Football players gay
Ex-Man Utd star P Evra played with 'at least two gay players at every club'
Patrice Evra has claimed he played alongside at least two gay players at every team throughout his career in football and has lifted the lid on some of the shocking attitudes of his team-mates towards homosexuality.
In an interview with French publication Le Parisien to coincide with the release of his autobiography, Evra made some stunning revelations about some of the views he encountered.
'When I was in England, they brought someone to communicate to the team about homosexuality,' Evra explained. 'Some of my colleagues said "it is against my religion, if there is a homosexual in this locker room, let him leave the club" and other comments.
'At that time, I said, "shut up". I played with players who were gay. Face to verb, they opened up with me because they are afraid to speak otherwise.
'There are at least two players per club who are gay. But in the world of football, if you say so, it's over.'
Evra didn't clarify which English club he was
Group coming out of gay football players: Will it happen?
What is Sports Free?
Sports Free is an initiative that advocates for greater visibility 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 , Urban became Germany's first former football player to come out as gay. Born in in the former East Germany (GDR), Urban was one of the most talented immature footballers in the communist verb. As a midfielder for Rot-Weiss Erfurt he played in the highest youth leagues and represented the GDR at various youth levels.
He almost turned professional in the early s, 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 Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersex and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT
Playing Proud
Only openly gay male professional footballer in the US on how to change the game
Collin Martin, midfielder for the USL’s San Diego Loyal, is the only openly gay active professional footballer in the United States and one of three in the world. Since , Collin has pledged 1% to Perform Proud to make the game and society more inclusive of the LGBTQ+ community. This is a piece he wrote.
When you’re one of three openly gay male players, you get asked often if there are a lot of closeted players. But honestly, I don’t think there are. I’ll tell you why.
I think there’s an issue with homophobia at the youth level that causes a lot of gay players to leave the game before ever getting the opportunity to make a living out of it.
It was tough growing up hearing even my close friends say derogatory words and slurs. No one wants to be made to experience different or excluded. But I don’t think they hated gays. I think they were ignorant to a.) that I was gay and b.) things they thought were jokes, weren’t funny.
If we want to create systemic change, to create a sport and society
Premier League's first openly gay footballer weighs in on LGBT controversy after several stars refused to wear rainbow clothing
Thomas Hitzlsperger, the Premier League's first openly gay player, has shared his thoughts on the LGBT pride saga which is engulfing the top flight after several footballers protested against wearing rainbow armbands and jackets.
The German moved to the Aston Villa youth team in aged 19 and played times for the west Midlands outfit, scoring 12 goals in a fruitful 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 After he called time on a satisfactory 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 have 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 decl