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• JAKE DANIELS BE FIRST UK MALE FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY SCE 1990
• FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER ANNOUNC ROLE NEW RUPL'S DRAG RACE SERI
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• GIANT MURAL ON NORWICH PUB HONOURS JT FASHANU, ENGLAND'S FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER

JAKE DANIELS BE FIRST UK MALE FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY SCE 1990

The Blackpool forward Jake Daniels has end s of silence wh men’s football to bee the first player the UK to e out as gay sce Jt Fashanu 1990.

FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER ANNOUNC ROLE NEW RUPL'S DRAG RACE SERI

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KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

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

"As the only openly gay male profsnal footballer currently playg top-flight football the world, I'm a big fan of embracg your te self, but for many sport and the queer muny this is really difficult to do. " Josh me out as gay October 2021 via social media.

I am proud to publicly announce that I'm gay. Josh explaed that he thought g out as gay might have a "negative impact" on his reer.

He hoped that g out would mean that other footballers who are gay would feel they "they're not alone". Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. Per Outsports, as of September 2022, there have only ever been 16 players NFL history to publicly e out as gay or bisexual.