Blackpool footballer comes out as gay
Discussion
Must admit when I saw this my first reaction was "so what?" but reading a little further this seems like it's still a bit of a no go area in professional football.
Jake Daniels: Blackpool player says coming out is 'a massive relief'
That takes some massive guts to do at 17 years old
Jake Daniels: Blackpool player says coming out is 'a massive relief'
That takes some massive guts to do at 17 years old
As has been said already, it's newsworthy because he's a professional footballer. The only other pro footballer that I can recall ever announcing he was gay was Justin Fashanu, and that was (I think) back in the 90s.Good on the lad, hope people treat him as they would anyone else - it's 2022, not 1972.
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