Famous gay footballers
Here's mine
There may be others but I don't realize of them. Justin Fashanu just missed out, last playing for a top English side in
Does it matter that Footballers don't want to arrive out, perhaps because of fear of abuse from the terraces, or abuse within the changing room, or possibly loss of sponsorship? Maybe it doesn't, it's a personal choice and in a highly adj, emotionally charged, general role where 95% of the fans are against you at the finest of times perhaps it's wise to stay quiet. And it's not as though other minorities are not also unrepresented. There are no Indian Premier League players either. Although gay footballers are presumably there, knowing that by coming out they could be a role model to tens of thousands of young gay teens. But they still choose not to do so, for reasons.
Across the world, when the home of football (Brazil) can elect a homophobe as president, the world wonders how. Most of his supporters won't agree with his views, but who will be upright up for the LGBT community if the g
Football is the most popular sport in the world. But strangely there has been very limited footballers that own come out as gay.
Homosexuality in English and world football is still a taboo subject and one that is shared by both players and the media. In all of the professional leagues in England ( 5 divisions ) there are zero openly gay footballers. That is a very depressed statistic when you consider that roughly 1 in 10 males are gay in the UK.
Coming out as a gay man in the world of football is a scary thing and one that takes a hell of a lot of courage and bravery. The fear of discrimination, violence and abuse towards homosexual footballers is a clear and definite barrier.
In this list we want to highlight and celebrate the brave men that have made the decision to tell the world about their sexuality and come out as gay.
List of Openly Gay Male Footballers
| Name | Nationality | Career | Date of coming out |
|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Fashanu | England | – | |
| Thomas Berling | Norway | – | |
| Olivier Rouyer | France | – | |
| Anton Hysén | Sweden | – | |
| David Testo | United States | – | |
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Generally speaking, people in Sweden take pride in being liberal and open-minded - that goes for the media too. And I think homosexuality is not the elephant in the room anymore, you can joke about it without fearing that you will be labelled a homophobe (as drawn-out as you don&#;t actually mean to offend someone, of course). The terraces, of course, are lagging behind there, and there are probably a larger proportion of genuine homophobes there than elsewhere, but my impression is that these voices are drowned out and their influence on society in general is very limited. But I&#;m not gay so it&#;s only an outsider&#;s perspective. As for footballers and homosexuality, I don&#;t think Hysén is the best example (sadly, it&#;s the only we got!), because he is not primarily notable for being a football player. He won Strictly Appear Dancing after he came out and is now a celebrity because of that. It might be different for someon |