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Contents:
- 'GO GAYS!': WHY USA'S LGBTQ WORLD CUP STARS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER
- A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL 61 OUT GAY PLAYERS THE WOMEN’S FOOTBALL PREMIER LEAGUE
'GO GAYS!': WHY USA'S LGBTQ WORLD CUP STARS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER
* gay women's soccer players *
The number doubl the 40 openly gay, lbian and bisexual women who peted of the women are om North and South Ameri, Europe, Atralia and New Zealand, Outsports reported. Meanwhile, the 2022 Men’s World Cup was set to be hosted Qatar, where homosexualy is illegal and punishable by up to three years prison.
The associatn’s cisn prompted some fans and athlet — cludg the first openly gay major league soccer player — to speak out. “If actns speak lour than words, then the msage FIFA sends to gay athlet is pafully clear.
Not only don’t they have our backs, our liv don’t matter, ” Robbie Rogers, one of the first openly gay major league soccer players, said a 2015 opn article for USA Today after FIFA announced the untri that would host the upg tournaments. “So for any gay soccer player who has hop of playg for the U.
A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL 61 OUT GAY PLAYERS THE WOMEN’S FOOTBALL PREMIER LEAGUE
Among them are 40 out gay, lbian and bisexual women — 38 players, one ach and a traer. It’s likely there are more lbian and bisexual women on the teams than we know about, pecially sce some participatg untri — like Nigeria, Cameroon and Jamai punish homosexualy wh prison time — and other untri still stggle wh varyg gre of societal homophobia that may keep players closeted. “Go gays!
“You n’t w a champnship whout gays on your team - ’s never been done before, ever.
But for me, to be gay and fabulo, durg Pri month at the World Cup, is nice. Teammat Tierna Davidson, Adrianna Franch, Ashlyn Harris, and Ali Krieger are all out as gay or bisexual, as are dozens of players on other teams.