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In 1990, Jt Fashanu beme the first football player to publicly e out as gay. Sce then, only seventeen players have done the same.

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8 MALE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO DARED TO COME OUT AS GAY

It wasn't until six year later that Tewksbury felt fortable enough to publicly acknowledge he was gay, and then faced repercsns for dog so — for example, he immediately lost a six-figure ntract as a motivatnal is still a price to pay for beg gay sports today. There are many plac around the world where 's not safe and some s even illegal to be openly gay. In Iran, for example, LGBTQ people are sometim killed for beg gay, lbian or Canada, where athlet are phg boundari and creatg clive spac, has never been easier to be out, proud and thentic the field of play.

20 INSPIRG GAY AND LBIAN FOOTBALL (SOCCER) PLAYERS

(Getty Imag)'Didn't see gay people'It wasn't the same experience for Labbé, 34, a self-scribed untry girl.

I didn't see gay people or hear about them. The only gay person I knew was [TV personaly] Ellen DeGener, " Labbé said of her upbrgg near Edmonton.

Two gay athlet, partners, who speak vulnerably, openly and bravely about their experienc. "It's powerful to be out and to be a gay athlete, " Simmerlg said. If I n spire, motivate or help any other athlete, whether they're gay, straight, trans, whatever, I'm happy and proud to do so.

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