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• 'I WOULDN'T FEEL SAFE AS A GAY CHELSEA PLAYER RIGHT NOW' - HOW THE BLU' LGBT+ FAN GROUP IS CHALLENGG -STADIUM ABE
• CHELSEA STAR RUBEN LOFT-CHEEK NI MOURS HE IS SET TO BEE PREMIER LEAGUE’S FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER
• CHELSEA REACT TO BLACKPOOL PLAYER G OUT AS FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER UK
• 'I WOULDN'T FEEL SAFE AS A GAY CHELSEA PLAYER RIGHT NOW' - HOW THE BLU' LGBT+ FAN GROUP IS CHALLENGG -STADIUM ABE
• CHELSEA’S RUBEN LOFT-CHEEK NI HE’S GAY, BUT SUPPORTS A PLAYER G OUT
• CHELSEA’S OLIVIER GIROUD: BEG GAY FOOTBALL IS ‘IMPOSSIBLE’
• CHELSEA FOOTBALLER RUBEN LOFT-CHEEK RPONDS TO GAY MOURS
• IN SEARCH OF A GAY SOCCER HERO: THE SECRET FOOTBALLER ON HOMOPHOBIA
• WHO ARE THE ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP GAY FOOTBALLERS?
• CHELSEA MSAGE JAKE DANIELS AS BLACKPOOL STAR BE FIRST GAY UK PRO FOOTBALLER SBLACKPOOL YOUNGSTER JAKE DANIELS HAS ANNOUNCED THAT HE IS GAY, BEG THE FIRST PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER THE UK TO DO SO SCE JT FASHANU 1990, WH CHELSEA AMONG THE CLUBS TO SEND THEIR SUPPORTFOOTBALLLONDONBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSCHELSEABYDANYAL KHANTRAEE FOOTBALL WRER18:57, 16 MAY 2022UPDATED19:19, 16 MAY 2022BOOKMARKCHELSEA SHOW SUPPORT TO GAY BLACKPOOL FOOTBALLER JAKE DANIELS AFTER ANNOUNCEMENT (IMAGE: SKY SPORTS NEWS)SIGN UP TO THE EE CHELSEA NEWSLETTER FOR THE LATT BLU NEWS STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOXMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 SIGN UP TO THE EE CHELSEA NEWSLETTER FOR THE LATT BLU NEWS STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOXINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
• JAKE DANIELS BE FIRST UK MALE FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY SCE 1990

'I WOULDN'T FEEL SAFE AS A GAY CHELSEA PLAYER RIGHT NOW' - HOW THE BLU' LGBT+ FAN GROUP IS CHALLENGG -STADIUM ABE

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“Go to a women’s game, very rarely will you hear homophobia.

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CHELSEA STAR RUBEN LOFT-CHEEK NI MOURS HE IS SET TO BEE PREMIER LEAGUE’S FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER

I’ve had homophobic abe directed at me, I know what ’s like. Two Premier League players are a uple and have e out as gay to their teammat, but not yet, reports suggt the Premier League footballers qutn uld e out a documentary currently productn wh Channel follows Gary Leker recently claimg he was aware of two Premier League players who were thkg of g out as gay soon. Rumours on Twter suggted the England ternatnal had e out to his Blu team-matPublished: 10:56, 17 Jan 2019Updated: 10:57, 17 Jan 2019RUBEN LOFTUS-CHEEK has taken to Twter to ny reports suggtg he is to bee the Premier League's first openly gay player.

2 Chelsea midfielr Ruben Loft-Cheek has nied reports suggtg he had e out as gayCred: Rters.

He said: "Any player who me out as gay, they’d have my full support and rpect. Former USA ternatnal Robbie Rogers e out as gay weeks after beg released by Leeds, while Premier League legend Thomas Hzlsperger disclosed his sexualy after retirg. Any player who me out as gay, they’d have my full support and rpect ??.

CHELSEA REACT TO BLACKPOOL PLAYER G OUT AS FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER UK

A Chelsea fan was fed £965 earlier this month after hurlg homophobic abe agast Brighton supporters, while he was also given a three-year ban om attendg match.

'I WOULDN'T FEEL SAFE AS A GAY CHELSEA PLAYER RIGHT NOW' - HOW THE BLU' LGBT+ FAN GROUP IS CHALLENGG -STADIUM ABE

Blackpool's Jake Daniels has officially e out as gay, makg him the only openly homosexual male profsnal footballer the Uned Kgdom.

CHELSEA’S RUBEN LOFT-CHEEK NI HE’S GAY, BUT SUPPORTS A PLAYER G OUT

Daniels has bee the first profsnal Brish football player to e out as gay sce Jt Fashanu 1990.

I n't really put a date on , but I was probably five or six years old when I knew I was gay.

"At that age you don't really thk that football and beg gay don't mix.

