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Alice Severin
I posted about this on my website. How I was happy to see prominent football players, captains, wearing the rainbow armband and speaking out for LGBTQ+ rights. How far we’ve come, I thought, even now when the shadow of xenophobia and fascism is ever-present. People in the spotlight aren’t ashamed to speak out. Maybe things can change.
Some footballers have said that a premier league player who declared they were gay would be welcomed. But there have been others who said coming out would be impossible due to the abuse. The insults, the jeering. Then this type of honesty is derided, not the atmosphere.
There must be a reason it hasn’t happened yet in the top leagues.
Look at the comments. So many hiding behind a religion or saying that politics doesn’t belong in sport. This on top of an MP refusing to rebuke Millwall for booing at players taking a knee for BLM. Ignorant, fearful, hate filled comments.
The battle is not over.
This is one of the reasons I wrote Touch Memory. Because of the secrets that must be out there. Because this needs to change. Players must be able to be who they are, love who they want, live their lives.
Some footballers have said that a premier league player who declared they were gay would be welcomed. But there have been others who said coming out would be impossible due to the abuse. The insults, the jeering. Then this type of honesty is derided, not the atmosphere.
There must be a reason it hasn’t happened yet in the top leagues.
Look at the comments. So many hiding behind a religion or saying that politics doesn’t belong in sport. This on top of an MP refusing to rebuke Millwall for booing at players taking a knee for BLM. Ignorant, fearful, hate filled comments.
The battle is not over.
This is one of the reasons I wrote Touch Memory. Because of the secrets that must be out there. Because this needs to change. Players must be able to be who they are, love who they want, live their lives.
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