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A rerd number of out LGBTQ players make this year’s tournament a feast for gay fans.

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GAY & LBIANS IN SOCCER

Dan Cox discs Why Are There so Few Gay & Lbian Athlet Profsnal Sports? 60 gay football players currently the NFL alone... * gay us soccer players *

It is a long sought victory for gay rights. This cisn is the end rult of s of effort and gay rights activism.

While the world gradually accepts non-heterosexuals as star players the world of sports, all to often gay and lbian soccer players and ach keep a low profile. Attus about gay and lbian people have shifted dramatilly over the last . Support for same-sex marriage has steadily creased and more than 6--10 Amerins now report they have a close iend or fay member who is gay or lbian.

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Millennials, who have nsistently monstrated strong support for gay marriage, are growg size and fluence— 2015 they will surpass Baby Boomers as the largt sgle generatn. Their views on gay marriage and other hotly ntted social qutns may soon serve as the flt cultural norm.

Yet, spe the creasg acceptance of gays and lbians the U. S., openly gay profsnal athlet are still somethg of an anomaly—the NFL was whout a sgle openly gay player until the draftg of Michael Sam 2014. There are three possible reasons why profsnal sports have so few gay and lbian athlet.

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First, there may simply be a arth of gay and lbian athlet wh the realm of profsnal sports. This optn seems unlikely, however, as gay and lbians would have to exceedgly unrreprented for the numbers to add up. 5 percent of the public is gay or lbian.

This would translate to as many as 60 gay football players currently the NFL alone. A send reason might be that sports fans are simply not ready to cheer for gay and lbian athlet, disuragg such athlet om g forward. The PRRI/RNS Survey found that most Amerins (73 percent) support profsnal teams signg gay and lbian athlet.

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