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. 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.
”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. “It is astonishg to know that there are currently no gay profsnal footballers who are out and actively playg, not only Atralia, but around the world.
THIS SOCCER STAR JT BEME ATRALIA’S FIRST OUT GAY PLAYER ON A MAJOR TEAM
Atralian soccer star Josh Cavallo me out as gay a seri of vios and statements posted to social media on Wednday. “Ashamed I would never be able to do what I loved and be gay. Profsnal soccer player who opened up about beg a gay man last year, and retired Amerin player Robbie Rogers.
A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
Rogers’ historic 2013 g out ma him the first openly gay male player a major U. It will be a glor month to be a gay fan. Last time at the 2019 Women’s World Cup, the Netherlands lay claim to the honor of beg the team wh the most out LGBTQ players, but this year Atralia boasts 10 out players and overtak them for the tle of Gayt Team 2k23.
Ireland’s historic entry to the tournament marks another triumph for out midfielr Sead Farrelly, whose natnal team but and 2023 return to the NWSL e more than six years after retirg om soccer the wake of systemic homophobic and sexual abe wh the league, which the Athletic first reported on 2021.