Tag: football
Zander Murray, Scottland’s first openly gay footballer, has announced his retirement from professional football.
In an interview with the BBC, the 32-year-old expressed that this season would mark the end of his football career, stating, “I think you just know when your time is up, and that’s where I’m at....
Australian footballer Josh Cavallo has spoken out against homophobia after receiving death threats and hateful messages on social media.
The 24-year-old Adelaide United defender, who publicly came out as gay in 2021, recently shared disturbing comments he received on Instagram, highlighting the ongoing struggle against LGBTQ+ discrimination in sports.
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The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand is making history in terms of LGBTQ+ representation, with at least 94 publicly out LGBTQ+ Footballers competing in the tournament, accounting for nearly 13% of all athletes participating in the highest-level international competition in women's soccer.
This year's Women's...
Czech Republic footballer Jakub Jankto has come out as gay, becoming the only active openly gay professional footballer.
The 27-year-old midfielder made the announcement via social media and has been praised across the globe for his courage as he joins the small list of footballers to come out as gay.
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The brother of U.S. sports journalist and LGBTQ+ ally Grant Wahl has spoken out about his sibling’s sudden death while covering the Qatar World Cup, claiming that he was murdered.
Wahl, a correspondent for Meadowlark Media, died shortly after the match between Argentina and the Netherlands on Friday, the 9th...
Garmany’s Football Association (DFB) has spoken out about FIFA’s moves to persuade teams to ditch the donning of pro-LGBTQ+ armbands at Qatar’s World Cup, saying the organisation used “extreme blackmail.”
The controversy erupted after captains of several European teams, including Germany, England, Wales, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands and Switzerland, decided...
BBC Sports Presenter Jack Murley has called out FIFA after the Football governing body threatened to sanction any sports team who wore pro-LGBTQ+ “OneLove” armbands at the Qatar World Cup while describing England and Wales’ decision not to wear them as a “cop-out.”
Murley, who is the presenter of the...
Qatar continues to face global condemnation from LGBTQ+ rights groups for their treatment of LGBTQ+ people ahead of the nation hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
According to a new Human Rights Watch report, security police in Qatar has continued to arrest and harass individuals because of their sexuality and...
