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href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">association football</a>, also known as soccer, throughout the world. There are a number of openly LGBT+ players in <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_association_football" title="Women's association football">women's association football</a>, with relatively few in the men's game. Most of the LGBT+ male players <a href="/wiki/Come_out" class="mw-redirect" title="Come out">come out</a> after retirement.<a href="#cite_note-:2-1">[1]</a> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Homosexuality_in_association_football&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background">edit</a>]</div> In 2006 journalist Simon Barnes wrote that homophobia in football was entrenched and would never change,<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a> and in 2009 journalist Matt Williams wrote that being a gay professional player in football was still a taboo,<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a> Football magazine <a href="/wiki/When_Saturday_Comes" title="When Saturday Comes">When Saturday Comes</a> described homosexuality as a "continuing taboo" in the sport in 2013.<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a> One male player who came out after retiring said that there are at least as many closeted gay male players as there are openly LGBT+ female players.<a href="#cite_note-:2-1">[1]</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Amaechi" title="John Amaechi">John Amaechi</a>, the first <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">NBA</a> player to come out, in 2014 blamed football's "toxic" culture for the lack of openly gay players,<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a> while English former footballer <a href="/wiki/Clarke_Carlisle" title="Clarke Carlisle">Clarke Carlisle</a> called for more education to be given to players to combat homophobia.<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a> In June 2022, it was revealed that homophobia made up the majority of online abuse aimed at footballers, 40% for men and 27% for women.<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a> In July 2023, <a href="/wiki/Quinn_(soccer)" title="Quinn (soccer)">Quinn</a> became the first openly <a href="/wiki/Transgender" title="Transgender">transgender</a> player at a World Cup.<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="By_country">By country</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Homosexuality_in_association_football&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: By country">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Australia">Australia</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Homosexuality_in_association_football&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Australia">edit</a>]</div> The first male professional player to come out was <a href="/wiki/Andy_Brennan" title="Andy Brennan">Andy Brennan</a>, who did so in May 2019, when playing for <a href="/wiki/Green_Gully_SC" title="Green Gully SC">Green Gully</a> in the <a href="/wiki/National_Premier_Leagues_Victoria" title="National Premier Leagues Victoria">National Premier Leagues Victoria</a>, a semi-professional league.<a href="#cite_note-:8-9">[9]</a> In October 2021,<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a> <a href="/wiki/A-League_Men" title="A-League Men">A-League Men</a> player <a href="/wiki/Josh_Cavallo" title="Josh Cavallo">Josh Cavallo</a> became the first openly gay active top flight footballer in the world.<a href="#cite_note-auto1-11">[11]</a> No male Australian internationals are openly gay, though a number of the <a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Australia women's national soccer team">Australian women's national team</a> are, including <a href="/wiki/Sam_Kerr" title="Sam Kerr">Sam Kerr</a>,<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Heyman" title="Michelle Heyman">Michelle Heyman</a><a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tameka_Yallop" title="Tameka Yallop">Tameka Yallop</a> (née Butt).<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Austria">Austria</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Homosexuality_in_association_football&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Austria">edit</a>]</div> In March 2024, national team manager <a href="/wiki/Ralf_Rangnick" title="Ralf Rangnick">Ralf Rangnick</a> dropped three players for homophobic chanting following a club game.<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Brazil">Brazil</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Homosexuality_in_association_football&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Brazil">edit</a>]</div> In 2007, <a href="/wiki/Richarlyson" title="Richarlyson">Richarlyson</a> was named on Brazilian television as gay by the administrative manager of a rival team. When Richarlyson undertook legal action, the complaint was thrown out by the judge, who stated "football was a virile masculine sport and not a homosexual one."<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> Richarlyson would later come out as bisexual in 2022.<a href="#cite_note-globo1-17">[17]</a> Jamerson Michel da Costa, nicknamed <a href="/wiki/Messi_(Brazilian_footballer)" title="Messi (Brazilian footballer)">Messi</a>, is the first Brazilian footballer who came out as homossexual while pursuing his professional career, in September 2010.<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> In January 2019, former <a href="/wiki/Botafogo_de_Futebol_e_Regatas" title="Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas">Botafogo</a> footballer <a href="/w/index.php?title=Douglas_Braga&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Douglas Braga (page does not exist)">Douglas Braga</a> said that he had quit football aged 21 as it was not possible for him to be both gay and a footballer.<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a> Many Brazilian footballers refuse to wear shirt number 24 for fear of being labelled as gay, as the number 24 is associated with homosexuality in Brazil. This derives from the number 24 in <a href="/wiki/Jogo_do_bicho" title="Jogo do bicho">Jogo do bicho</a> being assigned to the deer – veado in Portuguese, which sounds like viado, a slur for a gay man – and from the Portuguese for 24, vinte e quatro, sounding like vim de quatro ("I came on all fours", making reference to the doggy style).<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> After the <a href="/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2014 FIFA World Cup">2014 FIFA World Cup</a>, a shout imported from Mexican fans "oooh, puto" was adopted as a sensation by several fan groups organized as "oooh, bicha", shouted at rival team goal kicks. After interruptions due to homophobic demonstrations and the COVID-19 crisis, the shout fell into disuse.<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> Several renowned Brazilian women's internationals are openly lesbian, including <a href="/wiki/B%C3%A1rbara_(footballer)" title="Bárbara (footballer)">Bárbara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cristiane_(footballer)" title="Cristiane (footballer)">Cristiane</a>, <a href="/wiki/Debinha" title="Debinha">Debinha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marta_(footballer)" title="Marta (footballer)">Marta</a>.<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a><a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> <a href="/wiki/Emerson_Ferretti" title="Emerson Ferretti">Emerson Ferretti</a>, historic goalkeeper for EC Bahia, was elected president of the club in 2023. Ferretti had declared himself homosexual in August 2022.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> In 2024, the minor league football player Polidoro Júnior, famous for affairs with Brazilian celebrities, claimed to have had a relationship with <a href="/wiki/Pabllo_Vittar" title="Pabllo Vittar">Pabllo Vittar</a>.<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Homosexuality_in_association_football&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Bulgaria">edit</a>]</div> In 2006, <a href="/wiki/PFC_Levski_Sofia" title="PFC Levski Sofia">PFC Levski Sofia</a> president <a href="/wiki/Todor_Batkov" title="Todor Batkov">Todor Batkov</a> called referee <a href="/wiki/Mike_Riley_(referee)" title="Mike Riley (referee)">Mike Riley</a> a "British homosexual",<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> following Riley's controversial sending off of <a href="/wiki/Cedric_Bardon" class="mw-redirect" title="Cedric Bardon">Cedric Bardon</a> during the <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="UEFA Cup">UEFA Cup</a> quarterfinal game against <a href="/wiki/Schalke_04" class="mw-redirect" title="Schalke 04">Schalke 04</a>.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a><a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Czech_Republic">Czech Republic</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Homosexuality_in_association_football&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Czech Republic">edit</a>]</div> In 2019, <a href="/wiki/Barbora_Vot%C3%ADkov%C3%A1" title="Barbora Votíková">Barbora Votíková</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Paris_Saint-Germain_FC" title="Paris Saint-Germain FC">Paris Saint-Germain FC</a> and <a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Czech Republic women's national football team">Czech Republic women's national football team</a> player, came out as gay.