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Contents:
- STORM OVER 'BUNCH OF GAYS' GERMANY'S WORLD CUP TEAM
- STORM OVER 'BUNCH OF GAYS' GERMANY'S WORLD CUP TEAM
- GERMANY AND BAYERN STAR MAR GOMEZ URG GAY FOOTBALLERS TO GO PUBLIC
- JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
- EX-GERMANY TERNATNAL THOMAS HZLSPERGER: IT WOULD BE GREAT IF A FOOTBALLER ME OUT AS GAY DURG THE QATAR 2022 WORLD CUP
- MEET THE 16 OUT GAY AND BI FOOTBALL PLAYERS THE NFL’S 104-YEAR HISTORY
- 20 INSPIRG GAY AND LBIAN FOOTBALL (SOCCER) PLAYERS
- HERE ARE EIGHT OUT AND PROUD MALE GAY FOOTBALLERS
- THREE GAY FOOTBALL PLAYERS FEATURED NFL NETWORK SEGMENT ON CARL NASSIB
STORM OVER 'BUNCH OF GAYS' GERMANY'S WORLD CUP TEAM
Agent of jured pta Michael Ballack alleged to have sneered at 'bunch of gays' natnal team * gay football player germany *
German football was engulfed ntroversy today over remarks by the agent of a top footballer, who allegedly referred to a "bunch of gays" the natnal team. Michael Becker, who has been the agent of German natnal football pta Michael Ballack for more than a , is reported to have ma the ment the latt edn of the news magaze Der an say entled New German Men, Aleksanr Osang reunts an terview he had wh Becker prr to the World Cup which the agent allegedly told him which of the players the team were gay.
STORM OVER 'BUNCH OF GAYS' GERMANY'S WORLD CUP TEAM
Agent of jured pta Michael Ballack alleged to have sneered at 'bunch of gays' natnal team * gay football player germany *
He later said that a former natnal player was ready to reveal the "bunch of gays" the German team, acrdg to Osang.
GERMANY AND BAYERN STAR MAR GOMEZ URG GAY FOOTBALLERS TO GO PUBLIC
Jaguars assistant Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach major Amerin men's pro sports to publicly e out as gay, tellg he ma the cisn bee he didn't want to hi who he is any longer. * gay football player germany *
Asked about the sexualy of one of the newer players, Becker, who is a lawyer by profsn, referred to him as beg "half gay" went on to say that Becker put the new adro, lighter and elegant style of play that has bee a tramark of traer Joachim Löw's players down to their homosexualy, ntrast to the typilly more aggrsive and offensive German style of past years, but suggted they played too litely to assure themselv a place the fal. Acrdg to Der Spiegel, when Becker ma his remarks about the "bunch of gays" he expected the ears of fellow journalists prent to "prick up". "All sports journalists seemed to already know the alleged homosexual nspiraci envelopg Löw's team.
JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
Carl Nassib is the first to ever play a down as openly gay, but the rt are still trailblazers. * gay football player germany *
"At Bayer Leverken we have absolutely no rentment towards homosexuals, " said a statement. The German Football Feratn, which is the sportg associatn wh the largt membership the world, refed to ment, while Löw said he "would not stoop so low" as to the ments have raised ncerns that homosexualy remas one of the major taboos the footballg world. The only German footballer to have outed himself as gay is the former regnal league player for Erfurt Marc Urban, and that was only after his profsnal reer was over.
EX-GERMANY TERNATNAL THOMAS HZLSPERGER: IT WOULD BE GREAT IF A FOOTBALLER ME OUT AS GAY DURG THE QATAR 2022 WORLD CUP
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A leadg German footballer has urged gay players to e out and lled for a radil rethk about homosexualy the Bayern Munich striker Mar Gomez has broken ranks wh the football tablishment, cludg members of his own team and the German football feratn, who have warned that g out uld stroy a player's Gomez, who has not said whether he is gay, told a German magaze that beg hont about their sexualy would improve gay players' performance. "Beg gay should no longer be a taboo topic.
"The 25-year-old, who was voted German footballer of the year 2006-7, add that there were plenty of role mols the rt of German society to give gay players the urage to e out. "We've got a gay vice-chancellor [Guido Wterwelle]; the Berl mayor [Kls Wowere] is gay.
So profsnal footballers should own up to their preference, " he are no openly gay players Germany's Bunsliga, reflectg the suatn across the football world, although is timated that about 10% of players are only German footballer to have e out is Marc Urban, who told his teammat 1997 and promptly end his profsnal reer.
MEET THE 16 OUT GAY AND BI FOOTBALL PLAYERS THE NFL’S 104-YEAR HISTORY
The 39-year-old waed until 2007 before gog public wh his story, sayg he had hoped to enurage other gay players and traers to e out and th ntribute to more acceptance and tolerance is the first leadg player to urge his homosexual lleagu to go public. Others have been vehemently agast such a move, sayg would harm a footballer's an terview this year, Tim Wie, who plays goal for the natnal team and Werr Bremen, advised gay players agast g out, sayg they would be "stroyed" by "mercils fans". "The German football feratn (DFB) said that while was mpaigng agast homophobia football and would support any player who chose to e out, uld not ignore the problems that would acpany such a cisn.
"The first homosexual who outs himself profsnal football will not have an easy time of , " said DFB print Theo Zwanziger.
20 INSPIRG GAY AND LBIAN FOOTBALL (SOCCER) PLAYERS
The Sun newspaper paid him a six-figure sum to n the headle: "I am gay. -- Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach major Amerin men's profsnal sports to publicly e out as gay, tellg he ma the cisn bee he didn't want to hi who he is any longer and to possibly spire others siar 's a cisn and move that drew praise and support om owner Shad Khan, who was a vol and emphatic supporter of a cy ordance that expand protectns on the grounds of sexual orientatn, genr inty and genr exprsn. Outsi lebacker Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay and to play a game Associated Prs ntributed to this report.
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.
HERE ARE EIGHT OUT AND PROUD MALE GAY FOOTBALLERS
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
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He me out as gay 2022.