Diplomatic tensn reportedly risg between Uned Stat and Jamai over gay Amerin diplomat

Contents:

• 'THE GAY FOOTBALLER' LET TWTER ACUNT
• ‘I HAVE BEEN FIGHTG MY SEXUALY’: A-LEAGUE MEN PLAYER JOSH CAVALLO OUT AS GAY
• THE GAY FOOTBALLER: WHY FANS WANTED A UK PLAYER TO E OUT
• JOSH CAVALLO BE ONE OF THE FEW PROFSNAL MEN'S FOOTBALLERS TO E OUT AS GAY
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• ‘THE GAY FOOTBALLER,’ REAL OR NOT, CHALLENG ENGLISH SOCCER TO CHAMPN LGBT EQUALY
• JAKE DANIELS BE FIRST UK MALE FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY SCE 1990
• 'GAY FOOTBALLER' LET TWTER ACUNT
• ‘GAY FOOTBALLER’ LET TWTER ACUNT WHOUT REVEALG INTY
• THREE GAY FOOTBALL PLAYERS FEATURED NFL NETWORK SEGMENT ON CARL NASSIB
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• DIPLOMATIC TENSN REPORTEDLY RISG BETWEEN UNED STAT AND JAMAI OVER GAY AMERIN DIPLOMAT
• ‘I NO LONGER WANT TO HI’: JAKUB JANKTO, CZECH TERNATNAL, OUT AS GAY

'THE GAY FOOTBALLER' LET TWTER ACUNT

(Rters) - A Twter acunt, which claimed to be om a soccer player who was preparg to e out as gay, has been anonymo acunt ‘The Gay Footballer’ had stated a news nference wold be held on Wednday where he would e out publicly as a “proud, nfint, gay profsnal footballer” are no openly gay male players profsnal football England. A-League Men midfielr Josh Cavallo says he knows there are other players “livg silence” after beg the only known current male top-flight profsnal footballer the world to e out as gay.

Ashamed I would never be able to do what I loved and be gay. “Beg a gay closeted footballer, I’ve had to learn to mask my feelgs orr to f the mould of a profsnal footballer. Growg up beg gay and playg football were jt two worlds that hadn’t crossed paths before.

‘I HAVE BEEN FIGHTG MY SEXUALY’: A-LEAGUE MEN PLAYER JOSH CAVALLO OUT AS GAY

Labor senate lear and openly gay woman, Penny Wong, tweeted: “Any young person who is stgglg wh their inty, or feelg exclud or judged, n look today to Josh Cavallo.

”Globally there are only a handful of openly gay male footballers, none of whom are playg the top flight. Amerin former Leeds player Robbie Rogers also announced he was gay on retirg 2013, before returng to the field wh LA Galaxy and wng the MLS Cup to bee the first openly gay male athlete to w a major profsnal team sports tle the Uned 2019, former Newstle Jets player Andy Brennan beme Atralia’s first profsnal male footballer to e out while still playg the game. “It is astonishg to know that there are currently no gay profsnal footballers who are out and actively playg, not only Atralia, but around the world.

Image source, Getty ImagNearly 50, 000 people were followg a Twter acunt reportedly n by a Champnship footballer planng to e out as gay - until this @FootballerGay acunt was never verified, and there were doubts over whether was genue but drew huge attentn om football fans and the Aston Villa midfielr Thomas Hzlsperger revealed he was gay after retirg om the sport - but there are no out LGBT players the top tiers of men's UK football. It's only happened once before - 1990, when Jt Fashanu me out as gay.

THE GAY FOOTBALLER: WHY FANS WANTED A UK PLAYER TO E OUT

"We still have issu regardg racial abe, let alone the homophobic abe that go on durg gam.

JOSH CAVALLO BE ONE OF THE FEW PROFSNAL MEN'S FOOTBALLERS TO E OUT AS GAY

"Image source, Bristol Cy PanthersImage ptn, "When 's you and your iends kickg a ball about no one really r about you beg gay, " says PhilPhil believ there is a "1950s attu" towards LGBT people profsnal football - pecially on the an example, he mentns a iend who would be "fe" if a player at his favoure club me out as gay - but wouldn't want his child supportg the footballer or wearg his shirt.

'LGBT fans endure horrible behavur'Before @FootballerGay leted his acunt, he changed his b to clu the le: "I thought I was strong enough. "There are lbian, gay and trans people every football stadium across the untry at every game, " says Robbie De Santos, Stonewall's director of sport.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

"He says the lack of LGBT players on the pch at men's gam rults homophobic chants and attus on the terrac - and says that havg big stars football e out uld go some way to makg fans more tolerant.

He's also cril of the "media enzy" that surround the acunt and the "unhelpful" speculatn that took place about who was behd the @FootballerGay acunt before was taken source, TwterImage ptn, The acunt was leted after ls than a month on TwterAttus football have evolved, Robbie says, and he hop the recent succs and populary of the Women's World Cup uld help show certa fans that football isn't only played by straight men. "That's somethg that would make a huge difference to gay football fans like Phil, who says if the @FootballerGay acunt was a fake, would show the lengths some supporters would go "to make harr for someone to e out sport".

‘THE GAY FOOTBALLER,’ REAL OR NOT, CHALLENG ENGLISH SOCCER TO CHAMPN LGBT EQUALY

Atralian footballer Josh Cavallo has e out as gay, beg one of the few profsnal men's soccer players the world to do so. The Alai Uned midfielr announced that he was gay a vio posted to the team's Twter acunt Tuday night. "I'm a footballer, and I'm gay, " said an emotnal Cavallo.