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> In February 2023, <a href="/wiki/AC_Sparta_Prague" title="AC Sparta Prague">Sparta Prague</a> and <a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic_national_football_team" title="Czech Republic national football team">Czech Republic national team</a> midfielder <a href="/wiki/Jakub_Jankto" title="Jakub Jankto">Jakub Jankto</a> came out as gay, the first active men's international player to do so.<a href="#cite_note-auto4-30">[30]</a><a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Denmark">Denmark</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Homosexuality_in_association_football&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Denmark">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/Anders_Lindegaard" title="Anders Lindegaard">Anders Lindegaard</a> is one of the few footballers to have spoken out against the intolerance of homosexuality in football<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> and the absence of openly gay players from the professional game, in 2012.<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="England">England</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Homosexuality_in_association_football&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: England">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Homosexuality_in_English_football" title="Homosexuality in English football">Homosexuality in English football</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Casey_Stoney.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Casey_Stoney.jpg/100px-Casey_Stoney.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="343" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Casey_Stoney.jpg/150px-Casey_Stoney.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Casey_Stoney.jpg/200px-Casey_Stoney.jpg 2x" data-file-width="578" data-file-height="1980" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Casey_Stoney" title="Casey Stoney">Casey Stoney</a>, who captained the <a href="/wiki/England_women%27s_national_football_team" title="England women's national football team">England women's team</a>, is a lesbian.</figcaption></figure> <a href="/wiki/Justin_Fashanu" title="Justin Fashanu">Justin Fashanu</a>, older brother of fellow footballer <a href="/wiki/John_Fashanu" title="John Fashanu">John Fashanu</a>, was the first professional footballer to come out as gay,<a href="#cite_note-Cascarino-34">[34]</a> after he agreed to an exclusive with tabloid newspaper <a href="/wiki/The_Sun_(United_Kingdom)" title="The Sun (United Kingdom)">The Sun</a> on 22 October 1990.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> Fashanu claimed to have had an affair with a married Conservative MP who he first met in a London gay bar.<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> A week later, John Fashanu publicly distanced himself from his brother, describing Justin as an "outcast",<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a><a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a><a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> while Justin's manager <a href="/wiki/Brian_Clough" title="Brian Clough">Brian Clough</a> famously described him as a "<a href="/wiki/Bloody" title="Bloody">bloody</a> <a href="/wiki/Homosexual" class="mw-redirect" title="Homosexual">poof</a>".<a href="#cite_note-Cascarino-34">[34]</a> Fashanu was interviewed for the July 1991 cover story of <a href="/wiki/Gay_Times" title="Gay Times">Gay Times</a>, and Fashanu revealed that no club had offered him a full-time contract since the story first appeared.<a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a> In the morning of 3 May 1998, he was found hanged in a deserted lock-up garage he had broken into, in <a href="/wiki/Shoreditch" title="Shoreditch">Shoreditch</a>, London, after visiting Chariots Roman Spa, a local <a href="/wiki/Gay_bathhouse" title="Gay bathhouse">gay sauna</a>. In his <a href="/wiki/Suicide_note" title="Suicide note">suicide note</a>, he stated: "I realised that I had already been presumed guilty. I do not want to give any more embarrassment to my friends and family," in reference to allegations of sexual assault made against him.<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> In August 2010, <a href="/wiki/Hope_Powell" title="Hope Powell">Hope Powell</a>, the openly gay coach of the England women's team, was named in 68th place on <a href="/wiki/The_Independent" title="The Independent">The Independent</a> newspaper's Pink List of influential lesbian and gay people in the UK.<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> In 2013, <a href="/wiki/David_Haigh" title="David Haigh">David Haigh</a> became the first openly gay managing director of an English football club.<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a><a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a><a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a><a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a> In November 2017, <a href="/wiki/Pink_News" class="mw-redirect" title="Pink News">Pink News</a> credited David Haigh along with Robbie Rogers and Thomas Hitzlsperger with paving the way for LGBT players and managers in football.<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> Many players have come out in recent years, including <a href="/wiki/Casey_Stoney" title="Casey Stoney">Casey Stoney</a>, captain of the England women's team, who came out in February 2014.<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> Liam Davis, a non-league player with <a href="/wiki/Gainsborough_Trinity_F.C." title="Gainsborough Trinity F.C.">Gainsborough Trinity</a>, revealed in 2014 that he had been out as gay for four years; he is the country's only openly gay male semi-professional player.<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a><a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a> In June 2020, ex-player <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Beattie_(footballer)" title="Thomas Beattie (footballer)">Thomas Beattie</a> came out as gay.<a href="#cite_note-auto-51">[51]</a><a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> In August 2017, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ryan_Atkin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ryan Atkin (page does not exist)">Ryan Atkin</a> came out as gay, becoming the first openly gay match official in English football.<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a><a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> In July 2019, an anonymous Twitter account called 'The Gay Footballer' announced that they were a professional footballer playing in the <a href="/wiki/EFL_Championship" title="EFL Championship">EFL Championship</a>. After saying they intended to come out publicly, they later deleted the account.<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a><a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> On 16 May 2022, Blackpool player <a href="/wiki/Jake_Daniels" title="Jake Daniels">Jake Daniels</a> came out as gay, making him the only current gay male professional footballer in the UK.<a href="#cite_note-jakedaniels-57">[57]</a> He said that doing so would allow him to be "free and confident",<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a> and it was described by the BBC as a "watershed moment".<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> No player has ever played in the English <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a> while openly gay, and openly gay German player <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Hitzlsperger" title="Thomas Hitzlsperger">Thomas Hitzlsperger</a> stated in January 2014 that he thought it would be a long time before this happened.<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> Players such as <a href="/wiki/John_Ruddy" title="John Ruddy">John Ruddy</a>,<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a> <a href="/wiki/Richarlison" title="Richarlison">Richarlison</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lucas_Digne" title="Lucas Digne">Lucas Digne</a><a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a> have spoken about their belief that a gay teammate would be accepted and supported. In July 2020, a current Premier League player revealed he was gay but would/could not come out.<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Homophobia_and_homophobic_abuse">Homophobia and homophobic abuse</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Homosexuality_in_association_football&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Homophobia and homophobic abuse">edit</a>]</div> On multiple occasions there have been reports of homophobic chanting by fans attending matches, and arrests made or fines issued to fans and clubs. In December 2011, a <a href="/wiki/Southampton_F.C." title="Southampton F.C.">Southampton</a> fan was banned for three years for homophobic chanting.<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> In August 2019, <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Rovers_F.C." title="Bristol Rovers F.C.">Bristol Rovers</a> were fined by the FA for homophobic chanting by their fans.