Famous gay footballers
Football is the most popular sport in the world. But strangely there has been very rare footballers that include 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 lgbtq+ footballers. That is a very unhappy statistic when you consider that roughly 1 in 10 males are lgbtq+ 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 queer footballers is a clear and definite barrier.
In this list we want to highlight and rejoice the brave men that have made the decision to tell the earth about their sexuality and come out as gay.
List of Openly Gay Male Footballers
| Name | Nationality | Career | Date of coming out |
|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Fashanu | England | 1978–1997 | 1990 |
| Thomas Berling | Norway | 1999–2001 | 2001 |
| Olivier Rouyer | France | 1973–1990 | 2008 |
| Anton Hysén | Sweden | 2008– | 2011 |
| David Testo | United States | 2003–2011 | 2011 |
| Robbie Rogers | United States | 2005–2017 | 2013 |
| Th 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 same-sex attracted 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 constructed 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 top 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 favor 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 ArsenalArsenal is consistently the most lgbtq+ 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 Premier League's first openly queer footballer weighs in on LGBT controversy after several stars refused to wear rainbow clothingThomas Hitzlsperger, the Premier League's first openly gay player, has common his thoughts on the LGBT pride saga which is engulfing the foremost flight after several footballers protested against wearing rainbow armbands and jackets. The German moved to the Aston Villa youth team in 2001 aged 19 and played 114 times for the west Midlands outfit, scoring 12 goals in a productive spell at the club. The midfielder then enjoyed a five-year stint at Stuttgart before returning to England for short spells at West Ham and Everton, where he retired in 2013. After he called time on a fine career, Hitzlsperger came out as gay making him the most high-profile footballer to do so. In the last week, various refusals to wear items of rainbow clothing contain caused chaos in the Premier League with Ipswich captain Sam Morsy deciding not to sport an armband with that pattern, before Crystal Palace skipper Marc Guehi wrote messages on his. On Wednesday, devout Muslim Noussair Mazraoui declined to wear a rainbow jacket, forcing Manchester United to ditch plans for the team Including players who contain come out after hanging up their boots.
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