Urban Dictnary: jt the gay

Contents:

• JT FASHANU: THE FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER AND WHY HE IS NOW THE HALL OF FAME
• JT FASHANU, FIRST FOOTBALLER TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• 8 MALE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO DARED TO COME OUT AS GAY
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• 30 YEARS AFTER JT FASHANU ME OUT AS GAY, THE SPECTRE OF HOMOPHOBIA STILL HANGS OVER FOOTBALL – BUT THERE IS HOPE
• FIRST OPENLY GAY BRISH FOOTBALL PLAYER FASHANU MAK HALL OF FAME
• FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER JT FASHANU TO BE INDUCTED INTO HALL OF FAME
• DEATH OF GAY FOOTBALL STAR JT FASHANU MAY HAVE BEEN SUICI
• GAY PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLER 'VERY LIKELY' TO E OUT NEXT YEAR, SAYS JT FASHANU'S NIECE
• DROP DEAD DIVA JOCK JT DEELEY WEL GAY FANS
• FIVE THGS TO KNOW ABOUT FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER JT FASHANU
• JT THE GAY
• JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

JT FASHANU: THE FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER AND WHY HE IS NOW THE HALL OF FAME

His cisn to e out publicly - an era when even his own ach cricised him for attendg gay clubs - has been an spiratn beyond the world of football.

But nearly a later, ultimately me at a tragic price - Fashanu took his own life, wrg his suici note that beg gay and a personaly "is so hard" the first black man to tra football clubs for a fee of £1 ln, Fashanu is remembered by many to be a trailblazer English football for more than one reason. Cred: PAA promisg young striker, Fashanu imprsed as part of the Norwich Cy amy and signed his first profsnal ntract December 1978, aged a month - and jt before he turned 18 - he was ma his first league appearance for Norwich and would tablish himself as a regular John Bond's young forward's eye for goals soon ught the attentn of bigger clubs, wh his stunng volley agast Liverpool voted Goal of the Season strike is still nsired one of the bt goals ever sred at Carrow Road, Norwich Cy's home are more female footballers openly gay or bisexual than male players? Cred: PAA clearly talented player, Fashanu's reer perhaps should have clud more trophi, goals and England potential was certaly curtailed by football's - and society's - unwillgns to accept Fashanu's sexualy, even before he publicly me 's said that Clough, nsired one of the greatt managers of all time, did not take kdly to Fashanu's his tobgraphy, he looks back at a time he nonted the young striker after mours he spent time gay bars.

Cred: PAOn October 22, 1990, he told the world the tth an terview wh The Sun, which ran wh the headle: "£1m Football Star: I AM GAY. Beg gay and a personaly is so hard but everybody has hard at the moment so I n't pla about that. Jt Fashanu is still the only openly gay profsnal footballer this untry has seen.

JT FASHANU, FIRST FOOTBALLER TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

Cred: PAFashanu is nsired by many the game as a the first black man to mand a seven-figure fee and the first profsnal footballer to e out as gay, he broke through two ceilgs at a time football hooliganism was at s this day, he is still the only profsnal top-level footballer to e out publicly Jt Fashanu Foundatn, found by his niece Amal, works to nont prejudice wh football, supports those sufferg wh mental health issu and has a special foc on the LGBT Fashanu spoke of her uncle's admissn to the Hall of Fame. Jt Fashanu is the first footballer to ever e out publicly as gay.

The England ternatnal was the first footballer to publicly e out as gay.

8 MALE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO DARED TO COME OUT AS GAY

Brian Clough didn’t like the mors that Jt Fashanu vised gay nightclubs and bars. Brian Clough barred Jt om trag wh the rt of the team bee he was gay. Jt publicly me out as gay October 1990 while playg for Leyton Orient.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

He told the Sun tabloid prs that he met the MP a London gay bar and end up bed wh him.

30 YEARS AFTER JT FASHANU ME OUT AS GAY, THE SPECTRE OF HOMOPHOBIA STILL HANGS OVER FOOTBALL – BUT THERE IS HOPE

He beme the target of nstant crowd abe after revealg he was gay. Homosexual acts were illegal Maryland state where Fashanu was livg.

He wrote on the note that he fled to England bee he knew he uld not get a fair trial the Uned Stat due to his homosexual stat. The Jt Campaign was created his honor to promote the cln of openly gay players football.

FIRST OPENLY GAY BRISH FOOTBALL PLAYER FASHANU MAK HALL OF FAME

Football, like any other game, also has many gay players.

FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER JT FASHANU TO BE INDUCTED INTO HALL OF FAME

But tak guts to e out and reveal one’s genr as gay, which is ually an act of urage a world that is not ndned to accept every genr.

DEATH OF GAY FOOTBALL STAR JT FASHANU MAY HAVE BEEN SUICI

This listicle will mentn eight male football players who dared to e out as gay. Seventeen male footballers have urageoly revealed their sexualy as gay public so far.

Even though has already been three s sce Jt Fashanu first publicly me out as gay, there are only a few of them revealg .

GAY PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLER 'VERY LIKELY' TO E OUT NEXT YEAR, SAYS JT FASHANU'S NIECE

The primary reason behd many gay footballers not revealg their sexualy publicly is fear of homophobia on and off the pch. So, many profsnal leagu, teams, and players are raisg their voic to fight back agast homophobia so that gay footballers don’t face backlash while g out. Now, whout any further ado, let’s list the football players who dared to e out as gay publicly.

Furthermore, he is the latt active footballer to e out as gay. Moreover, Andy Brennan is the first Atralian male footballer to openly disclosed beg gay. Currently, he is the only openly gay football player to play any of the Amerin top 5 major leagu.

DROP DEAD DIVA JOCK JT DEELEY WEL GAY FANS

In 2020, durg the San Diego Loyal match agast Phoneix Risg FC, Mart released a story of homophobic sults directed toward him. One of the hight-profile male football players publicly clarg himself as gay is German footballer Thomas Hzlsperger.

In January 2014, Hzlsperger me out as gay while terviewg Die Ze, a German newspaper.

FIVE THGS TO KNOW ABOUT FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER JT FASHANU

Later, he stated he was released a few years back and was gay.

His fellow German players supported his cisn to announce himself as gay publicly.

Durg his spell at Leeds, Rodgers publicly appeared gay Febary 2013. Later, after wng the 2014 MLS Cup, Rodgers also beme the first gay male to w the league tle the USA. In 2015, Rodger got ducted to the Natnal Gay and Lbian Sports Hall of Fame.

JT THE GAY

In November 2011, an terview wh Canadian broadster Rad Canada, Tto me out as gay. Moreover, David Tto is the first profsnal Amerin male profsnal footballer to e out as gay. In 2019, he was also featured a documentary related to homophobia sports named Standg on the Le.

Tto is a You Can Play mpaign advisory group fightg to elimate homophobia the sportg world. Anton Hysen is the youngt son of retired Swedish footballer Glenn Hysen and one of the gay players football.

JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

In 2011, Anton Hysen publicly me out as gay durg an terview wh Offsi.