<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> In December 2019, Brighton players were subjected to homophobic abuse by Wolves fans; two people were arrested.<a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a> On 1 February 2020, two <a href="/wiki/West_Ham_United_F.C." title="West Ham United F.C.">West Ham United</a> fans were arrested in London Stadium by the police for directing homophobic chants towards <a href="/wiki/Brighton_%26_Hove_Albion_F.C." title="Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.">Brighton & Hove Albion</a> fans during a <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a> match.<a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> In January 2023, there were alleged homophobic chants by Nottingham Forest fans, aimed at Chelsea fans,<a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a> by Manchester United fans against Everton manager <a href="/wiki/Frank_Lampard" title="Frank Lampard">Frank Lampard</a> (who used to play for Chelsea),<a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> by Manchester City fans, also aimed at Chelsea,<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> and by Liverpool fans against Chelsea, for which three people were later arrested.<a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a> The FA said that they would charge the clubs whose fans had targeted Chelsea,<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> with the chant in question having been defined as a homophobic slur by the Crown Prosecution Service in January 2022.<a href="#cite_note-auto3-73">[73]</a> In March 2023 there were homophobic chants during a match between Leeds United and Brighton, with Leeds later being fined £150,000.<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a> In April 2023, three Wolverhampton Wanderers fans were arrested following homophobic chanting during a match against Chelsea.<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> In July 2023, a Fulham fan was banned for three years for homophobic chants,<a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a> and later that month, Wolverhampton Wanderers were fined £100,000 due to homophobic chants by their fans.<a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a> In May 2023, a LGBTQ+ Manchester United supporters group criticised chanting from their own fans against opposition players.<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> Heterosexual players, such as <a href="/wiki/Sol_Campbell" title="Sol Campbell">Sol Campbell</a>,<a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a> <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Allsop" title="Ryan Allsop">Ryan Allsop</a>,<a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a> <a href="/wiki/Billy_Gilmour" title="Billy Gilmour">Billy Gilmour</a><a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Conor_Gallagher" title="Conor Gallagher">Conor Gallagher</a><a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a> have been the victim of homophobic abuse by fans. Another heterosexual player, <a href="/wiki/Graeme_Le_Saux" title="Graeme Le Saux">Graeme Le Saux</a>, was homophobically abused by fellow player <a href="/wiki/Robbie_Fowler" title="Robbie Fowler">Robbie Fowler</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Cascarino-34">[34]</a> In August 2014, <a href="/wiki/Malky_Mackay" title="Malky Mackay">Malky Mackay</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Iain_Moody&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iain Moody (page does not exist)">Iain Moody</a> were accused of sending each other racist, sexist and homophobic text messages.<a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a> Moody left his job as sporting director of Crystal Palace as a result.<a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a> Mackay apologised for the texts.<a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a> The <a href="/wiki/League_Manager%27s_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="League Manager's Association">League Manager's Association</a> defended Mackay, claiming that the texts were merely "banter"; the LMA later apologised for this.<a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a><a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a> Mackay denied being racist, sexist or homophobic.<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a> In April 2014, <a href="/wiki/Colin_Kazim-Richards" title="Colin Kazim-Richards">Colin Kazim-Richards</a> was found guilty of making a homophobic gesture at Brighton fans.<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a> In December 2021, Walsall player <a href="/wiki/Manny_Monthe" class="mw-redirect" title="Manny Monthe">Manny Monthe</a> was banned for seven matches for making a homophobic comment during a game.<a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a> In January 2022, <a href="/wiki/Ian_Holloway" title="Ian Holloway">Ian Holloway</a> said he felt English football was homophobic.<a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Advocacy_and_activism">Advocacy and activism</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Homosexuality_in_association_football&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Advocacy and activism">edit</a>]</div> The <a href="/wiki/Gay_Football_Supporters_Network" title="Gay Football Supporters Network">Gay Football Supporters Network</a> was founded in 1989 to campaign for gay rights in English football, and it currently organises the <a href="/wiki/GFSN_National_League" title="GFSN National League">GFSN National League</a>, a league consisting of gay teams.<a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a> <a href="/wiki/Stonewall_F.C." title="Stonewall F.C.">Stonewall Football Club</a> is currently[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers">when?</a>] Britain's highest ranking gay football team, are on the verge of going semi-professional.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] The prominent gay rights activist <a href="/wiki/Peter_Tatchell" title="Peter Tatchell">Peter Tatchell</a> joined a <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">Football Association</a> campaign against homophobia in football,<a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a> but later left stating the organisation does not take the matter seriously.<a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a> The gay rights group <a href="/wiki/Stonewall_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stonewall (UK)">Stonewall</a> published a report in August 2009 which described English football as "institutionally homophobic".<a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a> In February 2014, it was revealed that only 11 of the Premier League's 20 teams, and only 17 of the Football League's 72 teams, had joined the 'Football v Homophobia' campaign.<a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a> In December 2013, <a href="/wiki/Leeds_United" class="mw-redirect" title="Leeds United">Leeds United</a>, became the first Stonewall Diversity Champion in English football, championing gay equality within the club and wider football.<a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a> Former Leeds United player Robbie Rogers, who was one of the first male professional footballers to come out as gay, launched his 'Beyond It' anti-discrimination charity with David Haigh at the club.<a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a> In August 2023, <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Ramsdale" title="Aaron Ramsdale">Aaron Ramsdale</a>, whose brother is gay, said he would begin calling out homophobia in the sport.<a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="France">France</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Homosexuality_in_association_football&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: France">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/Olivier_Rouyer" title="Olivier Rouyer">Olivier Rouyer</a> came out after retiring as a player and coach.<a href="#cite_note-Cascarino-34">[34]</a><a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a><a href="#cite_note-Gillon-101">[101]</a> A gay amateur team operates in <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a> under the name <a href="/wiki/Paris_Foot_Gay" title="Paris Foot Gay">Paris Foot Gay</a>. The club's highest profile supporter from within the professional game has been former <a href="/wiki/France_national_football_team" title="France national football team">France national football team</a> player <a href="/wiki/Vikash_Dhorasoo" title="Vikash Dhorasoo">Vikash Dhorasoo</a> (who is heterosexual)<a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a> whilst a number of leading French professional clubs have signed their charter against homophobia.<a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a> The club ran into controversy in 2009, however, when an amateur side Creteil Bebel refused to play them due to the "principles" of Paris Foot Gay.<a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a> Additionally, <a href="/wiki/Ouissem_Belgacem" title="Ouissem Belgacem">Ouissem Belgacem</a> left <a href="/wiki/Toulouse_FC" title="Toulouse FC">Toulouse FC</a> after five years of having to hide his homosexuality. In 2021, he published his autobiographic novel Adieu ma honte to denounce homophobia in association football.