Tag: soccer
Former pro soccer player (and current model) comes out as gay
It’s no small secret there are scores of closeted athletes weighing their desire to live openly against the very real professional backlash that can come with coming out, and now one more former pro has revealed he’s gay.
Adam McCabe has been a professional and semi-professional soccer player for teams in England, Thailand and Slovakia. He currently plays for a semi-pro team in the National Premier Soccer League in Atlanta, the Georgia Revolution. And yeah, he also happens to be...
Mexico soccer players plead with fans against homophobic chants at matches
Lately, more and more public figures come out as gay, no matter if they're an actor or a singer, or a football player. However, being gay in a world that still put labels on people, can be twice as hard for a footballer. Take Cristiano Ronaldo who faces homophobic chants just because some rumors say he's gay.
The soccer superstar has recently been called ‘maricón’ – a homophobic slur meaning "faggot" - at a match between Real Madrid and Barcelona. A...
