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- GAY FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO SAYS HE WOULD BE ‘SRED’ TO PLAY AT THE 2022 WORLD CUP QATAR
- BUCNEERS' CARL NASSIB, FIRST OPENLY GAY NFL STAR, SAYS 'I'M NOT HIDG'
- CHAMPNSHIP FOOTBALLER 'TO COME OUT AS GAY IN TV INTERVIEW NEXT WEEK'
GAY FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO SAYS HE WOULD BE ‘SRED’ TO PLAY AT THE 2022 WORLD CUP QATAR
After beg the only current, openly gay player men’s top-flight football last month, Josh Cavallo says a new terview wh the Guardian that he would be “sred” to play at the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar bee of the untry’s homosexualy laws. * gay football player interview *
'I'm a footballer and I'm gay:' Hear pro-player reveal he's gay. After beg the only current, openly gay player men’s top-flight football last month, Josh Cavallo says a new terview wh the Guardian that he would be “sred” to play at the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar bee of the untry’s homosexualy laws. Cavallo, who plays for Alai Uned Atralia’s A-League, received wispread support om the football muny and beyond when he announced on social media that he is gay, cludg om Barcelona fenr Gerard Piqué, Atléti Madrid forward Antoe Griezmann and Liverpool midfielr Jordan Henrson.
The 21-year-old has now voiced his ncerns about next year’s World Cup Qatar, where homosexualy is illegal and punishable by up to three years prison. “I read somethg along the l of giv a ath penalty for gay people Qatar. He add: “One of the greatt achievements as a profsnal footballer is to play for your untry and to know that [the World Cup] is a untry that don’t support gay people and puts at risk of our own life, that do sre me and that do me make re-evaluate.
Acrdg to a report to state-sponsored homophobia by Lus Ramón Mendos of the human rights group ILGA World, Qatar “ns Sharia urts, where technilly is possible that Mlim men uld be put to ath for same-sex sexual behavurs.
BUCNEERS' CARL NASSIB, FIRST OPENLY GAY NFL STAR, SAYS 'I'M NOT HIDG'
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“Not havg anyone to look up to and to see okay, they’re playg football and they’re gay and they’re havg a succsful reer – that is somethg that sred me and somethg that I was worried that if I was to potentially e out one day, would affect my reer a bad way? NFL star Carl Nassib is speakg ndidly a new terview about the impact of beg the first openly gay active player the league.
My whole thg is, I'm a football player who is gay.
' Bee all anyone's gonna remember about me is that I'm gay, " he said of his thkg at the time. I don't choose every day to be gay.
CHAMPNSHIP FOOTBALLER 'TO COME OUT AS GAY IN TV INTERVIEW NEXT WEEK'
And this rare terview — only his send sce g out — Nassib said the only reason he's talkg about beg gay is to ntue supportg the Trevor Project, a nonprof aimed at helpg LGBTQ youth wh suici preventn and crisis unselg. NFL fensive end Carl Nassib ially "agonized" over his cisn to publicly e out as gay last offseason followg his sixth year the ultimately, he realized that one Instagram post uld be a way to create a posive narrative for others and help society's nversatn around sexual orientatn, and so he beme the first active NFL player to e out as, 29, spoke to "Good Morng Ameri" -anchor and former NFL star Michael Strahan about that life-changg moment on social media and where he is this Aug. One of my biggt fears was that I would only be remembered for beg gay.
"Statistics show that support for the LGBTQ+ muny n be life-savg, acrdg to a recent survey om The Trevor Project’s 2022 Natnal Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health that found 45% of LGBTQ youth had ntemplated suici the last year, but those who had support om fay attempted suici at ls than half the said he has a msage for kids at home who see legislatn like Florida's so-lled "don't say gay" bill. A teenage footballer has reportedly told his Champnship club that he is gog to e out as gay next player plans to make the announcement a televised terview orr to 'break to stigma' around gay players men's profsnal football, acrdg to The player is set to bee the only openly gay profsnal male footballer Bra. Sourc claim the player is 'very relaxed' about his sexualy and he is said have received the full backg of teammat and officials at his Champnship Cavallo (left) is currently the only openly gay profsnal footballer the world (Image: PA)"The player told club officials and his manager about this a few weeks ago and his fay already knew, " the source told The Sun.