Ryan Atk has bee England’s first openly gay profsnal official, wh the FA welg the 32-year-old’s revelatn of his sexualy as a landmark sign of progrs
Contents:
- FOOTBALL LEAGUE REFEREE JAM ADCK OUT AS GAY
- RYAN ATK BE FIRST OPENLY GAY PROFSNAL OFFICIAL ENGLISH FOOTBALL
- BRA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALL REFEREE: THE STORY OF RYAN ATK
- MEET THE ONLY OUT GAY REFEREE MEN’S PROFSNAL FOOTBALL
- RYAN ATK BE FIRST OPENLY GAY REFEREE ENGLAND
FOOTBALL LEAGUE REFEREE JAM ADCK OUT AS GAY
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“To e out as gay or not e out as gay, you have to choose that as a person and not as a ref. “I don’t need to wear a T-shirt sayg: ‘I’m Jam Adck and I’m a gay guy.
“I’ve not had any homophobic abe thrown at me, and I n’t tell you a story where I’ve had to bat or overe that. ”Adck’s fellow EFL official Ryan Atk me out gby, 2015 World Cup Fal referee Nigel Owens and Gallagher Premiership regular Craig Maxwell-Keys are also both openly gay. Ryan Atk has bee England’s first openly gay profsnal official, wh the Football Associatn welg the 32-year-old’s revelatn of his sexualy as a landmark sign of progrs.
RYAN ATK BE FIRST OPENLY GAY PROFSNAL OFFICIAL ENGLISH FOOTBALL
Followg the g out of different sportsmen playg profsnal sport, this chapter foc on the sport media’s reactn to the cisn ma by Brish football referee, Ryan Atk, to e out as gay on 10 Augt 2017. Eleven sport media articl as... * english gay referee *
“Role mols are important to show that beg gay and beg terted football are by no means mutually exclive, ” Atk told Sky Sports. “Homophobia is still a problem but thgs are improvg all the time.
BRA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALL REFEREE: THE STORY OF RYAN ATK
“I myself have never been a victim of homophobic abe but I am aware others have been.
MEET THE ONLY OUT GAY REFEREE MEN’S PROFSNAL FOOTBALL
The biggt challenge I might face the future as an openly gay referee would potentially be alg wh homophobia that uld e om players, spectators and possibly even refereeg lleagu, though so far I have found officials wh football to be very open-md. ”‘Beg gay and beg terted football are by no means mutually exclive, ’ Atk said an terview wh Sky.
RYAN ATK BE FIRST OPENLY GAY REFEREE ENGLAND
Photograph: Sky NewsEnglish football has lagged behd other sports and untri promotg gay refere, although Nigel Owens, the Welsh gby official who me out 2007, and Jús Tolero, the Spanish referee who received ath threats last year after revealg his sexualy, have not always found the onward path a smooth was subjected to homophobic abe when refereeg England v New Zealand at Twickenham three years ago, after which two spectators were banned om the ground, while Tolero qu then me back aga and end up unr police protectn. “Beg gay don’t matter the ntext of refereeg a football match, ” Atk said.