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.
Contents:
- ZANR MURRAY IS FIRST CURRENT STTISH PROFSNAL PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY
- GAY PRO-FOOTBALLER ZANR MURRAY SPEAKS NDIDLY ABOUT HOMOPHOBIA SPORT: ‘YOU LOSE A GAME AND FANS GO FOR THE JUGULAR’
- ZANR MURRAY BE FIRST OUT GAY PLAYER 30 YEARS TO SIGN FOR TOP STTISH TEAM
- KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
- ‘BLOWN AWAY BY SUPPORT’ – ZANR MURRAY BE FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER STTISH FOOTBALL SCE JT FASHANU
- HERE ARE EIGHT OUT AND PROUD MALE GAY FOOTBALLERS
- FOOTBALLER ZANR MURRAY SHAR RPONS TO HIS G OUT AS GAY: ‘I’M SO HUMBLED’
ZANR MURRAY IS FIRST CURRENT STTISH PROFSNAL PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY
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Zanr Murray has bee the first current profsnal footballer Stland to e out as gay.
Murray is the first openly gay footballer to play the Sttish leagu sce Jt Fashanu, who played for Hearts the 1993-94 season.
”Murray also lled for more support to help gay footballers the men’s game, addg that he would cle beg tagged social media posts an effort to hi his sexualy, bee of his reer as a profsnal footballer.
GAY PRO-FOOTBALLER ZANR MURRAY SPEAKS NDIDLY ABOUT HOMOPHOBIA SPORT: ‘YOU LOSE A GAME AND FANS GO FOR THE JUGULAR’
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I put a post on my social media tellg folk I was gay.
Photograph: News Imag/Alamy“I have done lots of rearch and I always keep an eye on media outlets to see if there are any platforms for young gay male players for support but there are none, ” he add.
”“Of urse there are gay footballers our game. Gay Sttish footballer Zanr Murray opens up about his stggl wh ternalised homophobia a new BBC documentary. That was when the ternalised homophobia jt built and built and built.”.
ZANR MURRAY BE FIRST OUT GAY PLAYER 30 YEARS TO SIGN FOR TOP STTISH TEAM
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Zanr Murray, now 31, me out publicly September, beg the first openly gay senr Sttish footballer history. “Beg a gay person that environment was seen as ferr.
I don’t thk they were necsarily homophobic, ’s jt a lack of tn… and that has a huge impact. The issue of homophobia football is teased out Zanr Murray’s new BBC documentary, Disclosure: Out on the Pch. “The documentary is about my life, me growg up as a young gay player a profsnal set up, talkg about the difficulti I had, my stggl,” says Murray, who joed League Two si Bonnyrigg Rose January.
KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
“I also wanted to try [to] change perceptns of that homophobic father who’s givg his son or dghter, or whatever they intify as, a tough time.”. “Homophobic slurs at gam are fely not out of the game.
In September, Zanr Murray joed an creasg list of out LGBTQ+ profsnal athlet and ma history by beg the first senr Sttish footballer to e out as gay.
“As a young footballer, I fd difficult to be myself as is but beg gay and keepg secret was so challengg. Zanr is the first senr Sttish player to e out and the first openly gay football player Stland sce Airdrie and Hearts player Jt Fashanu the 1990s.
‘BLOWN AWAY BY SUPPORT’ – ZANR MURRAY BE FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER STTISH FOOTBALL SCE JT FASHANU
He follows the footsteps of Jake Daniels, who me out back May, and ma history as Bra’s first active openly gay male profsnal footballer and the first pro to e out sce Fashanu, over 30 years later.
HERE ARE EIGHT OUT AND PROUD MALE GAY FOOTBALLERS
Profsnal footballer Zanr Murray untentnally ma ternatnal headl last September when he sually mentned on social media that he was gay.
Zanr jos the lik of footballers Josh Cavallo and Jakub Jankto g out as gay (Image: BBC). Here, Zanr – who plays for Bonnyrigg Rose, a Sttish Profsnal Football League club League 2 – reveals all about life sce g out, om alg wh homophobic trolls to datg (or not…he says he “don’t have the time! It’s sentially my story growg up as a young closeted gay profsnal amy player.
I spoke to people om all different walks of life who are out and gay their field. In terms of the other out gay football players, there are a few of now… Do you have a group chat?
FOOTBALLER ZANR MURRAY SHAR RPONS TO HIS G OUT AS GAY: ‘I’M SO HUMBLED’
” says gay footballer Zanr Murray (Image: BBC). Also, people talkg about and addrsg , if they’re rogatory, jt feeds to your ternalised homophobia. The negativy, the homophobic attacks.
I me out as gay but nobody gave me a lebook on beg out public. As the World Cup go on a untry where homosexualy is illegal, many global football fans are havg to reckon wh the sports' homophobia.While 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. Gay players face prsure om teammat, ownership, ach, and fans over their sexualy.The are some of the men who have e out, fightg those stereotyp, and pavg the way for LGBTQ+ athlet who e after them.RELATED | 17 Athlet Who Came Out As LGBTQ+ 2021.