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Australian striker Andy Brennan came out as gay in , becoming the first out gay Australian male footballer. He's still playing professional soccer, making him one of the few out current players. Czech football player Jakub Jankto has joined a handful of other openly gay footballers at the top of the men's game: here are their stories. Football, like any other game, also has many gay players. But it takes guts to come out and reveal one’s gender as gay, which is usually an act of courage in a world that is not conditioned to accept every gender.

This listicle will mention eight male football players who dared to come out as [ ]. 1. Justin Fashanu You can’t talk about gay soccer players without starting with Justin Fashanu, the first footballer ever to come out back in Born in the UK to Nigerian-Guyanese parents, Justin was as much a soccer pioneer as he was a tragic figure. In , he became the first black player to command a £1 million transfer fee when he moved to Nottingham Forest.

But his coming out. 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. By Jon Holmes. Zander Murray is concerned at the way media coverage is fuelling gossip around gay and bi pro footballers. Sensational reports in parts of the British media in recent weeks have led to intense speculation on social media that a group of players could come out publicly on May 17, which is the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.

Several months ago, Urban floated May 17 as a window of opportunity for people in sport who are LGBTQ and who no longer want to hide that part of who they are. However, some outlets have interpreted that as footballers having pre-planned collectively to share their personal news on that date.

Posts on social media from accounts that are trying to go viral to monetise engagement have received replies and comments from fans trying to guess who they think is gay or bi, with potentially damaging consequences. He says it would have been difficult for him two years ago to contemplate going into a WhatsApp group with other gay footballers before then coming out together.

But coming out all together in a group, like cannon fodder? So this approach in Germany is unique. The press has really picked it up.

Murray says his own coming out experience was a much more personal affair. I did a lot of work on myself — journaling, meditation, mindfulness, counselling, all these things played a part. In the podcast, he reflects on a recent session when a former Premier League manager, now a director of football at a Scottish Premiership club, was in attendance.

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