<a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a> The issue returned to the spotlight in 2010 when amateur FC Chooz refused to register Yoann Lemaire, who had been with the club for 14 years, due to him being gay as they claimed it might lead to "trouble" with his teammates.<a href="#cite_note-106">[106]</a> In March 2019, former player <a href="/wiki/Patrice_Evra" title="Patrice Evra">Patrice Evra</a> denied making homophobic comments against <a href="/wiki/Paris_Saint-Germain_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Paris Saint-Germain F.C.">Paris Saint-Germain</a>.<a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a> In August 2019, a <a href="/wiki/Ligue_2" title="Ligue 2">Ligue 2</a> match between <a href="/wiki/Nancy_FC" class="mw-redirect" title="Nancy FC">Nancy FC</a> and <a href="/wiki/Le_Mans_FC" title="Le Mans FC">Le Mans FC</a> was halted following homophobic chants from the stands against the league.<a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a> France's Secretary of State for Equality, <a href="/wiki/Marlene_Schiappa" class="mw-redirect" title="Marlene Schiappa">Marlene Schiappa</a> reacted on Twitter and congratulated the referee for interrupting the match.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] Later that month a game between Nice and Marseille was halted due to homophobic chanting.<a href="#cite_note-109">[109]</a> In May 2022, <a href="/wiki/Idrissa_Gueye" title="Idrissa Gueye">Idrissa Gueye</a> was not included in the PSG team sheet for what manager <a href="/wiki/Mauricio_Pochettino" title="Mauricio Pochettino">Mauricio Pochettino</a> revealed to be "personal reasons", and not an injury.<a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a> This brought the media spotlight on Gueye; <a href="/wiki/RMC_(France)" title="RMC (France)">RMC Sport</a> reported that he had refused to play in the match due to PSG's shirts featuring the <a href="/wiki/Rainbow_flag_(LGBT)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rainbow flag (LGBT)">rainbow flag</a> in support of the <a href="/wiki/LGBT_movements" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT movements">LGBT movement</a>, an initiative taken by Ligue 1 for the occasion of the <a href="/wiki/International_Day_Against_Homophobia,_Transphobia_and_Biphobia" class="mw-redirect" title="International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia">International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia</a>.<a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a><a href="#cite_note-112">[112]</a> He had also notably missed the same fixture in the previous season, with the reasoning behind his non-participation then being that he was suffering from <a href="/wiki/Gastroenteritis" title="Gastroenteritis">gastroenteritis</a>.<a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a> For his controversial absence against Montpellier, Gueye received backlash and calls for sanctions from Rouge Direct, an organization against homophobia,<a href="#cite_note-114">[114]</a> and <a href="/wiki/%C3%8Ele-de-France" title="Île-de-France">île-de-France</a> politician <a href="/wiki/Val%C3%A9rie_P%C3%A9cresse" title="Valérie Pécresse">Valérie Pécresse</a>, among others.<a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a> Senegalese president <a href="/wiki/Macky_Sall" title="Macky Sall">Macky Sall</a> expressed his support for Gueye, justifying the position by stating that Gueye's "religious beliefs must be respected".<a href="#cite_note-116">[116]</a> Following the controversy surrounding Idrissa Gueye, French former international referee Nicolas Potier publicly came out.<a href="#cite_note-117">[117]</a> In May 2023, further players refused to participate in anti-homophobia actions,<a href="#cite_note-118">[118]</a> with French sports minister <a href="/w/index.php?title=Amelie_Oudea-Castera&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Amelie Oudea-Castera (page does not exist)">Amelie Oudea-Castera</a> calling for sanctions against them.<a href="#cite_note-119">[119]</a> In May 2024, Monaco player <a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Camara_(footballer,_born_January_2000)" title="Mohamed Camara (footballer, born January 2000)">Mohamed Camara</a> covered up anti-homophobia badges on his shirt.<a href="#cite_note-120">[120]</a> He later received a four-match ban for this.<a href="#cite_note-121">[121]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Georgia">Georgia</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Homosexuality_in_association_football&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Georgia">edit</a>]</div> In November 2017, while playing for Dutch club <a href="/wiki/SBV_Vitesse" title="SBV Vitesse">Vitesse</a>, Georgian footballer <a href="/wiki/Guram_Kashia" title="Guram Kashia">Guram Kashia</a> wore a <a href="/wiki/OneLove" title="OneLove">rainbow armband</a> as part of the Dutch initiative <a href="/wiki/Coming_Out_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Coming Out Day">Coming Out Day</a>. His show of support for gay rights led to protests outside the <a href="/wiki/Georgian_Football_Federation" title="Georgian Football Federation">Georgian Football Federation</a>'s headquarters demanding his removal from the national team, at which eight people were arrested. He described himself as being "proud to support equal rights".<a href="#cite_note-122">[122]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Germany">Germany</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Homosexuality_in_association_football&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Germany">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Der_Hammer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Der_Hammer.jpg/220px-Der_Hammer.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="357" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Der_Hammer.jpg/330px-Der_Hammer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Der_Hammer.jpg/440px-Der_Hammer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1133" data-file-height="1837" /></a><figcaption>Former German international <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Hitzlsperger" title="Thomas Hitzlsperger">Thomas Hitzlsperger</a> came out as gay after retiring.</figcaption></figure> The <a href="/wiki/Hamburger_SV" title="Hamburger SV">Hamburger SV</a> (HSV) player <a href="/wiki/Heinz_Bonn" title="Heinz Bonn">Heinz Bonn</a> (1947–1991) was the first <a href="/wiki/Bundesliga" title="Bundesliga">Bundesliga</a> player to be publicly known as being gay, but only after his death. He played for HSV from 1970 to 1973. He was found murdered in his flat in Hannover on 5 December 1991, apparently by a male prostitute, according to police investigators, although the crime has never been solved. The historian Werner Skrentny has said at the time Bonn was playing, journalists had little interest in the private lives of footballers and it would have been unthinkable for him to come out.<a href="#cite_note-123">[123]</a> HSV has its own official LGBT fan club. Blue Pride was founded in 2006. It was renamed Volksparkjunxx in 2012.<a href="#cite_note-124">[124]</a> <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Urban" title="Marcus Urban">Marcus Urban</a>, born 1971, played with the <a href="/wiki/East_Germany" title="East Germany">East Germany</a> national youth football team and as an amateur in the <a href="/wiki/2._Fu%C3%9Fball-Bundesliga" class="mw-redirect" title="2. Fußball-Bundesliga">second division</a> club <a href="/wiki/Rot-Wei%C3%9F_Erfurt" class="mw-redirect" title="Rot-Weiß Erfurt">Rot-Weiß Erfurt</a>. From the age of 13, he had been hot-housed at a specialist sports boarding school in <a href="/wiki/Erfurt" title="Erfurt">Erfurt</a> but at the age of 20, in 1991, when he was about to become a professional footballer, he gave up the sport. He came out to friends and family in 1994, and in 2007 publicly spoke to the media about his homosexuality and the difficulties that gay footballers experience. He said that the pressure of having to pretend to be something he was not 24 hours a day was too much for him. He became widely known after a biography titled Versteckspieler: Die Geschichte des schwulen Fußballers Marcus Urban ('Hidden Player: the story of the gay footballer Marcus Urban') was published in 2008.<a href="#cite_note-Blaschke-125">[125]</a><a href="#cite_note-kirbach-126">[126]</a> Urban has since[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers">when?</a>] become a spokesperson and campaigner on diversity issues in sport and the workplace. He advises the <a href="/wiki/German_Olympic_Sports_Confederation" title="German Olympic Sports Confederation">German Olympic Sports Confederation</a> and the Sports Committee of the German Federal Parliament, as well as businesses and non-profit institutions.<a href="#cite_note-127">[127]</a><a href="#cite_note-128">[128]</a> In December 2006, Rund magazine published an interview done over a two-year period with two gay footballers living secret lives. One was married and said his wife did not know of his sexual orientation nor realise he was involved in an intimate relationship with his childhood friend. The other often brought a female friend to social events.