Gay girl’s gui to the 2023 Women’s World Cup - Outsports

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

Gay, lbian, bisexual, trans and queer soccer players who are publicly out — now at least 96 total — make over 13% of all the athlet petg the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup Atralia and New Zealand, Outsports has found. Countri like Nigeria and Zambia imprison gay people.

THERE ARE 0 OUT GAY PLAYERS AT THE MEN’S WORLD CUP. THERE WERE 40 WOMEN 2019

Still ’s hearteng to see some women om South Ai, where homosexualy has been legal for 25 years. It will be a glor month to be a gay fan. Last time at the 2019 Women’s World Cup, the Netherlands lay claim to the honor of beg the team wh the most out LGBTQ players, but this year Atralia boasts 10 out players and overtak them for the tle of Gayt Team 2k23.

Ireland’s historic entry to the tournament marks another triumph for out midfielr Sead Farrelly, whose natnal team but and 2023 return to the NWSL e more than six years after retirg om soccer the wake of systemic homophobic and sexual abe wh the league, which the Athletic first reported on 2021.

Gay rights are takg center stage at this year’s men’s World Cup, thanks to the host untry’s diabolil treatment of LGBTQ people. But the strongt statement agast the Qatari’s medieval stance on LGBTQ rights would be an out gay player participatg the tournament.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* GAY SOCCER PLAYERS IN WORLD CUP

World Cup 2022 featur 0 out gay players. There were 40 women 2019 - Outsports.

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