Blackpool footballer comes out as gay
Discussion
smn159 said:
Why wouldn't he?
Because as I understand it there is an issue with people coming out as gay in football as evidenced by this being news, not being a football fan personally yet knowing the international nature of football signings I was just wondering something I should have probably kept to myself, yes I realise this reply is probably putting the other foot in my mouth.My son played in a level 5 rugby team. 'Everyone' knew that one of the players was gay. Nothing was said, it was just one of those things. He didn't realise it was apparent and he geared himself up and told the team one time. They all sort of went, yeah right, and he was a bit deflated. My son said it was obviously a big thing for him, but to the guys, it was immaterial.
I don't know about football, but I'm surprised that it is such a shocking thing to discover that a player's gay. It is probable that more than one player in a team is gay. If the others don't want to say anything, so what?
I was on a licensing unit and Brighton has its share of gay bars/clubs. I would pay a visit and see colleagues there - they out of uniform of course. This was back in the 90s. Is football still in the dark ages?
I don't know about football, but I'm surprised that it is such a shocking thing to discover that a player's gay. It is probable that more than one player in a team is gay. If the others don't want to say anything, so what?
I was on a licensing unit and Brighton has its share of gay bars/clubs. I would pay a visit and see colleagues there - they out of uniform of course. This was back in the 90s. Is football still in the dark ages?
Great to hear this, it’s long overdue in the sport and a brave thing for him to do which will I am sure will make it easier for others in future. I sincerely hope he is treated well by fellow players and fans alike.
I do find it very sad that this is still a significant thing to do in the UK, it’s 2022 for goodness sake. Objecting to someone else’s sexual orientation is the sort of pointlessly cruel control of other people that should have been consigned to the bin decades ago. The fact that it’s still illegal to be gay in 69 countries shows we still have a long way to go.
I do find it very sad that this is still a significant thing to do in the UK, it’s 2022 for goodness sake. Objecting to someone else’s sexual orientation is the sort of pointlessly cruel control of other people that should have been consigned to the bin decades ago. The fact that it’s still illegal to be gay in 69 countries shows we still have a long way to go.
Edited by 67Dino on Monday 16th May 19:06
OMITN said:
Quite. Maybe daimlerv8 might like to remind himself what married straight man, Graeme Le Saux went through during his career because of the dark ages attitude to sexuality that dominates football….
https://thesefootballtimes.co/2019/01/31/graeme-le...
Now that's a compelling and sobering read.https://thesefootballtimes.co/2019/01/31/graeme-le...
Dr Jekyll said:
Of course, it's uneducated people who like beer who indulge in stereotyping.
Well they are most the ones who are homophobic, hence why footballers hide their sexulity.Most studies on homephobia are linked to ''psychoticism is a personality trait marked by hostility, anger and aggression toward others''
Hmm i guess they like to chant lovely stuff about other fans and clubs....
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TwigtheWonderkid said:
Sheets Tabuer said:
Before anyone starts I asked my gay son and he didn't know either but will he continue to use the same changing rooms?
What a weird question. Why wouldn't he? Men use men's changing rooms. I've never seen changing rooms labelled "straight" and "gay". Randy Winkman said:
Red9zero said:
Antony Moxey said:
it's 2022, not 1972.
Exactly. Good luck to the lad.They remind me of the people who think that racism wouldn't exist if people stopped talking about it.
williamp said:
It says a lot about football that he felt the need to "come out". Was a newspaper trying to announce this as a story??
Apparently several news outlets knew but have been sat on it to let him tell it his way which is remarkable in itself.If you can’t see why this is necessary, then that’s the problem.
Randy Winkman said:
Are some people pretending they don't know why this matters or do they really not know?
They remind me of the people who think that racism wouldn't exist if people stopped talking about it.
That’s a very good point. I hope the lad gets all the support he needs and fans treat him with respect. I remember Sol Campbell and Graeme Le Saux getting a lot of grief from fans when I was growing up and lots of rumours about Ashley Cole which fans jumped on with glee. Hopefully the game has moved on, but I’m not holding my breath. They remind me of the people who think that racism wouldn't exist if people stopped talking about it.
Even in MotoGP it’s been a big thing around Rossi and rumours about his sexuality right up until he retired and had a kid with his long term girlfriend.
As much as we want both racism and homophobia to be consigned to the bin, I think we’re only part way along the journey. The positive in that is that we are on the journey to acceptance.
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