<a href="#cite_note-129">[129]</a> In March 2010, former manager <a href="/wiki/Rudi_Assauer" title="Rudi Assauer">Rudi Assauer</a> said that "If a player came to me and said he was gay I would say to him: 'You have shown courage'. But then I would tell him to find something else to do.<a href="#cite_note-130">[130]</a> That's because those who out themselves always end up busted by it, ridiculed by their fellow players and by people in the stands. We should spare them these witch hunts."<a href="#cite_note-131">[131]</a> On 8 January 2014, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Hitzlsperger" title="Thomas Hitzlsperger">Thomas Hitzlsperger</a>, who had retired from professional football in September 2013, announced that he was gay.<a href="#cite_note-Hitzlsperger-132">[132]</a> Before coming out, in September 2012, Hitzlsperger had publicly spoken about players coming out.<a href="#cite_note-133">[133]</a> In September 2014 he said that he believed the sport was tackling homophobia.<a href="#cite_note-134">[134]</a> In June 2021, at the delayed <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2020" title="UEFA Euro 2020">UEFA Euro 2020</a> tournament, <a href="/wiki/Germany_national_football_team" title="Germany national football team">Germany national football team</a> captain <a href="/wiki/Manuel_Neuer" title="Manuel Neuer">Manuel Neuer</a> was investigated by UEFA for wearing a <a href="/wiki/OneLove" title="OneLove">rainbow captain's armband</a>.<a href="#cite_note-135">[135]</a> The potential fines were dropped as the UEFA said that it was not a political statement but "a team symbol for diversity and thus for a good cause".<a href="#cite_note-136">[136]</a> In October 2024, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Behrens" title="Kevin Behrens">Kevin Behrens</a> apologised after refusing to sign a rainbow-themed shirt, saying it was "gay shit". He was punished by his club.<a href="#cite_note-137">[137]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hungary">Hungary</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Homosexuality_in_association_football&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Hungary">edit</a>]</div> On 15 June 2021, Hungary played their opening match against Portugal at the delayed <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2020" title="UEFA Euro 2020">UEFA Euro 2020</a> tournament, with Hungarian fans allegedly displaying homophobic banners.<a href="#cite_note-138">[138]</a> UEFA announced an investigation.<a href="#cite_note-139">[139]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ireland">Ireland</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Homosexuality_in_association_football&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Ireland">edit</a>]</div> In June 2019, the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Republic of Ireland women's national football team">Irish women's national football team</a> captain <a href="/wiki/Katie_McCabe" title="Katie McCabe">Katie McCabe</a> and fellow Irish international <a href="/wiki/Ruesha_Littlejohn" title="Ruesha Littlejohn">Ruesha Littlejohn</a> announced that they were in a relationship. McCabe described women's football as being "very accepting" regarding gay footballers.<a href="#cite_note-auto2-140">[140]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mexico">Mexico</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Homosexuality_in_association_football&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Mexico">edit</a>]</div> In June 2018, Mexican fans engaged in homophobic chanting during the <a href="/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2018 FIFA World Cup">2018 FIFA World Cup</a> game against Germany.<a href="#cite_note-141">[141]</a> Mexican football fans are known for shouting out "Puto!" (a Spanish homophobic slur), when the opposing team's goalkeeper is about to perform a goalkick. The chant has been shouted during <a href="/wiki/Liga_MX" title="Liga MX">Liga MX</a> matches as well as in matches with the Mexico national team. However, these chants have led to fines and have also led Liga MX, FIFA, and CONCACAF to implement protocols regarding them.<a href="#cite_note-142">[142]</a><a href="#cite_note-143">[143]</a> The first time these protocols were initiated were during a series of matches between <a href="/wiki/Club_Le%C3%B3n" title="Club León">Club León</a> and <a href="/wiki/Monarcas_Morelia" class="mw-redirect" title="Monarcas Morelia">Monarcas Morelia</a> in 2019.<a href="#cite_note-144">[144]</a> During the <a href="/wiki/2021_CONCACAF_Nations_League_Finals" title="2021 CONCACAF Nations League Finals">2021 CONCACAF Nations League Finals</a>, fans chanted out the homophobic chant during both the semifinal against Costa Rica and the final match against the United States. This has led CONCACAF to initiate their anti-discrimination protocol by stopping the match in order to warn fans of getting ejected for saying the chant.<a href="#cite_note-145">[145]</a> In June 2021 the Mexican Football Federation were punished by FIFA for alleged homophobic chants from their fans during the <a href="/wiki/2020_CONCACAF_Men%27s_Olympic_Qualifying_Championship" title="2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship">2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship</a>. They were fined up to $65,000 and were forced to have the Men's National Team to play two World Cup qualifying games behind closed doors.<a href="#cite_note-146">[146]</a> In June 2023, during the <a href="/wiki/2023_CONCACAF_Nations_League" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 CONCACAF Nations League">2023 CONCACAF Nations League</a> semi-final between Mexico and the United States, there were homophobic chants from Mexican fans.<a href="#cite_note-147">[147]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Netherlands">Netherlands</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Homosexuality_in_association_football&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Netherlands">edit</a>]</div> In April 2009, former <a href="/wiki/Dordrecht%2790" class="mw-redirect" title="Dordrecht'90">Dordrecht'90</a> striker <a href="/w/index.php?title=John_de_Bever&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John de Bever (page does not exist)">John de Bever</a> married his manager and friend Kees Stevens. De Bever played at the <a href="/wiki/1996_FIFA_Futsal_World_Championship" title="1996 FIFA Futsal World Championship">1996 FIFA Futsal World Championship</a><a href="#cite_note-148">[148]</a> and was named World Futsal player of the year in 1997.<a href="#cite_note-149">[149]</a> In June 2021 on <a href="/wiki/Nederlandse_Omroep_Stichting" title="Nederlandse Omroep Stichting">NOS</a> podcast "de schaduwspits", an anonymous <a href="/wiki/Eredivisie" title="Eredivisie">Eredivisie</a> player came forward as to being homosexual. He did not reveal his identity however, because of the backlash he would receive. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Norway">Norway</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Homosexuality_in_association_football&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Norway">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Berling" title="Thomas Berling">Thomas Berling</a> retired from professional football after coming out in 2000, citing widespread homophobia in the football community as the reason.<a href="#cite_note-150">[150]</a> Several female players have come out as homosexual, including <a href="/wiki/Bente_Nordby" title="Bente Nordby">Bente Nordby</a> and <a href="/wiki/Linda_Medalen" title="Linda Medalen">Linda Medalen</a>.<a href="#cite_note-151">[151]</a> In June 2015, a <a href="/wiki/B%C3%A6rum_SK" title="Bærum SK">Bærum SK</a> player was given a straight red card for calling his <a href="/wiki/Sandnes_Ulf" title="Sandnes Ulf">Sandnes Ulf</a> opponent "gay" during a <a href="/wiki/1._divisjon" class="mw-redirect" title="1. divisjon">1. divisjon</a> match.<a href="#cite_note-152">[152]</a> In October 2016, <a href="/wiki/Stab%C3%A6k_Fotball" title="Stabæk Fotball">Stabæk Fotball</a> became the first European club to host a pride parade preceding their home fixture against <a href="/wiki/Sarpsborg_08_FF" title="Sarpsborg 08 FF">Sarpsborg 08</a>. The team continues to host a pride parade preceding a home fixture each season.<a href="#cite_note-153">[153]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Qatar">Qatar</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Homosexuality_in_association_football&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Qatar">edit</a>]</div> Ahead of the <a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2022 FIFA World Cup">2022 FIFA World Cup</a> in Qatar, LGBT fans were told to be "respectful of the host nation" by British politician <a href="/wiki/James_Cleverly" title="James Cleverly">James Cleverly</a>; same-sex activity is illegal in Qatar.<a href="#cite_note-154">[154]</a> LGBT organisations in England called on pubs and bars not to stream games.