Why the Germany-Hungary soccer game will be a symbol for the future of Europe’s acceptance of gay rights.
Contents:
- BUNSLIGA STARS OFFER SUPPORT TO GAY FOOTBALLERS
- STORM OVER 'BUNCH OF GAYS' GERMANY'S WORLD CUP TEAM
- 8 MALE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO DARED TO COME OUT AS GAY
- GERMANY AND BAYERN STAR MAR GOMEZ URG GAY FOOTBALLERS TO GO PUBLIC
- EX-GERMANY TERNATNAL THOMAS HZLSPERGER: IT WOULD BE GREAT IF A FOOTBALLER ME OUT AS GAY DURG THE QATAR 2022 WORLD CUP
- THOMAS HZLSPERGER BE FIRST HIGH-PROFILE GAY FOOTBALLER
- ‘I HAVE BEEN FIGHTG MY SEXUALY’: A-LEAGUE MEN PLAYER JOSH CAVALLO OUT AS GAY
- KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
BUNSLIGA STARS OFFER SUPPORT TO GAY FOOTBALLERS
Agent of jured pta Michael Ballack alleged to have sneered at 'bunch of gays' natnal team * germany football gay *
(1:02)Stephan Uersfeld, Germany rrponntFeb 17, 2021, 09:23 AM ETMore than 800 players, both male and female, across Germany have offered their support to any gay footballer addrsg their sexual footballers said they would offer support to anyone stgglg wh their cisn to e out public and, if need be, fend them " the face of hostily.
STORM OVER 'BUNCH OF GAYS' GERMANY'S WORLD CUP TEAM
In 1990, Jt Fashanu beme the first football player to publicly e out as gay. Sce then, only seventeen players have done the same. * germany football gay *
"It's now 2021 -- and still there is not a sgle openly gay football profsnal the men's game Germany, " the appeal, published by German football magaze 11 Frn, said. "#ihrkönntfunszählenIn r nen 11FREUNDE Agabe #232 stärken Almuth Schult und über 800 weere Fußballernen und Fußballer Dtschland homosexuellen Spielern n Rücken. "Philipp Bommer of Hertha Junxx, the first gay fan club Bunsliga, formed 2001, told ESPN that the appeal was "credibly important for players and an important signal for both fans and society.
"Meanwhile, former Germany pta Philipp Lahm has said that he would not advise gay footballers to addrs their sexual orientatn. German football was engulfed ntroversy today over remarks by the agent of a top footballer, who allegedly referred to a "bunch of gays" the natnal team. Michael Becker, who has been the agent of German natnal football pta Michael Ballack for more than a , is reported to have ma the ment the latt edn of the news magaze Der an say entled New German Men, Aleksanr Osang reunts an terview he had wh Becker prr to the World Cup which the agent allegedly told him which of the players the team were gay.
He later said that a former natnal player was ready to reveal the "bunch of gays" the German team, acrdg to Osang. Asked about the sexualy of one of the newer players, Becker, who is a lawyer by profsn, referred to him as beg "half gay" went on to say that Becker put the new adro, lighter and elegant style of play that has bee a tramark of traer Joachim Löw's players down to their homosexualy, ntrast to the typilly more aggrsive and offensive German style of past years, but suggted they played too litely to assure themselv a place the fal. Acrdg to Der Spiegel, when Becker ma his remarks about the "bunch of gays" he expected the ears of fellow journalists prent to "prick up".
8 MALE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO DARED TO COME OUT AS GAY
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"All sports journalists seemed to already know the alleged homosexual nspiraci envelopg Löw's team. "At Bayer Leverken we have absolutely no rentment towards homosexuals, " said a statement.
The German Football Feratn, which is the sportg associatn wh the largt membership the world, refed to ment, while Löw said he "would not stoop so low" as to the ments have raised ncerns that homosexualy remas one of the major taboos the footballg world.
GERMANY AND BAYERN STAR MAR GOMEZ URG GAY FOOTBALLERS TO GO PUBLIC
His nickname on the football field was “Der Hammer” – apt for a man who is keen to knock down the barriers faced by gay people sport. * germany football gay *
The only German footballer to have outed himself as gay is the former regnal league player for Erfurt Marc Urban, and that was only after his profsnal reer was over.
EX-GERMANY TERNATNAL THOMAS HZLSPERGER: IT WOULD BE GREAT IF A FOOTBALLER ME OUT AS GAY DURG THE QATAR 2022 WORLD CUP
The rabow armbands had been viewed as a symbolic prott agast laws Qatar, where homosexualy is illegal. Football, like any other game, also has many gay players.
But tak guts to e out and reveal one’s genr as gay, which is ually an act of urage a world that is not ndned to accept every genr. This listicle will mentn eight male football players who dared to e out as gay.
Seventeen male footballers have urageoly revealed their sexualy as gay public so far.
THOMAS HZLSPERGER BE FIRST HIGH-PROFILE GAY FOOTBALLER
Even though has already been three s sce Jt Fashanu first publicly me out as gay, there are only a few of them revealg . The primary reason behd many gay footballers not revealg their sexualy publicly is fear of homophobia on and off the pch. So, many profsnal leagu, teams, and players are raisg their voic to fight back agast homophobia so that gay footballers don’t face backlash while g out.
Now, whout any further ado, let’s list the football players who dared to e out as gay publicly.
Furthermore, he is the latt active footballer to e out as gay.
‘I HAVE BEEN FIGHTG MY SEXUALY’: A-LEAGUE MEN PLAYER JOSH CAVALLO OUT AS GAY
Moreover, Andy Brennan is the first Atralian male footballer to openly disclosed beg gay. Currently, he is the only openly gay football player to play any of the Amerin top 5 major leagu. In 2020, durg the San Diego Loyal match agast Phoneix Risg FC, Mart released a story of homophobic sults directed toward him.
One of the hight-profile male football players publicly clarg himself as gay is German footballer Thomas Hzlsperger.
KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
In January 2014, Hzlsperger me out as gay while terviewg Die Ze, a German newspaper. Later, he stated he was released a few years back and was gay.