'Go gays!': Why USA's LGBTQ World Cup stars are more important than ever | USA women's football team | The Guardian

Contents:

• GAY & LBIANS IN SOCCER
• A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
• 'GO GAYS!': WHY USA'S LGBTQ WORLD CUP STARS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER

GAY & LBIANS IN SOCCER

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.

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.

A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP

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.

'GO GAYS!': WHY USA'S LGBTQ WORLD CUP STARS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER

There are three possible reasons why profsnal sports have so few gay and lbian athlet. 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.