<a href="#cite_note-155">[155]</a><a href="#cite_note-156">[156]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Saudi_Arabia">Saudi Arabia</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Homosexuality_in_association_football&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Saudi Arabia">edit</a>]</div> In July 2023 English player <a href="/wiki/Jordan_Henderson" title="Jordan Henderson">Jordan Henderson</a>, known for his support of LGBT rights, was criticised for signing for a Saudi Arabian club.<a href="#cite_note-157">[157]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scotland">Scotland</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Homosexuality_in_association_football&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Scotland">edit</a>]</div> In May 2019, <a href="/wiki/Hibernian_F.C." title="Hibernian F.C.">Hibernian</a> chief executive Leeann Dempster, a lesbian, said that Scottish football was ready for its first publicly gay player.<a href="#cite_note-158">[158]</a> In June 2019, <a href="/wiki/Partick_Thistle_F.C." title="Partick Thistle F.C.">Partick Thistle</a> launched their new away kit for the 2019–20 season which featured <a href="/wiki/Rainbow_flag_(LGBT_movement)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rainbow flag (LGBT movement)">LGBT rainbow</a> details, becoming the first Scottish club to do so.<a href="#cite_note-159">[159]</a><a href="#cite_note-160">[160]</a><a href="#cite_note-161">[161]</a><a href="#cite_note-162">[162]</a> In June 2022, Scottish referees Craig Napier and Lloyd Wilson came out as gay.<a href="#cite_note-163">[163]</a><a href="#cite_note-164">[164]</a> In September 2022, Zander Murray became the first openly gay male senior player in Scotland.<a href="#cite_note-165">[165]</a> He later said he was "blown away" by the support he had received.<a href="#cite_note-166">[166]</a> In December 2023 he announced that he would be retiring.<a href="#cite_note-167">[167]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="South_Africa">South Africa</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Homosexuality_in_association_football&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: South Africa">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/Eudy_Simelane" title="Eudy Simelane">Eudy Simelane</a> (1977–2008), a player on the <a href="/wiki/South_Africa_women%27s_national_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="South Africa women's national football team">South Africa women's national football team</a>, was an openly lesbian player who was raped and murdered for being gay.<a href="#cite_note-168">[168]</a><a href="#cite_note-169">[169]</a> <a href="/wiki/Phuti_Lekoloane" title="Phuti Lekoloane">Phuti Lekoloane</a> was an openly gay male player who played in the South African third division.<a href="#cite_note-170">[170]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Spain">Spain</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Homosexuality_in_association_football&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Spain">edit</a>]</div> In 1934, <a href="/wiki/Ana_Mar%C3%ADa_Mart%C3%ADnez_Sagi" title="Ana María Martínez Sagi">Ana María Martínez Sagi</a>, partner of writer <a href="/wiki/Elisabeth_Mulder" title="Elisabeth Mulder">Elisabeth Mulder</a>, became a Director of FC Barcelona, the first woman to do so in Spanish football's history.<a href="#cite_note-Warren2006-171">[171]</a> The first gay and lesbian football supporters' group to be officially accepted by a Spanish club was founded in February 2009, and supports <a href="/wiki/FC_Barcelona" title="FC Barcelona">FC Barcelona</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Spain-172">[172]</a> A popular <a href="/wiki/Football_chant" title="Football chant">football chant</a> in Spanish stadiums is maricón, a slur for a gay man.<a href="#cite_note-Spain-172">[172]</a> Spanish women's international <a href="/wiki/Laura_del_R%C3%ADo" title="Laura del Río">Laura del Río</a> is a lesbian.<a href="#cite_note-173">[173]</a> <a href="/wiki/Atl%C3%A9tico_Madrid" title="Atlético Madrid">Atlético Madrid</a> football player <a href="/wiki/Rafael_Rodr%C3%ADguez_Rap%C3%BAn" title="Rafael Rodríguez Rapún">Rafael Rodríguez Rapún</a> (1912–1937) was poet <a href="/wiki/Federico_Garc%C3%ADa_Lorca" title="Federico García Lorca">Federico García Lorca</a>'s partner in life.<a href="#cite_note-174">[174]</a> Referee <a href="/wiki/Jes%C3%BAs_Tomillero" title="Jesús Tomillero">Jesús Tomillero</a>, the first to come out as gay, received police protection over homophobic death threats.<a href="#cite_note-175">[175]</a> In October 2022, <a href="/wiki/Iker_Casillas" title="Iker Casillas">Iker Casillas</a> tweeted that he was gay, before later deleting the tweet. He said he was hacked and apologised.<a href="#cite_note-176">[176]</a><a href="#cite_note-177">[177]</a> <a href="/wiki/Carles_Puyol" title="Carles Puyol">Carles Puyol</a> replied to the tweet in a joking manner, and later apologised for doing so;<a href="#cite_note-178">[178]</a> Puyol had been a vocal public supporter of the <a href="/wiki/FC_Barcelona_Femen%C3%AD" title="FC Barcelona Femení">Barcelona women's</a> team,<a href="#cite_note-179">[179]</a> with players suggesting they would speak with him on the matter.<a href="#cite_note-180">[180]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sweden">Sweden</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Homosexuality_in_association_football&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Sweden">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/Anton_Hys%C3%A9n" class="mw-redirect" title="Anton Hysén">Anton Hysén</a>, son of former <a href="/wiki/Sweden_men%27s_national_football_team" title="Sweden men's national football team">Sweden international</a> <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Hys%C3%A9n" title="Glenn Hysén">Glenn Hysén</a>, came out as gay in March 2011 whilst playing for <a href="/wiki/Utsiktens_BK" title="Utsiktens BK">Utsiktens BK</a>, then a <a href="/wiki/Swedish_football_Division_2" class="mw-redirect" title="Swedish football Division 2">Swedish football Division 2</a> side.<a href="#cite_note-Anton_Hysén-181">[181]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Turkey">Turkey</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Homosexuality_in_association_football&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Turkey">edit</a>]</div> Halil İbrahim Dinçdağ was a referee with the Turkey Football Federation for 13 years, but was sacked from this position due to his homosexuality. The Trabzon Board of Referees and the Turkish Football Association decided that he was not eligible for the role as he was previously excused from the military service for being homosexual. The Board of Referees has an association policy that excludes those that having not completed the military duties due to a mental illness (including homosexuality) are ineligible as referees, although normally homosexuality is not considered as such by the Turkish constitution.<a href="#cite_note-182">[182]</a> The Turkish Football Federation was fined ₺23,000 after the incident.<a href="#cite_note-183">[183]</a> One of Turkey's famous football commentators, Erman Toroğlu, argued that Dinçdağ should not be given his referee position back due to the professional reasons such as the possibility for making wrong decisions related to his homosexuality.<a href="#cite_note-184">[184]</a> In an interview with the Turkish journalist Canan Danyıldız, one of the famous Turkish football managers, Yılmaz Vural, was asked about the presence of LGBT people in Turkish football. He said that although he has never witnessed any homosexual interaction in the locker rooms, he knows that there exist gay football players in the Turkish League. He added that he does not believe homosexuality inhibits the talents of the players and that everyone should be free to live their personal lives the way that they want to. He finalized his words by saying that gay Turkish football players can never come out of the closet since everyone knows about the case of the former referee Dinçdağ.<a href="#cite_note-185">[185]</a> Another important interview about LGBT people in Turkish Football was held between the journalist Elif Korap and the famous former football player and present football commentator Rıdvan Dilmen. When he was asked whether or not he knew of any gay Turkish football players, his answer was straightforward: "Of course, as there are in any other profession." Dilmen criticized other people in the Turkish football industry for not admitting the presence of LGBT people, since they are afraid of being considered as homosexual as well. Although Dilmen said that he does not approve the discrimination against the LGBT people in the Turkish football, on contrary, he argued that he would still disinherit his own kid for being gay once he was reminded about a negative comment he made during an interview in 1989.<a href="#cite_note-186">[186]</a> In 2021, was reported that <a href="/wiki/Galatasaray_S.K." title="Galatasaray S.K.">Galatasaray S.K.</a> <a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder">midfielder</a> <a href="/wiki/Taylan_Antalyal%C4%B1" title="Taylan Antalyalı">Taylan Antalyalı</a> received homophobic abuse on <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a> for wearing a pride-themed T-shirt.