Guys and Balls (German: Männer wie wir, lerally Men like ) is a 2004 sports edy/romance film by German Amerin director Sherry Hormann about a gay goalkeeper who assembl a gay-only soccer team to play agast his ex-team, which fired him due to homophobia.
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- GERMAN GOALIE ENURAG GAY FOOTBALLERS TO 'E OUT'
- FORMER GOALKEEPER FOR GERMAN NATNAL TEAM ADVIS GAY PLAYERS TO STAY CLOSETED
- GAY MEN UNR THE NAZI REGIME
- GERMANY AND BAYERN STAR MAR GOMEZ URG GAY FOOTBALLERS TO GO PUBLIC
GERMAN GOALIE ENURAG GAY FOOTBALLERS TO 'E OUT'
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FORMER GOALKEEPER FOR GERMAN NATNAL TEAM ADVIS GAY PLAYERS TO STAY CLOSETED
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GAY MEN UNR THE NAZI REGIME
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GERMANY AND BAYERN STAR MAR GOMEZ URG GAY FOOTBALLERS TO GO PUBLIC
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In November 2010, German striker Mar Gomez also said beg gay shouldn’t be a “taboo topic, ” suggtg that openly gay footballers “would play as if they had been liberated. Profsnal Footballers’ Associatn (PFA) chairman Clarke Carlisle has said that at least eight players have told him they are gay, wh seven sayg they are reluctant to go public bee of the potential negative reactn of fans and media.
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