A rerd number of out LGBTQ players make this year’s tournament a feast for gay fans.
Contents:
- ‘I HAVE BEEN FIGHTG MY SEXUALY’: A-LEAGUE MEN PLAYER JOSH CAVALLO OUT AS GAY
- THIS SOCCER STAR JT BEME ATRALIA’S FIRST OUT GAY PLAYER ON A MAJOR TEAM
- A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
‘I HAVE BEEN FIGHTG MY SEXUALY’: A-LEAGUE MEN PLAYER JOSH CAVALLO OUT AS GAY
A-League Men midfielr Josh Cavallo says he knows there are other players “livg silence” after beg the only known current male top-flight profsnal footballer the world to e out as gay.
Ashamed I would never be able to do what I loved and be gay.
“Beg a gay closeted footballer, I’ve had to learn to mask my feelgs orr to f the mould of a profsnal footballer. Growg up beg gay and playg football were jt two worlds that hadn’t crossed paths before.
THIS SOCCER STAR JT BEME ATRALIA’S FIRST OUT GAY PLAYER ON A MAJOR TEAM
Labor senate lear and openly gay woman, Penny Wong, tweeted: “Any young person who is stgglg wh their inty, or feelg exclud or judged, n look today to Josh Cavallo.
A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
”Globally there are only a handful of openly gay male footballers, none of whom are playg the top flight.
Amerin former Leeds player Robbie Rogers also announced he was gay on retirg 2013, before returng to the field wh LA Galaxy and wng the MLS Cup to bee the first openly gay male athlete to w a major profsnal team sports tle the Uned 2019, former Newstle Jets player Andy Brennan beme Atralia’s first profsnal male footballer to e out while still playg the game.