Jake Daniels is a hero – more LGBT+ football players should follow suit

The Independent says congratulations to Jake Daniels, the Blackpool FC player who has come out as gay aged 17, becoming the first active male player to come out at the top of the British male game since Justin Fashanu, who tragically took his own life in 1998.

Conversations have spiralled for decades about why male footballers haven’t come out when statistically there are obviously gay men playing – and by contrast, the women’s team is replete with “out” players.

Daniels became the first openly gay professional player in 30 years should be rightly praised, but questions remain: namely, why has it taken so long? In many ways, football feels like the last bastion of sexual intolerance; the last sport where you can’t say you’re gay, even though rugby, cricket and swimming have all had openly gay players for years.

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/jake-daniels-gay-footballer-blackpool-lgbt-b2080306.html

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