Articles about Gay Footballer

28 May 2013
Robbie Rogers to gay athletes: Coming out is ‘not going to hurt your career’ 3 Openly gay LA Galaxy football player Robbie Rogers, has sent a message of hope to gay athletes who may be hesitating to come out, as he said "it will not hurt your career".
5 May 2013
Eight professional footballers reputed to be out to PFA, but won’t go public for fear of fan reactions 21 At least eight professional footballers have come out as gay within the Football Association, but most say they fear going public because they anticipate a massive backlash.
30 April 2013
John Amaechi: The NBA is light years ahead of British football when it comes to dealing with gay players 8 British football still has a long way to go in accepting gay players, retired basketball star John Amaechi has said.
29 March 2013
Ex-Leeds player Robbie Rogers: There’s no way I could have stayed in football after coming out as gay 23 Robbie Rogers has explained why coming out as gay meant he had to retire immediately as a professional footballer, saying: "I don't think I would have been able to go training the next day".
28 March 2013
West Ham footballer Matt Jarvis: People ask my wife if I’m gay because of my Attitude magazine shoot 32 West Ham footballer Matt Jarvis says posing topless for Attitude magazine has meant that people have asked his wife about his sexuality.
17 February 2013
Gay rights group: ‘Sports in the US have reached a tipping point against homophobia’ 5 The decision of 25-year-old former Leeds United football player Robbie Rogers, to come out last week, has been commended by gay rights activists, who have described this as a "tipping point" for sports.
6 May 2011
Gay footballer Anton Hysen on coming out 63 The world's only openly gay footballer, Anton Hysen, says others in the closet should not worry about fans' reactions.
11 November 2010
Croatian football chief says sorry for anti-gay comments 19 The president of the Croatian Football Federation, Vlatko Markovic, has apologised for offending gay people after he said that there was no place for homosexuality on the country's national team.
10 November 2010
Croatian football president bans gays from national team 8 The president of the Croatian Football Federation, Vlatko Markovic, has said that there is no place for gay players on the country's national team.

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