“Did I worry about him much at the time? Did I f***. Did I check on him? Did I f***. Do I wish I had? Yeah of course I do.” Former Everton keeper and Wales international, Neville Southall has told OutNews Global he regrets not doing more to help Justin Fashanu […]
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Four out of five British football fans would have no problem if a player came out as gay or bisexual. That’s according to a poll by fan-opinion platform Forza Football and Stonewall. The poll asked 50,000 supporters in 38 countries about their attitudes to inclusion and homophobic abuse. It comes as […]
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“The way to make change is to see gay and bi people out on the pitch.” The legendary former Everton goalkeeper and Wales international, Neville Southall has signed the #ComeOut2Play campaign. It makes him the first major professional footballer (current or past) to support the drive to help gay and bi […]
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“Many don’t want to be the first and I think therein lies the problem of out gay footballers in a nutshell.” The #ComeOut2Play campaign has received support from political figures such as Labour shadow minister Dawn Butler, David Lammy MP and Sarah Brown and celebrities including John Bishop, Alan Carr, Katie […]
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Support #ComeOut2Play now and show gay and bi footballers your support With the #ComeOut2Play campaign gathering momentum and supporters, Nora Calder lists some of the sporting trailblazers who chose to come out. Nobody should ever be pressured to come out if they don’t want to. Our campaign sends the message that if someone does feel […]
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In an extraordinary show of support, the English Football League, representing 72 English football clubs, has given its backing to the #ComeOut2Play campaign. The campaign aims to help gay and bi footballers to come out if they want to with a message being shared by millions on social media, saying: “When a […]
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Politicians and celebrities have given their support to the #ComeOut2Play campaign, which has already reached more than 23 million people. In total an extraordinary 23,895,465 people have recognised the need to support gay and bi male footballers in the British game who are too afraid to come out. The Thunderclap Campaign has […]
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“We will be in a much happier place when it’s the homophobes hiding in our beautiful game, not our gay players.” Sign the #ComeOut2Play campaign now! There are professional male footballers out there playing in front of millions of fans right now who are secretly gay or bi. That’s not speculation, […]
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Sign the Thunderclap campaign now! #ComeOut2Play Out News Global is proud to be launching the #ComeOut2Play campaign to help Britain’s hidden gay and bisexual footballers to feel more confident about coming out. The #ComeOut2Play Thunderclap campaign kicked off today with supporters signing up to say in one voice: “If a gay […]
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“Sport at school teaches boys like me that we’re weak and there’s something wrong with us; that we’re not ‘real’ boys. That deep sense of terror I felt at school is with me now and will be with me for the rest of my life.” I remember lying in bed the […]
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