Josh Cavallo, the only openly gay top-flight male soccer player the sport, has told CNN that FIFA’s cisn to ban players om wearg “OneLove” armbands at the Qatar 2022 has ma him feel “exclud.”
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JOSH CAVALLO: ONLY OPENLY GAY TOP-FLIGHT MALE FOOTBALLER SAYS FIFA’S ‘ONELOVE’ ARMBAND BAN HAS MA HIM FEEL ‘EXCLUD’
The club tak s name om New York Cy’s 1969 Stonewall rts, which beme a historic watershed moment the gay liberatn movement the U. At the last Women’s World Cup 2019, there were at least 41 players or ach who intified as gay or bisexual, while durg the men’s tournament 2018, there were no known gay players. There are also no Premier League male players who have publicly intified as LGBTQ+ but England’s Lns squad alone, there are at least five players who are gay or bisexual.
In May 2022, Blackpool FC midfielr Jake Daniels beme Bra’s first active profsnal player to publicly e out as gay sce Jt Fashanu 1990; the former Norwich Cy and Nottgham Fort player died by suici eight years later. 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. 'FIFA have ma me feel exclud:' Sole gay top flight player hs out on Qatar armband ban.