Stop talkg about sports as bastns of homophobia. Sports are wily supportive of gay athlet who e out.
Contents:
- 17-YEAR-OLD SOCCER PLAYER OUT, BEG THE UK'S ONLY OPENLY GAY PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER
- ENGLISH SOCCER PLAYER JAKE DANIELS SAYS HE IS GAY
- JAKE DANIELS AGA PROV WISPREAD SUPPORT FOR GAY ATHLET
- SOCCER STAR JAKE DANIELS COM OUT, BE UK'S FIRST OPENLY GAY MEN'S PLAYER 32 YEARS
17-YEAR-OLD SOCCER PLAYER OUT, BEG THE UK'S ONLY OPENLY GAY PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER
English soccer player Jake Daniels said he is gay on Monday a trailblazg moment for the European men’s game. * jake gay soccer player *
Jake Daniels, 17, me out as gay on Monday.
The Blackpool FC forward is now the only openly gay, active profsnal soccer player the UK.
Jake Daniels, a forward for England's Blackpool Football Club, me out as gay on Monday, beg the UK's only active profsnal soccer player and first to e out 30 years. "I've known my whole life that I'm gay, and I now feel that I'm ready to e out and be myself. Fashanu died 1998 aged year, the fensive end Carl Nassib me out as gay, beg the first openly gay man to actively play the NFL.
ENGLISH SOCCER PLAYER JAKE DANIELS SAYS HE IS GAY
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LONDON — English soccer player Jake Daniels said he is gay on Monday a trailblazg moment for the European men’s 17-year-old forward ma the announcement at the end of his first season as a profsnal player wh send divisn club Blackpool. I’ve known my whole life that I’m gay, and I now feel that I’m ready to e out and be myself. ”While women’s soccer featur many proment LGBTQ players, the men’s profsnal game lacks players who are publicly gay.
JAKE DANIELS AGA PROV WISPREAD SUPPORT FOR GAY ATHLET
Daniels said he was spired by Josh Cavallo of Atralian team Alai Uned, who is the only openly gay man currently playg a top divisn world soccer followg the 22-year-old midfielr’s announcement October. ”The only openly gay man to have played English soccer’s profsnal leagu was Jt Fashanu, who was not active at a high level when he ma the announcement 1990.
The Jt Fashanu Foundatn lls him the “world’s first openly gay profsnal footballer. ”Soccer England is still alg wh tryg to eradite homophobic chants at some gam. ”It is a rary team sports for men to announce they are Wal pta Gareth Thomas was the first active gby profsnal to e out 2009, two years before he retired, and has bee a source of spiratn across first active NFL player to e out as gay was Carl Nassib 2021 while he was at the Las Vegas Rairs.
The fensive end was released by the team first openly gay player the NBA was Jason Colls while playg for the Brooklyn Nets of the most proment gay athlet Bra is Olympic divg champn Tom Daley who spired former England soccer pta Casey Stoney to e out 2014. There have certaly been more than five gay men the sport between their rpective untri of the Uned Stat, Atralia and England. Yet bee of how we’ve talked about homophobia sports — and particular men’s profsnal sports — others have believed they would be rejected by their sport if they me out.
SOCCER STAR JAKE DANIELS COM OUT, BE UK'S FIRST OPENLY GAY MEN'S PLAYER 32 YEARS
In realy, the reactn om people across the media and social media to Daniel’s announcement this week has reflected the wispread support that gay athlet g out actually face today, both men’s and women’s sports. Yet we still talk about gay athlet the same way we did the 1990s. He got om the shadowy tabloid stori of fear, om athlet sayg they thk gay athlet would be rejected, om dopey chants by dnk fans.
Our society has advanced the ia that gay athlet g out football, soccer, or whatever you ll the sport, risk losg their reer or endorsements. Instead, ’s more likely that the gay men g out pro sports will make more money, and will be more veted by rporatns lookg to embrace valu of urage and diversy.
Is possible that an opposg fan will ll Daniels a gay slur? Frankly, they probably already do as they e those slurs to attack gay and straight athlet. The people sports — the on who matter the most — wily embrace gay teammat, iends and fay members when they e out.