Sharg his story of beg a gay footballer has been liberatg for Thomas Beattie. He talks to Sky Sports about mental health, the jury that end his playg reer, and fdg a sense of Pri
Contents:
- JAKE DANIELS: BLACKPOOL FORWARD BE UK'S FIRST ACTIVE MALE PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER TO E OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
- PROFSNAL REFEREE RYAN ATK SAYS BEG OPENLY GAY FOOTBALL SHOULD HOLD NO FEARS
- JAKE DANIELS BE FIRST UK MALE FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY SCE 1990
- THOMAS BEATTIE: FOOTBALL DISTRACTED ME OM ACCEPTG I'M GAY
- REFEREE RYAN ATK ON BEG GAY FOOTBALL, RABOW LAC AND LGBT CLN
- MARK MCADAM, BRISH SPORTSSTER, OUT AS GAY AND IMMEDIATELY GETS NAKED
- GAY PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLER 'VERY LIKELY' TO E OUT NEXT YEAR, SAYS JT FASHANU'S NIECE
JAKE DANIELS: BLACKPOOL FORWARD BE UK'S FIRST ACTIVE MALE PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER TO E OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
Blackpools Jake Daniels tells his story to Sky Sports about beg the UKs first male profsnal footballer to e out publicly as gay sce Jt Fashanu 1990 * sky sports gay football *
"Blackpool forward Jake Daniels speaks exclively on beg the UK's first male profsnal footballer to e out publicly as gay sce Jt talks about g out to his parents, his club, and his team-mat. I n't really put a date on , but I was probably five or six years old when I knew I was gay. Zanr Murray signs for Bonnyrigg Rose to bee only openly gay player SPFL.
PROFSNAL REFEREE RYAN ATK SAYS BEG OPENLY GAY FOOTBALL SHOULD HOLD NO FEARS
Two ach who are gay - one workg the Southern League, and one womens and girls football - jo a referee whos transgenr to discs their experienc * sky sports gay football *
Jake Daniels: England's only openly gay active footballer reveals Tom Daley spired him to e out. Jt Fashanu: LGBTQ+ Norwich fan group raisg money to stall statue of first openly gay footballer. At that age you don't really thk that football and beg gay don't mix.
JAKE DANIELS BE FIRST UK MALE FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY SCE 1990
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In school people even ed to ask me: "Are you sure you aren't gay?
THOMAS BEATTIE: FOOTBALL DISTRACTED ME OM ACCEPTG I'M GAY
Kev Maxen, an associate strength ach wh the Jacksonville Jaguars, has bee the first male ach a major Amerin sports league to e out as gay. * sky sports gay football *
It's been subject of beg gay, or bi or queer men's football is still a taboo.
REFEREE RYAN ATK ON BEG GAY FOOTBALL, RABOW LAC AND LGBT CLN
Mark McAdam, a sportsster for Sky Sports, has e out as gay. He also took off all of his cloth, which we're not mad at. * sky sports gay football *
And people see beg gay as beg weak, somethg you n be picked on for on the football field. Of urse I am aware that there will be a reactn to this and some of will be homophobic, maybe a stadium and on social 's an easy thg for people to target. Football v Homophobia: "Football v Homophobia would like to ngratulate Jake on takg this step to share his thentic self the men's profsnal game, pecially at such a young age.
"There have prevly been players who felt that they had no place the game as out gay men durg their playg reers, but Jake is showg the world that you n be yourself. To e out publicly as the first openly gay player men's profsnal football the UK the last 30 years tak urage.
MARK MCADAM, BRISH SPORTSSTER, OUT AS GAY AND IMMEDIATELY GETS NAKED
Amal Fashanu, whose uncle was Bra's first and only openly gay male profsnal footballer, tells Sky News the foundatn dited to him is offerg support to two Premier League players who are yet to e out publicly. * sky sports gay football *
Referee Ryan Atk has spoken to Sky Sports about his life and experienc as a gay man workg football, makg him the sport's first publicly 'out' profsnal official the 32-year-old says his cisn to share his story - scribed as "an important moment" for the sport by the Football Associatn's Head of Senr Referee Development, Neale Barry - has been prompted by the recent strengtheng of mments ma by the game's erng bodi to lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) cln.
GAY PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLER 'VERY LIKELY' TO E OUT NEXT YEAR, SAYS JT FASHANU'S NIECE
The FA, the Premier League and the EFL are among the anisatns supportg Stonewall's Rabow Lac mpaign, which is raisg awarens across sport of anti-LGBT language and behavur that mak gay, bi and trans people feel unwele and believ beg open about his own sexualy will help to monstrate the mpaign's impact football, sayg to all volved the game: "Be who you want to be, and accept someone for who they are.
In an -pth terview wh Sky Sports, Atk explas: "Beg gay don't matter the ntext of refereeg a football match but if I'm speakg about equaly and diversy, then I'm gog to mentn that I'm gay bee 's relevant. "Homophobia is still a problem, but thgs are improvg all the time.
A gay footballer's story. Atk is enuraged by visible evince of the changg culture football, and hop more alli will feel nfint speakg out agast homophobia. "For me, beg gay has helped my reer - massively.