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<p>Former Premier League footballer and German ternatnal talks to <strong>Raphael Honigste</strong> about how he wanted to tell the world he was gay while he was still playg Germany for Wolfsburg, but was advised agast </p>

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MY HIDN JOURNEY: A PROFSNAL SOCCER PLAYER REVEALS HE IS GAY

I'm a brother, son, iend, former pro footballer, entreprenr and annoygly petive lad. I'm a lot of thgs, and one of them is gay. * gay footballer interview *

Sce then, there have been so few visible stori of gay men our sport, pecially England. German midfielr Thomas Hzlsperger, the only known gay man to play the Premier League, me out 2014, the year after he gay and havg a reer football never felt like an optn. Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, is gay, and the thgs are all football, there's still fear a gay teammate might dispt the team environment.

Sometim 's bshed away, like homophobia isn't an issue football anymore. I have heard gay slurs fly around changg rooms and on the pch. I mean, one of the worst thgs you n say to someone a sportg environment is: "You're so gay.

The more I uld stay awake, the more I uld put off addrsg how I really a sophomore I was named the program's first-ever first-team All-Amerin. This is nothg new for a closeted gay athlete.

20 INSPIRG GAY AND LBIAN FOOTBALL (SOCCER) PLAYERS

Footballer and nner Jake Williamson was iced out of his own Sunday league team when he did an terview about beg gay sport. * gay footballer interview *

Do not fear the day where a gay athlete is wearg the badge on your shirt.

GAY FOOTBALLER WAS ‘CUT OFF’ BY TEAM BEE OF WHO HE IS. SO HE CID TO DO SOMETHG ABOUT

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After all, we uld be missg out on the next Lnel Msi, who jt might happen to be gay. There are some players who have publicly stated that they are Gays or Lbians. The Football Feratn l have been updated to clu gay and lbian players on the field alongsi straight players.

GAY FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO WOULD BE ‘SRED’ TO PLAY AT WORLD CUP QATAR

Beg an out gay man and a soccer player is still somethg that’s greeted wh homophobia. See eight out and proud male gay footballers. * gay footballer interview *

However, this suatn has sparked a long-nng bate about the acceptance and ndong of gays and lbians football. Nohels, the foc of our ntext is on 20 Inspirg Gay And Lbian Football (Soccer) Players.

Rapoe is one of the world’s most well-known homosexual soccer players. It tak a lot of urage to publicly clare that you are a lbian or gay. He ma history by beg the first active gay soccer player to e out.

HERE ARE EIGHT OUT AND PROUD MALE GAY FOOTBALLERS

Fashanu ma headl October 1990 when he me out as gay to the public, beg the first profsnal soccer player to do so.

There are some players on the list who a rear would expect to see bee they are well-known the world of lbianism and gays. When to which US soccer players are gay, Robbie Rogers is equently the first name on the list.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS

Rogers was only the send Premier League player to e out as gay while still actively playg. He was the first openly gay man to play an Amerin profsnal soccer league. He me out while playg for Leeds Uned 2013, 23 years after Jt Fashanu took the first step for gay soccer players around the world.

Pernille Harr is one of Europe’s bt female gay soccer players. The muny appeared to have accepted gays and lbians om the begng, or at least for many s.

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Here are eight out and PROUD male gay footballers .

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