How many soccer gay are there
The state of the LGBTQ+ community in US soccer
It's good documented that US soccer culture differs wildly to European football culture. But how does that impact LGBTQ+ inclusion in the US game?
Who greater to answer that question than Luke Klipp, President of the Pride Republic (Los Angeles Football Club's LGBTQ+ supporter group) and co-host of LGBT FC podcast.
A observe up front: This opinion piece speaks only to the men’s game. For reasons that merit an entirely distinct write-up, the women’s game is wholly different.
Soccer has always occupied a strange space in the United States. It is easily one of the most popular sports for American youth, but quickly loses its cachet as those youth grow older and are drawn to one of the country’s more well-known sports, favor basketball, baseball, or football (our version). Most soccer fields in the US are in utilize nearly all the time, but almost always by children under the age of 12.
Growing up in the 80s and 90s, I understood that soccer is not an “American” sport. I played it, sure, but it was “queer.” Grown men would fall to the ground at the slightest tap and act favor they were really hurt when they weren’t, and since the U
By: Bianca Sierra and Stephany Mayor
We are an engaged queer woman couple playing soccer professionally in Iceland, and who also play for the Women’s Mexican National Team.
We met in 2009, but we didn’t dating until 2014. We both grew up in the youth national team system, only seeing each other when called into camp. But we always had a sort of particular connection. Me (Bianca) being from USA and Stephany from Mexico, we grew up in diverse countries, but had the same like and passion for being on the Mexican National Team. We would save in touch when we weren’t in camp, and always had great conversations when we were together. It wasn’t until 2014 until something sparked. Our connection was so real, so manageable, and felt so normal. I believe this has a lot to accomplish with why we weren’t afraid to be open about our relationship.
I had never been in a gay bond before, but I never felt the need to conceal what I felt for Stephany once I realized my feelings. We are both very privileged that we appear from families who are so unseal and accepting. I honestly didn’t nurture what people were going to believe of me. I never really looked at it as “having to enter out.” I am who I am, and people were ei
Known homosexual Megan Rapinoe after the U.S. World Cup victory on Sunday. Maja Hitij/Getty Images
There's a couple of major differences between women's soccer and men's soccer. One: The U.S. women are excellent at it. Two, women's soccer is a hell of a lot gayer.
Yesterday, "content producer" Alex Binley from ITV News published an article about why, exactly, so many dykes excel at this sport. It's a great question. By Binley's number, there were at least 41 openly gay players or coaches during the Women's World Cup this year. The last Men's Word Cup, in contrast, had a whopping zero. So, what gives?
According to Binley, this is largely due to homophobia. She says that men's soccer, especially outside of the U.S., is chock occupied of homophobes (as skillfully as sexists and racists) who would not welcome openly gay male players in the sport. Binley spoke with a number of academics, gay soccer fans, and former players, and she writes they all agreed that the main factor is the "the stigma historically attached to homosexuality."
It's hard to argue with that. Outside of the U.S., Canada, and a few other countries, soccer is both the most popular and the butchest sport on the block. Games
Italy national soccer stars: ‘Too difficult’ for a gay player to come out
23 Feb Italy national soccer stars: ‘Too difficult’ for a gay player to appear out
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Two players for Italy’s national soccer team have spoken out on the taboo of homosexuality in football.
Mattia Perin, a 21-year-old goalkeeper who has played in friendly matches for Italy, says it would be incredibly difficult for a gay player to come out.
Many football pundits, and gay fans of the game, predict 2014 will be the year when a superior soccer star will reveal their sexuality and continue to play.
The world of soccer came to support former German national Thomas Hitzlsperger after he came out late last year.
‘Compared to other sports, our one, especially in Italy, is very conservative,’ Perin told Italia 1.‘I think it would be too difficult for someone to declare their sexuality at this time.’
But 31-year-old striker Alberto Gilardino says he would have no problem playing alongside a gay teammate.
‘I would contain no problem having a same-sex attracted teammate,’ he told Corriere dello Sport. ‘They are very normal peop