Scottish soccer player comes out, explains why it’s still important to do so
A post shared by @zandermurray19 A professional soccer player in Scotland has come out as gay. Striker Zander Murray, 30, plays for Gala Fairydean Rovers.
The team plays in the fifth tier of Scottish football.Murray told Pride of the Terraces he’d been coming out to family and friends since April 2021, but not to anyone in the football world.However, he was prompted to do so after attending his first Pride event.
It was during a vacation to Benidorm, Spain.“I decided to do it when I went to my first Pride event,” he said. “I don’t usually get to go to Pride because I’m playing football at the weekend, but I was in Benidorm of all places and it was absolutely fantastic.
My friend took a photo and asked if she could put it on social media, and usually I couldn’t do that.“I had come out to everyone apart from football, they were the only people that didn’t know.“I thought about it, and as we were walking back to the hotel I realized I could die tomorrow living a lie.
