisatn and s members do, earlier this month BLAGSS won the award for Outstandg Lol LGBTQ+ Sports Organisatn at the Feratn of Gay Gam AGM. From that we now pete the Gay Football Supporters’ Network [GFSN] and we tra for an hour-and-a-half each week on an astroturf pch.
BLAGSS is a sports and social group that now has around 450 lbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgenr members om across Brighton and Hove, Ssex and beyond. At grassroots level, we will play lol teams iendli; we also play an annual Football v Homophobia game at Culver Road, njunctn wh the Ssex FA, and there was lots of posive engagement wh the opposn, which was really enuragg – and I hope that’s beg mirrored around the untry. On stats alone, there mt be a number of gay players the Premier League right now but that stigma around fans and the media is stoppg them g out.
8 MALE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO DARED TO COME OUT AS GAY
A sports bettg pany is takg a b for gay profsnal football players to Brighton Pri. And 's empty. * brighton gay footballer *
We also play at the Ssex FA headquarters, as part of the Football v Homophobia month of actn, and ’s always great to play on such a lovely pch. But tak guts to e out and reveal one’s genr as gay, which is ually an act of urage a world that is not ndned to accept every genr.
Even though has already been three s sce Jt Fashanu first publicly me out as gay, there are only a few of them revealg . The primary reason behd many gay footballers not revealg their sexualy publicly is fear of homophobia on and off the pch. So, many profsnal leagu, teams, and players are raisg their voic to fight back agast homophobia so that gay footballers don’t face backlash while g out.
BRIGHTON PRI: THIS B FOR GAY PROFSNAL FOOTBALLERS IS EMPTY
LGBT chary feel the stunt will have people gusg and qutng who are gay the sport * brighton gay footballer *
In 2020, durg the San Diego Loyal match agast Phoneix Risg FC, Mart released a story of homophobic sults directed toward him.
One of the hight-profile male football players publicly clarg himself as gay is German footballer Thomas Hzlsperger.
STONEWALL BLAST PADDY POWER FOR ‘POTENTIALLY DANGERO’ GAY FOOTBALLERS’ B
LGBT+ football fans Brighton will be monstratg support of a gay man jailed Sdi Arabia when their team plays Newstle Uned. * brighton gay footballer *
Later, after wng the 2014 MLS Cup, Rodgers also beme the first gay male to w the league tle the USA. Anton Hysen is the youngt son of retired Swedish footballer Glenn Hysen and one of the gay players football.
Later, he was profiled on Swedish broadstg channel TV4 March 2011 a bate show (Can gays play football too? Likewise, he also participated the 7th edn of the realy TV show Lets Dance and beme the first-ever gay to w the ntt. In 1990, Jt broke the barrier the footballg World when he clared himself gay publicly the newspaper.
Later, on 22nd October 1990, The Sun Tabloid newspaper published the headle “£1m Football Star: I AM GAY”. Likewise, The Jt Fashanu All-stars football special event started Brighton to honor him and promote homosexualy football. In June 2020, former profsnal footballer Tomas Beattie me out as gay durg an Amerin sports channel ESPN terview.
BRIGHTON PRI: EMPTY B AT FTIVAL WILL MARK ABSENCE OF GAY FOOTBALLERS PREMIER LEAGUE
How the rise of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr fans' groups the Premier League is changg opns on the terrac. * brighton gay footballer *
Furthermore, he is one of the send Brish football players to publicly e out as gay after Jt Fashanu did 30 years ago. Therefore, a suable environment should be created through tn as a drivg factor, so gay footballers don’t feel prsured to reveal their sexualy.
LGBT chary feel the stunt will have people gusg and qutng who are gay the sportPublished: 16:53, 4 Aug 2018Updated: 10:52, 5 Aug 2018STONEWALL have slammed Paddy Power's empty open-top b for gay footballers stunt as "potentially dangero". The LGBT mpaigners unrstand the bettg pany's motive to highlight the absence of any openly-gay players the sport, but are ncerned for the aftermath of the move at Brighton Pri.
PREVIEW: SIMON FANSHAWE PROFIL ’50 YEARS OF GAY’ BRIGHTON
Brighton fans have reported a long talogue of cints of homophobic abe om rival supporters to the FA. The Seagulls are regularly the subject of tnts, as the cy of Brighton is known for havg a large gay muny. * brighton gay footballer *
9 The Paddy Power gay pri b parad through the streets, but was emptyCred: SWNS:South Wt News Service.
9 The move has been by Stonewall, who fear will brg unwanted attentn to gay footballers yet to e outCred: SWNS:South Wt News Service. 9 Paddy Power sponsors Stonewall's Rabow Lac mpaign agast homophobia sportCred: SWNS:South Wt News Service.
GAY FORMER PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLER TELLS JORDAN HENRSON HIS ‘BRAND IS AD’ AFTER SDI MOVE
A huge flatable footballer was Brighton's Pri para at the weekend to highlight the absence of openly gay or bisexual players the Premier League. * brighton gay footballer *
Paddy Power sponsors Stonewall's Ranbow Lac mpaign agast homophobia sport, nng the empty b labelled as "official b of gay profsnal footballers" durg the annual ftival.
But Stonewall's director of sport, Kirsty Clarke, told on the chary's webse, via PkNews: "Not only are they unhelpful and potentially dangero, they n spark a enzy of people tryg to gus what players might be lbian, gay, bi or trans.
* brighton gay footballer *
9 Paddy Power wanted to e the empty b to brg the Premier League to the prent and create a welg environment for the league's first gay playerCred: SWNS:South Wt News Service. 9 Stonewall are fear Paddy Power's empty gay pri b will be dangero for footballers who are yet to e outCred: Getty Imag - Getty. The last active footballer the English top-flight to be openly gay was Jt Fashanu, who later killed himself 1998.
Meanwhile, Robbie Rogers qu the game followg a stt at Leeds Uned, announced his homosexualy, before returng to the sport wh LA Galaxy the Ameri's MLS. 9 Jt Fashanu was the last openly-gay footballer England's top tier, but mted suici 1996Cred: Getty Imag - Getty.
LGBT+ football fans Brighton will be monstratg support of a gay man jailed Sdi Arabia when their team plays Newstle Uned. The popular gay fluencer, wh 170, 000 followers on Twter, said he was later charged wh sharg nu photos onle and fac three years behd bars.