Ashamed I would never be able to do what I love and be gay, hidg who I really am to pursue a dream I always wished for as a kid.

It's OK to be gay and to play football, " he said.

JAKE DANIELS BE FIRST UK MALE FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY SCE 1990

Soccer player for the San Diego Loyal, me out publicly as gay 2018 when he was playg for the Mnota Uned. Andy Brennan beme the first openly gay Atralian footballer when he me out 2019, acrdg to the Guardian. Male profsnal athlet e out as the first openly gay players currently participatg their rpective sports, cludg NHL hockey player Le Prokop and NFL fensive end Carl Nassib.

Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. Per Outsports, as of September 2022, there have only ever been 16 players NFL history to publicly e out as gay or bisexual. Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay 2021.

'GAY FOOTBALLER' LET TWTER ACUNT

Per Outsports, Maxen is the “first publicly out male ach a major Amerin men’s pro sports league, ” wh WNBA ach Curt Miller, who publicly me out to the media as gay 2015, also a publicly out male ach an Amerin profsnal sports league. A male English profsnal soccer player is reportedly about to e out as gay, and the tick-tock has begun on this historic event.

Women’s team and s many out-players: Megan Rapoe, Ashlyn Harris, Ali Krieger, Adrianna Franch, Tierna Davidson, and ach Jill is, if the person behd “The Gay Footballer” Twter acunt is for real. The acunt apparently belongs to the footballer ncerned, and burst to life on July 5, wh a tweet announcg that he was an EFL (English Football League) player, that he had e out to his fay, that he was unr 23, and was “a proud gay man, hopg to break the mould. ” He would soon e out publicly, he July 6, The Gay Footballer revealed that he had e out to his club’s manager and chairman, and received their support, and their mment to ensurg that he has the right support om wh the club and outsi when he out.

”He add that he hop he will enurage other gay people at every level of the game, or those who felt their sexualy prevented them om playg . The new soccer season starts at the begng of Augt, so if The Gay Footballer is for real, then we n expect this momento g out to happen wh the next two is not the first time that we have hovered such tantalizg terrory. Back then, Manchter Uned (and England) player Le Shaw nied he was one of buzz around that supposed g out echoed the current buzz around The Gay Footballer.

‘GAY FOOTBALLER’ LET TWTER ACUNT WHOUT REVEALG INTY

But a homophobic word was then dbed pat across his r. ”Jt as wh The Gay Footballer, those players—one an England ternatnal—were unrstood to have already told fay and iends, and, the Mirror reported, were beg supported by their clubs and the Football Associatn.

THREE GAY FOOTBALL PLAYERS FEATURED NFL NETWORK SEGMENT ON CARL NASSIB

Prently, there is no Premiership player who is Gay Footballer, if genue, would be makg soccer history, followg the path of Robbie Rogers, who beme the send soccer player Bra to e out (after Jt Fashanu, who me out 1990 and died by suici 1998). Ex-Aston Villa midfielr Thomas Hzlsperger retired before his 2014 announcement that he was gay.

Earlier this year, Chelsea and England player Ruben Loft-Cheek nied, via Twter, that he was a gay premiership player: “Any player who me out as gay, they’d have my full support and rpect.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT

”And so the mystery ntu, and que naturally the qutn of “who” superses the ls sexy, wordier qutn of why has taken so long, and don’t the lack of out players 2019 show that football—both anizatnally and among s fans—should get s hoe orr, and nont and expunge the homophobia that has prevented a player om g out until now? This stands te, whether The Gay Footballer is for real or not. Shouldn’t football be able nont s homophobia whout the need of a gay footballer to show the way?

If did, might there be more out-gay footballers by now?

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

”What kd of rponse will this first gay footballer get om his team, boss, and the fans on the terrac?

The problem wh so few LGBT people out football (and other areas of workg life) is there the name of the myster person’s Twter acunt—that person be The Gay should one footballer be expected to be a lone standard-bearer?

DIPLOMATIC TENSN REPORTEDLY RISG BETWEEN UNED STAT AND JAMAI OVER GAY AMERIN DIPLOMAT

”This past Sunday, if the acunt is to be believed, The Gay Footballer met wh his club and was heartened by their support.

The club unrstands, the thor wrote, that orr for a player to perform as well as they n, ’s important that they are “at peace” wh has e out to his fay, and thanks them this latt tweet for their support, and thanked all those who have reached out to him across mastream and social nces the manner of his “ways” to e out, via this Twter acunt, is “unorthodox, ” but if this is really a gay profsnal footballer, then he is clearly termed to do thgs his own way. ”— The Gay FootballerWhat is rtg on his shoulrs, and what he wants for himself, sh another light on the current failure of the game to addrs s stutnalized prejudice. “It is not a personal sire to be perceived as a pneer of any kd, ” The Gay Footballer wr.

‘I NO LONGER WANT TO HI’: JAKUB JANKTO, CZECH TERNATNAL, OUT AS GAY

Everybody should be able to go to work, and not feel that they have to nceal who they footballer is “nfint, ” he says, his cisn to “place wh the public doma that I am gay and tend to ntue my reer as a profsnal footballer.

”“His pre-g out tweets should serve as an impet for football, anizatnally, to sign a mpaign around his g out to not jt support him, but support of LGBT equaly as a whole, and as a strong, ordated effort to bat homophobia. If this is for real, one would hope he do not e out alone; that other gay pro-footballers might jo him.