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Contents:
- COLL MART IS U.S. SOCCER'S ONLY OPENLY GAY MALE PLAYER, AND HE'S WORKG TO MAKE THE GAME MORE CLIVE FOR FUTURE LGBTQ+ PLAYERS
- 'GO GAYS!': WHY USA'S LGBTQ WORLD CUP STARS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER
- BREAKING: SOCCER IS GAY
- A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
- REFEREE ENDS USMNT ROUT OVER MEXI EARLY AMID ANTI-GAY CHANTS
COLL MART IS U.S. SOCCER'S ONLY OPENLY GAY MALE PLAYER, AND HE'S WORKG TO MAKE THE GAME MORE CLIVE FOR FUTURE LGBTQ+ PLAYERS
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'GO GAYS!': WHY USA'S LGBTQ WORLD CUP STARS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER
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BREAKING: SOCCER IS GAY
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A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
“You n’t w a champnship whout gays on your team - ’s never been done before, ever. But for me, to be gay and fabulo, durg Pri month at the World Cup, is nice.
Teammat Tierna Davidson, Adrianna Franch, Ashlyn Harris, and Ali Krieger are all out as gay or bisexual, as are dozens of players on other teams.
REFEREE ENDS USMNT ROUT OVER MEXI EARLY AMID ANTI-GAY CHANTS
Durg the 2018 tournament, two fans were btally beaten an anti-gay attack and at least one gay rights activist was arrted for prottg outsi the Kreml.
In Qatar, homosexualy is illegal and punishable by up to seven years prison. Unrstandably, may be hard for players to feel as though the anizatn tly has their 2015, Robbie Rogers, the first active Major League Soccer player to e out as gay, wrote an op-ed for USA Today nouncg FIFA’s cisn to embrace LGBTQ-hostile untri like Rsia and Qatar. “If actns speak lour than words, then the msage FIFA sends to gay athlet is pafully clear, ” wrote Rogers.