Tag: footballers
Closeted footballer reveals his coming-out date, and it’s sooner than you think
T-minus 24 hours! The gay footballer who’s been peeking out from the closet for the past few weeks is apparently making his big reveal on Wednesday, July 24.
On Sunday, July 21, he tweeted “24.07.19 ????.”
This still-anonymous Twitter account, purported to belong to a gay English Football League player, first got our attention with a July 5 announcement.
“I’m a professional footballer, playing for a club in the ,” that tweet read. “I will be revealing my identity soon, but I...
Gay pro footballer peeks out from behind the closet door
He’s coming out, and he wants the world to know. An anonymous Twitter user claiming to be a gay English Football League player says he’s getting ready to publicly come out and has been cluing in his loved ones in the meantime.
“I’m a professional footballer, playing for a club in the . I will be revealing my identity soon, but I am a proud gay man, hoping to break the mould,” the user wrote on July 5. “I am...
Gaz Beadle urges gay footballers to “have the balls” to come out
Geordie Shore star Gaz Beadle wants closeted gay footballers to come out.
In an opinion piece for the Daily Star, the reality TV personality condemned homophobia in sport, particularly football, and questioned why gay players don’t feel comfortable or safe enough to come out in 2016.
He wrote: “If you are happy enough to let your balls slap against another lad, then think about having the balls to admit it and help stamp out homophobia in the beautiful game.
“Yes, private life is private,...
Straight footballers in a campaign to suport LGBT community
For International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT) these straight footballers in the Australian Football League made a great campaign. On 17th May they gathered together and asked fans of the sports to stop insulting the LGBT community.
https://twitter.com/AFLPlayers/status/732503489713045508
Drew Petrie from North Melbourne, Leigh Montagna of St Kilda, Chris Dawes of Melbourne, and AFLPA CEO Paul Marsh appear in the video meant to raise awareness and speak against bigotry. Other footballers learn about the hardship gay people face and afterwards they...
Thierry Henry – It’s Time To Welcome Gay Footballers
Thierry Henry, legendary footballer for Arsenal and France, spoke during an interview on Sky News this week about gay footballers coming out, amid rumors that two Premier League footballers are ready to make a public announcement soon to that effect.
Talking to Sky, Henry said playing along side a gay footballer is "great for any human being".
Henry was playing in America, for the New York Red Bulls, when Robbie Rogers was playing for LA Galaxy. Rogers came out in 2013,...