CHELSEA’S OLIVIER GIROUD: BEG GAY FOOTBALL IS ‘IMPOSSIBLE’

"The subject of beg gay, or bi or queer men's football is still a taboo. And people see beg gay as beg weak, somethg you n be picked on for on the football field. "Some of will be homophobic, maybe a stadium and on social media.

CHELSEA FOOTBALLER RUBEN LOFT-CHEEK RPONDS TO GAY MOURS

Chelsea soccer player Ruben Loft-Cheek nied he was gay, while at the same time affirmg his support for any player who did want to e out. “Any player who me out as gay, they’d have my full support and rpect. Any player who me out as gay, they’d have my full support and rpect.

Rumors about Loft-Cheeke, 22, beg gay circulated on Twter a re that has bee faiar the English Premier League, where no active player has ever e out. I liked Loft-Cheek’s rponse sce did not attempt to act as if the mor was absurd or that there was anythg wrong wh havg an openly gay player. Chelsea star Olivier Giroud spoke out about the stggle for gay footballers (GLYN KIRK/AFP/Getty).

Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud has said that is “impossible” to be openly gay football.

IN SEARCH OF A GAY SOCCER HERO: THE SECRET FOOTBALLER ON HOMOPHOBIA

The Premier League star told French newspaper Le Figaro that when German player Thomas Hzlsperger me out 2014 after he retired, was “very emotnal” for him, as ma him realise how hard was to be gay the sport.

WHO ARE THE ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP GAY FOOTBALLERS?

“This is when I told myself that was impossible to display his homosexualy football, ” said Giroud.

Chelsea’s Olivier Giroud says he “unrstands the pa” facg gay players (Mike Hewt/Getty). The former Arsenal and Montpellier striker, who Chelsea bought earlier this year, proudly poted to his work as an LGBT+ activist, for stance when he posed for the ont ver of gay magaze Têtu 2012.

“At Arsenal when they asked me to wear the ‘Rabow Lac’ support of the gay muny, I did .

CHELSEA MSAGE JAKE DANIELS AS BLACKPOOL STAR BE FIRST GAY UK PRO FOOTBALLER SBLACKPOOL YOUNGSTER JAKE DANIELS HAS ANNOUNCED THAT HE IS GAY, BEG THE FIRST PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER THE UK TO DO SO SCE JT FASHANU 1990, WH CHELSEA AMONG THE CLUBS TO SEND THEIR SUPPORTFOOTBALLLONDONBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSCHELSEABYDANYAL KHANTRAEE FOOTBALL WRER18:57, 16 MAY 2022UPDATED19:19, 16 MAY 2022BOOKMARKCHELSEA SHOW SUPPORT TO GAY BLACKPOOL FOOTBALLER JAKE DANIELS AFTER ANNOUNCEMENT (IMAGE: SKY SPORTS NEWS)SIGN UP TO THE EE CHELSEA NEWSLETTER FOR THE LATT BLU NEWS STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOXMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 SIGN UP TO THE EE CHELSEA NEWSLETTER FOR THE LATT BLU NEWS STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOXINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!

The Chelsea footballer didn’t jt wear the lac; he took part a Stonewall advert which urged viewers to “kick homophobia out of football.

Ruben Loft-Cheek has nied that he’s gay (Cathere Ivill/Getty). Chelsea and England footballer Ruben Loft-Cheek has nied mours that he’s gay. Loft-Cheek, who played four gam England’s n to the 2018 World Cup semi-fals, wrote on Twter: “Any player who me out as gay, they’d have my full support and rpect.

Chelsea player Ruben Loft-Cheek praised for rponse to gay mours. The footballer’s announcement, wh s msage of acceptance for gay players, was met wh a shower of praise om fans. Homosexual players football rema srce wh Robbie Rogers the latt to e out and then retire.

JAKE DANIELS BE FIRST UK MALE FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY SCE 1990

Abe for a gay player even 2013 would be "tolerable". The show was lled “Round The Horne” and featured a uple of mp homosexual characters who went by the nam of Julian and Sandy – played by Hugh Paddick and Kenh Williams. The dience loved them and their appearanc beme a highlight of the show thanks to a mixture of “Polari” language – gay slang – and ever more risque double entendr.

This was my first exposure to homosexualy and, bee was through humor, ably explaed by my father, meant that the only nfn around the subject me as I wonred why the kids my school playground lled each other “benr” or “queer. Gays are funny, aren’t they? The fact is that there are lns of gay people all over the world and if you’re a fairly relaxed person like me, well, that’s jt the way is.

I’m not a relig fellow any way whatsoever so, where homosexualy is ncerned at least, J Christ is not my barometer. In football, homosexual players rema srce. There have been a uple of players who have “e out, ” most recently Robbie Rogers, the former Leeds Uned and Uned Stat forward, who took to his webse to announce that he was gay … and promptly retired om the betiful game at the tenr age of 25.