{"id":5927,"date":"2021-11-02T12:05:29","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T12:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/2021\/11\/02\/manchester-lgbt-fans-cautiously-optimistic-after-professional-footballer-comes-out-gay\/"},"modified":"2021-11-02T12:05:29","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T12:05:29","slug":"manchester-lgbt-fans-cautiously-optimistic-after-professional-footballer-comes-out-gay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/manchester-lgbt-fans-cautiously-optimistic-after-professional-footballer-comes-out-gay\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester LGBT fans &#8216;cautiously optimistic&#8217; after professional footballer comes out as gay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LGBT football fans in Manchester say they are \u2018cautiously optimistic\u2019 after the first top-flight footballer in 30&nbsp;years&nbsp;came out as gay.<\/p>\n<p>Josh Cavallo, who plays for Adelaide United in Australia,&nbsp;last week came out as the only openly gay footballer in the men\u2019s game, leading to an outpouring of support from the footballing community including both Manchester clubs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Howard Borrington, member of the official Manchester United LGBT supporters club <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RainbowDevils\">Rainbow Devils<\/a>, said: \u201cIt was great to see players like Varane and Lingard as well as the club put out messages of total support.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s hope this is a watershed moment in giving professional footballers in our country more courage to come out and be themselves because we know there will be gay footballers in the premier league.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This must have taken much courage, Josh. You have my full support!! &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sJDTd2JFmD\">https:\/\/t.co\/sJDTd2JFmD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\u2014 Rapha\u00ebl Varane (@raphaelvarane) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/raphaelvarane\/status\/1453361072983920644?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>James Cole, chair of Village Manchester FC, one of the world\u2019s largest LGBT+ football clubs, said: \u201cI don\u2019t think it will be long because there\u2019s undoubtedly gay players out there who know what a difference it would have made to them as a kid to see a gay player in the premier league.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/16450245\/gay-footballer-premier-league-therapy\/?utm_medium=browser_notifications&amp;utm_source=pushly\">The Sun<\/a> reported earlier this year that an unnamed gay premier league footballer is undergoing therapy because he&nbsp;is scared of&nbsp;coming out.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThere are fans out on the terraces for whom it is still very much the 1980s.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In 1990 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-norfolk-54617759\">Justin Fashanu<\/a> came out and became the only openly gay player in the history of English men\u2019s football.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Cavallo is the only male player in the world of top flight football to come out&nbsp;publicly&nbsp;whilst still playing the sport.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image file-default media-element\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Justin Fashanu came out to The Sun newspaper in 1990 Image: Getty Images\" data-delta=\"1\" data-fid=\"7521\" data-media-element=\"1\" height=\"408\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/437\/2021\/11\/fashanu.jpeg\" title=\"Justin Fashanu came out to The Sun newspaper in 1990 Image: Getty Images\" width=\"600\"><figcaption>Justin Fashanu came out to The Sun newspaper in 1990 Image: Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Howard describes the treatment of Fashanu by the press and fans as \u2018awful\u2019,&nbsp;saying: \u201cThank goodness society has moved on.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But he said equality has not yet been reached: \u201cThere\u2019s still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-birmingham-58872862\">homophobic attacks<\/a> going on in public like the one recently in Birmingham.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/statistics\/hate-crime-england-and-wales-2020-to-2021\/hate-crime-england-and-wales-2020-to-2021\">Home Office statistics<\/a> reveal reported hate crimes motivated by sexual orientation have more than doubled in the last five years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>James is \u2018cautiously optimistic\u2019 that the media will be more responsible if a premier league player came out in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a toxic environment created by the tabloid press where if you are a footballer who was&nbsp;gay, I don\u2019t think you\u2019d want to come out,&#8221;&nbsp; he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the media know they can\u2019t gay bash any more. 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