Are there any gay footballers
Future of Football: Will we see the Premier League's first out gay footballer in the next 10 to 20 years?
In the UK, LGBTQ+ rights include come a elongated way in a relatively short territory of time.
It was only in 1967 that homosexuality was partially decriminalised in England and Wales. Scotland and Northern Ireland followed in 1981 and 1982 - just over 40 years ago.
Since then, we have seen openly lesbian, gay, bi, trans and lgbtq+ people in most areas of common life.
British sport has a range of LGBTQ+ representation across the overall spectrum. Some of the most visible members of the society include Olympian Tom Daley, boxer Nicola Adams and former Wales international rugby player Gareth Thomas.
But football continues to provide a paradox, as do several other team sports such as rugby and cricket.
In women's sport, LGBTQ+ people are widely embraced and celebrated. Inclusion is woven into the fabric of what makes these sports special.
In football, for example, there have been lock to 100 players taking part in the Women's Society Cup in Australia and New Zealand who are publicly out. That community includes Canada international Quinn, who is the first openly trans non-binary pers
Welcome to the gayest league in all of women’s international sports, or so I believe: the super league, alternatively known as the premier league. In other sports (namely, the WNBA and NWSL), I was able to find double as many confirmed straight people as confirmed male lover people. That was just not the case here!
This year’s season is already in full swing, but there’s still plenty of time to choose a favorite team. This list is engineered to help you do exactly that. The way football works in the UK is that the top team in the league moves up and the bottom team moves down. Since I’m only tracking the uppermost bracket, you’ll find that the teams do move around a bit from year to year.
As always, if I missed someone or if you feel appreciate someone is incorrectly on this list, let me know in the comments or send me an email at writethroughthenight @ gmail . com.
Last Updated: 10/11/2024
Arsenal
Arsenal is consistently the most same-sex attracted team in the entire league. Tthey’re also normally pretty middle of the pack when it comes to standings. They’re currently ranked 6th in the league. Lina Hurtig is married and has a child, which is incredibly adorable. On the drama side of thi
The AFL's never had an openly gay player. Insiders say a culture of homophobia lingers
Michael O'Donnell's silence set in when he was 13.
Puberty hit him with all its compel and with it, the realisation he wasn't appreciate the other kids in his suburban Aussie rules football club in Melbourne's eastern suburbs.
"I started realising who I was as a person," O'Donnell tells Four Corners.
He didn't spot himself in the broader game either. There were no players, no coaches — no-one was openly gay.
The teenager felt bitterly alone.
"The change rooms and the football field [were] just not places that accepted me," he says.
So young O'Donnell drifted away from the sport he loved. It was more than a decade before he felt comfortable coming back to footy.
Now 35, he's broad-shouldered, handsome, articulate, and plays for UNSW's Eastern Suburbs Bulldogs. He's also out — a arrogant gay man.
In the elite competition of the AFL, the silence remains.
Not a single male player, past or present, has ever publicly come out as gay or bisexual. The AFL is the only major professional sporting code in the world where this
Group coming out of gay football players: Will it happen?
What is Sports Free?
Sports Free is an initiative that advocates for greater awareness and acceptance of queer athletes in professional sports. The initiative was started by Diversero, a global community that advocates for diversity and against bullying. Marcus Urban is the co-founder of the organization.
Who is Marcus Urban?
In 2007, Urban became Germany's first former football player to approach out as same-sex attracted. Born in 1971 in the former East Germany (GDR), Urban was one of the most talented young footballers in the communist state. As a midfielder for Rot-Weiss Erfurt he played in the extreme youth leagues and represented the GDR at various youth levels.
He almost turned professional in the early 1990s, but decided against the career move, deciding that the pressure of being a professional football player while having to hide his homosexuality would be too much for him.
What is planned?
Diversero is planning to host a platform on Friday, May 17, the International Daytime Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersex and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT), for professional footballers to jointly declare to the world their homosexuality or