<a href="#cite_note-187">[187]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States_and_Canada">United States and Canada</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Homosexuality_in_association_football&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: United States and Canada">edit</a>]</div> Former <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Soccer" title="Major League Soccer">MLS</a> player <a href="/wiki/David_Testo" title="David Testo">David Testo</a>, having been released by <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Impact_(1992-2011)" class="mw-redirect" title="Montreal Impact (1992-2011)">Montreal Impact</a> the previous month, affirmed he was gay in an interview on the French Canadian division of <a href="/wiki/Radio_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio Canada">Radio Canada</a> that was published on 10 November 2011.<a href="#cite_note-David_Testo-188">[188]</a> On 15 February 2013, midfielder <a href="/wiki/Robbie_Rogers" title="Robbie Rogers">Robbie Rogers</a>, who had been released by <a href="/wiki/Leeds_United_F.C." title="Leeds United F.C.">Leeds United</a> a few weeks earlier, came out after announcing his retirement from professional football.<a href="#cite_note-Robbie_Rogers-189">[189]</a> Rogers later stated that being openly gay was "impossible" in the sport.<a href="#cite_note-190">[190]</a> He has since returned to football, signing a "multi-year" contract with the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Galaxy" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles Galaxy">Los Angeles Galaxy</a>.<a href="#cite_note-191">[191]</a> Rogers stated in December 2013 that he had not received any contact from other, secretly, gay players.<a href="#cite_note-192">[192]</a> In October 2020, <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Loyal_FC" class="mw-redirect" title="San Diego Loyal FC">San Diego Loyal FC</a> player <a href="/wiki/Collin_Martin" title="Collin Martin">Collin Martin</a>, who is openly gay, accused a <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Rising_FC" title="Phoenix Rising FC">Phoenix Rising FC</a> opposition player of homophobic abuse in a match.<a href="#cite_note-193">[193]</a> San Diego Loyal walked off in protest, forfeiting the game.<a href="#cite_note-194">[194]</a> A few days later Phoenix Rising player <a href="/wiki/Junior_Flemmings" title="Junior Flemmings">Junior Flemmings</a> received a six-match ban for the incident,<a href="#cite_note-195">[195]</a> and was placed by Phoenix Rising officials on administrative leave for the remainder of his contract term, which concludes on 30 November 2020.<a href="#cite_note-196">[196]</a> Flemmings has denied making the alleged comments.<a href="#cite_note-197">[197]</a> Several female players have come out as LGBT as well. <a href="/wiki/Megan_Rapinoe" title="Megan Rapinoe">Megan Rapinoe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abby_Wambach" title="Abby Wambach">Abby Wambach</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ali_Krieger" title="Ali Krieger">Ali Krieger</a> are notable examples.<a href="#cite_note-198">[198]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_LGBT_footballers">List of LGBT footballers</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Homosexuality_in_association_football&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: List of LGBT footballers">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote 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(June 2024)</div></td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th>Nationality</th> <th>Career</th> <th>Date of coming out</th> <th>Notes & references </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Justin_Fashanu" title="Justin Fashanu">Justin Fashanu</a></td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></td> <td>1978–1997</td> <td>1990</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Cascarino-34">[34]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Berling" title="Thomas Berling">Thomas Berling</a></td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /> <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a></td> <td>1999–2001</td> <td>2001</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-199">[199]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Urban" title="Marcus Urban">Marcus Urban</a></td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/Messi_(Brazilian_footballer)" title="Messi (Brazilian footballer)"> Messi</a></td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /> <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a></td> <td>2009–2019</td> <td>2010</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-201">[201]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Anton_Hys%C3%A9n" class="mw-redirect" title="Anton Hysén">Anton Hysén</a></td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /> <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a></td> <td>2008–</td> <td>2011</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Anton_Hysén-181">[181]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Testo" title="David Testo">David Testo</a></td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 2x" data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" /> <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td> <td>2003–2011</td> <td>2011</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-David_Testo-188">[188]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Robbie_Rogers" title="Robbie Rogers">Robbie Rogers</a></td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 2x" data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" /> <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td> <td>2005–2017</td> <td>2013</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Robbie_Rogers-189">[189]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Hitzlsperger" title="Thomas Hitzlsperger">Thomas Hitzlsperger</a></td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a></td> <td>2001–2013</td> <td>2014</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Hitzlsperger-132">[132]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Liam_Davis_(footballer,_born_1990)" title="Liam Davis (footballer, born 1990)">Liam Davis</a></td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></td> <td>2009–</td> <td>2014</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-202">[202]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Phuti_Lekoloane" title="Phuti Lekoloane">Phuti Lekoloane</a></td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a></td> <td>2010–</td> <td>2015</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-203">[203]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Collin_Martin" title="Collin Martin">Collin Martin</a></td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 2x" data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" /> <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td> <td>2013–</td> <td>2018</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-204">[204]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Matt_Pacifici" title="Matt Pacifici">Matt Pacifici</a></td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 2x" data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" /> <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td> <td>2016</td> <td>2019</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-205">[205]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Andy_Brennan" title="Andy Brennan">Andy Brennan</a></td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /> <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a></td> <td>2010–</td> <td>2019</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-:8-9">[9]</a><a href="#cite_note-206">[206]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Kone" title="Richard Kone">Richard Kone</a></td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg/23px-Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg/35px-Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg/45px-Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Ivory_Coast" title="Ivory Coast">Ivory Coast</a></td> <td>2019–</td> <td>2019</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-207">[207]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Beattie_(footballer)" title="Thomas Beattie (footballer)">Thomas Beattie</a></td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></td> <td>2008–2015</td> <td>2020</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-auto-51">[51]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Laybutt" title="Stephen Laybutt">Stephen Laybutt</a></td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /> <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a></td> <td>1995–2010</td> <td>2020</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-208">[208]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Josh_Cavallo" title="Josh Cavallo">Josh Cavallo</a></td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /> <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a></td> <td>2017–</td> <td>2021</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-auto1-11">[11]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jake_Daniels" title="Jake Daniels">Jake Daniels</a></td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /> <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></td> <td>2022–</td> <td>2022</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-jakedaniels-57">[57]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Richarlyson" title="Richarlyson">Richarlyson</a></td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /> <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a></td> <td>2002–2021</td> <td>2022</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-globo1-17">[17]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Emerson_Ferretti" title="Emerson Ferretti">Emerson Ferretti</a></td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /> <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a></td> <td>1991–2007</td> <td>2022</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-209">[209]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Zander_Murray" title="Zander Murray">Zander Murray</a></td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a></td> <td>2009–2024</td> <td>2022</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-210">[210]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jakub_Jankto" title="Jakub Jankto">Jakub Jankto</a></td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a></td> <td>2015–</td> <td>2023</td> <td>First male footballer to come out while an active international player.