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Beg an out gay man and a soccer player is still somethg that’s greeted wh homophobia. See eight out and proud male gay footballers.

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8 MALE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO DARED TO COME OUT AS GAY

Former player Ouissem Belgacem, whose book about growg up gay football has stunned France, explas how he turned shame to Pri. * gay footballer france *

Football, like any other game, also has many gay players.

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.

This listicle will mentn eight male football players who dared to e out as gay.

HERE ARE EIGHT OUT AND PROUD MALE GAY FOOTBALLERS

Former player Ouissem Belgacem, whose book about growg up gay football has stunned France, explas how he turned shame to Pri. * gay footballer france *

Seventeen male footballers have urageoly revealed their sexualy as gay public so far. 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.

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

In 1990, Jt Fashanu beme the first football player to publicly e out as gay. Sce then, only seventeen players have done the same. * gay footballer france *

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. Now, whout any further ado, let’s list the football players who dared to e out as gay publicly. Furthermore, he is the latt active footballer to e out as gay.

Moreover, Andy Brennan is the first Atralian male footballer to openly disclosed beg gay. Currently, he is the only openly gay football player to play any of the Amerin top 5 major leagu.

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. In January 2014, Hzlsperger me out as gay while terviewg Die Ze, a German newspaper.

GAY FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO WOULD BE ‘SRED’ TO PLAY AT WORLD CUP QATAR

France’s World Cup-wng striker Olivier Giroud believ is “impossible” for a profsnal footballer to e out as gay. * gay footballer france *

Later, he stated he was released a few years back and was gay. His fellow German players supported his cisn to announce himself as gay publicly.

Durg his spell at Leeds, Rodgers publicly appeared gay Febary 2013. Later, after wng the 2014 MLS Cup, Rodgers also beme the first gay male to w the league tle the USA. In 2015, Rodger got ducted to the Natnal Gay and Lbian Sports Hall of Fame.

In November 2011, an terview wh Canadian broadster Rad Canada, Tto me out as gay.

JOSH CAVALLO: ONLY OPENLY GAY TOP-FLIGHT MALE FOOTBALLER SAYS FIFA’S ‘ONELOVE’ ARMBAND BAN HAS MA HIM FEEL ‘EXCLUD’

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Moreover, David Tto is the first profsnal Amerin male profsnal footballer to e out as gay. In 2019, he was also featured a documentary related to homophobia sports named Standg on the Le.

STLAND'S ONLY GAY FOOTBALLER NMNS WORLD CUP AMBASSADOR FOR 'HURTFUL' HOMOPHOBIC MENTS

Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. * gay footballer france *

Tto is a You Can Play mpaign advisory group fightg to elimate homophobia the sportg world.

Anton Hysen is the youngt son of retired Swedish footballer Glenn Hysen and one of the gay players football.

In 2011, Anton Hysen publicly me out as gay durg an terview wh Offsi. Later, he beme the send footballer to bee gay while playg profsnally.

JAKE DANIELS: BLACKPOOL FORWARD BE UK'S FIRST ACTIVE MALE PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER TO E OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

Josh Cavallo, the only openly gay top-flight male soccer player the sport, has told CNN that FIFA’s cisn to ban players om wearg “OneLove” armbands at the Qatar 2022 has ma him feel “exclud.” * gay footballer france *

He stated he is startg a project to support homosexualy sports.

After g out as a gay footballer, he also even beme an onle sensatn. 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.

The documentary Rise Above is a film on Anton Hysen released 2013 to portray his story as gay. However, was only 2008 that he me out as gay. But as one of the gay players football, Rouyer is dog his bt to fight homophobia France.

EXCLUSIVE BY STEPHEN MCGOWAN: The first openly gay Sttish footballer has nmned ments by a World Cup ambassador brandg homosexualy 'damage of the md'. * gay footballer france *

The late athlete Jt Fashanu was the first footballer to e out publicly as gay.

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”. Legendary manager Brian Clogh end Fashanu Nottgham’s reer bee he was gay.

After his ath, The Pk Paper ranked Jt Fashanu the 99th spot the Top 500 Lbian and Gay Hero. Likewise, The Jt Fashanu All-stars football special event started Brighton to honor him and promote homosexualy football.

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