There are still no openly gay or bi male professional soccer players in Britain – but one female goalkeeper has explained how women’s football is very different.
Indeed former Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Chloe Morgan says the sport was a ‘safe haven’ for her. The 30-year-old gay player has just retired from the London club, better known as Spurs, after five years.
She told the BBC LGBT Sport Podcast: ‘I think there’s generally quite a big understanding amongst women’s teams that there are generally members of the LGBTQ+ population within a lot of these teams. ‘It was always very well accepted, I never assumed any prejudice or discrimination of any sort. ‘It did become a bit of a safe haven for me.