<a href="#cite_note-auto4-30">[30]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Female">Female</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Homosexuality_in_association_football&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Female">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_LGBT_women%27s_association_footballers" title="List of LGBT women's association footballers">List of LGBT women's association footballers</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Non-binary">Non-binary</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Homosexuality_in_association_football&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Non-binary">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-notice" role="presentation" style="width: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/20px-Information_icon4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/30px-Information_icon4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/40px-Information_icon4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="620" /></td><td class="mbox-text" 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(March 2024)</div></td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Name </th> <th>Nationality </th> <th>Career </th> <th>Notes & References </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jaiyah_Saelua" title="Jaiyah Saelua">Jaiyah Saelua</a> </td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Flag_of_American_Samoa.svg/23px-Flag_of_American_Samoa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Flag_of_American_Samoa.svg/35px-Flag_of_American_Samoa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Flag_of_American_Samoa.svg/46px-Flag_of_American_Samoa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /> <a href="/wiki/American_Samoa" title="American Samoa">American Samoa</a> </td> <td>2004– </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Samoa_national_football_team" title="American Samoa national football team">American Samoa national football team</a> player. Identifies as <a href="/wiki/Fa%CA%BBafafine" title="Faʻafafine">faʻafafine</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Third_gender" title="Third gender">third gender</a> in Polynesian society.<a href="#cite_note-211">[211]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Quinn_(soccer)" title="Quinn (soccer)">Quinn</a> </td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> </td> <td>2013– </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canada_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Canada women's national soccer team">Canada women's national soccer team</a> player.<a href="#cite_note-212">[212]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Grace_Wilson_(soccer)" title="Grace Wilson (soccer)">Grace Wilson</a> </td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /> <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> </td> <td>2017– </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_under-20_soccer_team" title="Australia women's national under-20 soccer team">Australia women's national under-20 soccer team</a> player.<a href="#cite_note-213">[213]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Homosexuality_in_association_football&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1259569809">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 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(2015) Zurück am Tatort Stadion: Diskriminierung und Antidiskriminierung in Fußball-Fankulturen, Göttingen: Verlag Die Werkstatt <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3730701317" title="Special:BookSources/978-3730701317">978-3730701317</a></li> <li>Kosmann, Marianne (ed.) (2011) Fußball und der die das Andere: Ergebnisse aus einem Lehrforschungsprojekt, Freiburg: Centaurus Verlag & Media UG <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3862260508" title="Special:BookSources/978-3862260508">978-3862260508</a></li> <li>Leibfried, Dirk; Erb, Andreas (2011) Das Schweigen der Männer: Homosexualität im deutschen Fußball, Göttingen: Verlag Die Werkstatt <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3895338151" title="Special:BookSources/978-3895338151">978-3895338151</a></li> <li>Rohlwing, Christoph (2015) Homosexualität im deutschen Profifußball: Schwulenfreie Zone Fußballplatz?, Baden-Baden: Tectum-Verlag <link 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style="width:1%">Modern code</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_association_football" title="History of association football">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_association_football" title="Timeline of association football">Timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">First league</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_Scotland_v_England_football_match" title="1872 Scotland v England football match">First international</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oldest_football_clubs" title="Oldest football clubs">Oldest clubs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oldest_football_competitions" class="mw-redirect" title="Oldest football competitions">Oldest competitions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attempts_to_ban_football_games" title="Attempts to ban football games">Attempts to ban the sport</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th 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restart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Throw-in" title="Throw-in">Throw-in</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Rules" title="Sheffield Rules">Sheffield rules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambridge_rules" title="Cambridge rules">Cambridge rules</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Board</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_Football_Association_Board" title="International Football Association Board">IFAB</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Equipment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ball_(association_football)" title="Ball (association football)">Ball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_boot" title="Football boot">Boots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kit_(association_football)" title="Kit (association football)">Kit</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Away_colours" title="Away colours">Away colours</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_jersey" title="Third jersey">Third jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Throwback_uniform" title="Throwback uniform">Throwback uniform</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Variants of the game</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amputee_football" title="Amputee football">Amputee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beach_soccer" title="Beach soccer">Beach</a></li> <li><a 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title="Roller soccer">Roller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rush_goalie" title="Rush goalie">Rush goalie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seven-a-side_football" title="Seven-a-side football">Seven-a-side</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sevens_(variation_of_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sevens (variation of football)">Sevens</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swamp_football" title="Swamp football">Swamp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Street_football_(association_football)" title="Street football (association football)">Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Three-sided_football" title="Three-sided football">Three-sided</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3v3_Soccer" title="3v3 Soccer">3v3 Soccer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walking_football" title="Walking football">Walking</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Association_football_positions" title="Association football positions">Positions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" 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