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• JAKE DANIELS BE FIRST UK MALE FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY SCE 1990
• AT LEAST 20 FOOTBALLERS PREMIER LEAGUE AND CHAMPNSHIP ARE GAY BUT THEY'RE AAID TO E OUT SAYS EX-CLUB BOSS
• GIANT MURAL ON NORWICH PUB HONOURS JT FASHANU, ENGLAND'S FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER
• STONEWALL FC – THE WORLD’S BT GAY FOOTBALL TEAM
• 8 MALE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO DARED TO COME OUT AS GAY

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. Photograph: Pl Dennis/TGS Photo/ShutterstockDaniels’s revelatn is a strikg landmark that when men’s football is more engaged wh social issu than any recent time, but still unable to ce progrs LGBTQ reprentatn wh the year Alai Uned’s Josh Cavallo beme the only male top-flight profsnal footballer the world to e out as gay, but others are yet to follow. In six months the men’s World Cup will be played Qatar, where homosexualy is illegal, and Cavallo revealed to the Guardian he would be “sred” to play at the tournament, the pnacle of world English football specifilly, the shadow of the talented and unfulfilled Fashanu still lgers over the game.

The England ternatnal me out at the end of his reer and was to take his own life eight years later, Fashanu, Jt’s niece, who ns a charable foundatn his name, said that Daniels’s cisn would “e as a huge fort to the many footballers at all levels of the game still secretly livg as gay and who still feel unable to e out”. Wh no openly gay players England’s top four divisns, and only one man Premier League history to publicly e out, an ongog, outdated taboo clearly persists men’s football.

AT LEAST 20 FOOTBALLERS PREMIER LEAGUE AND CHAMPNSHIP ARE GAY BUT THEY'RE AAID TO E OUT SAYS EX-CLUB BOSS

The attu towards homosexualy om fans the game was found to be a large fluence on how accepted many feel football spac. It was found that homosexual fans will stop gog to football stadiums on a match day as mascule behavur om fans and explic ments ma n leave them feelg exclud. The feelgs are fact agreed wh by straight fans, who feel is hard for homosexuals to get volved all aspects of football due to a great al of the social relatnships built football spac beg based on typilly straight iologi.

However, was also found that the negative impact of the fans is pennt on how much homosexual dividuals let such ments affect them.

Some homosexual fans explaed they aren’t phased about any homophobic ments om other fans. Perhaps this is a sign that a tolerance of homophobic abe has been built the game.

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

While was found that fans would be supportive of players if they were to e out, there was ncern there is an ial embrace of a player’s homosexualy, yet is felt the petive nature of football will overri this and make fans’ attus and behavurs change, g sexualy as an sult game suatns. This was found to be a possible reason as to why no player has e out - such ments would fluence a homosexual players’ sense of acceptance if they were to e out.

It was also found that olr fans currently show signs of hancy when acceptg gay members to their group of fans, which n be attributed to the outdated views of prev generatns. This aga monstrat how the age of the fan is a factor their levels of tolerance towards homosexualy. It was also found that the media is an fluence as to why a profsnal footballer has not yet felt they are able to e out as gay while playg.

The rpons found the media are obssively prsg for a footballer to e out as gay, which dissuas footballers om wantg to e out. The fluence of teammat was also still found to be a ntributg factor to the sense of cln for homosexuals.

STONEWALL FC – THE WORLD’S BT GAY FOOTBALL TEAM

It was nclud havg teammat who origate om cultur or religns that are ls acceptg of homosexualy hrs cln. Dpe this feelg of embrace, there is still mand for gay work teams which have risen promence and numbers recently.

The rearch found that the teams n offer homosexuals a way to feel clud the sport. This monstrat a strong relatnship between homosexualy, football and the wir muny and also shows a difference between the grassroots and profsnal game as such attempts are not ma at a profsnal level. It has ultimately arisen om the rearch that the environment created for homosexuals football spac is the power of the fans which shows the power we have to nstct a sense of place (Tuan, 1975).

8 MALE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO DARED TO COME OUT AS GAY

The rearch fdgs are supported by Dick (2009) who found seven ten fans who have attend a match the last five years have heard anti-gay language and abe on the terrac which lks back to the origal lerature review which was found football is associated wh pictns of masculy. This suggts football has not progrsed s attus towards homosexualy, which do not support what was found om my terviewee rpons.

This suggts the growth the acceptance of homosexualy is jt a perceptn created as people are more willg to talk about the issue, yet realy this do not mean homophobic abe stops.