Sven wrote:A very brave young man and he will get support from all right-minded people
No labels; other than Jake Daniels, human being and professional footballer
Sven wrote:A very brave young man and he will get support from all right-minded people
No labels; other than Jake Daniels, human being and professional footballer
worcester_ccfc wrote:Sven wrote:A very brave young man and he will get support from all right-minded people
No labels; other than Jake Daniels, human being and professional footballer
Best thing about it Chris is that Sky Sports and Blackpool have known for months but waited to reveal it until it was the right time for him and his family.
No doubt he'll get abuse, which he has acknowledged, so a very brave young man.
bluebirdoct1962 wrote:worcester_ccfc wrote:Sven wrote:A very brave young man and he will get support from all right-minded people
No labels; other than Jake Daniels, human being and professional footballer
Best thing about it Chris is that Sky Sports and Blackpool have known for months but waited to reveal it until it was the right time for him and his family.
No doubt he'll get abuse, which he has acknowledged, so a very brave young man.
Only abuse would be from ignorant Neanderthals Ned, and their opinions don’t matter imo. Hear what your saying though. Brave man but good on you son.
Bakedalasker wrote:I once lodged i this house full of gays. One of them I worked with and he offered me his spare room as I was getting tired of B&Bing it plus it was getting expensive. I didn't know then that he was gay and that first night I could not work out how there were 5 lads in the house but only 4 bedrooms.
It was the following night when his partner had a word with me about it all. Apparently he was worried that his sexuality would get back to the guys at work. I assured him it would not although I thought them at work might already know. It then dawned on me that perhaps them at work might think I'm that way. I prepared myself to nip the bud in the head if that occurred. Glad that never happened.
That was 20 odd years ago when gay was being accepted. Today kids at school don't mock it unlike my generation. So why are gays like this still having to come out of the closet?
NinianLFW wrote:It should be a reaction from the media and fans of"so what"
As how many heterosexual male or female footballers have to publicly announce that they sleep with or their sexual orientation is towards the opposite sex.
Great step for sport and the world in general.
But a shame it needs to be a topic of discussion.
Don Keydick wrote:What amazes me is that we are right at the business end of the season but this story is going to take all the headlines and run for weeks. These days nobody cares who's gay or who isn't, so why is it a big thing in football? Yeah, hats off to the lad but I don't think it's big news.
Sven wrote:Don Keydick wrote:What amazes me is that we are right at the business end of the season but this story is going to take all the headlines and run for weeks. These days nobody cares who's gay or who isn't, so why is it a big thing in football? Yeah, hats off to the lad but I don't think it's big news.
It's 'big news' for a few reasons, including its relative uniqueness in footballing circles and to help drive homophobia out of football/sport/society
The last (male) player to come out was Justin Fasanu 30+ years ago and his was a tragic story
This revelation should/could pave the way for others to be themselves with less fear and/or without recrimination
As you rightly say, mainstream society is far more accepting nowadays, so hopefully people can just be who they are and live their lives accordingly
Don Keydick wrote:Sven wrote:Don Keydick wrote:What amazes me is that we are right at the business end of the season but this story is going to take all the headlines and run for weeks. These days nobody cares who's gay or who isn't, so why is it a big thing in football? Yeah, hats off to the lad but I don't think it's big news.
It's 'big news' for a few reasons, including its relative uniqueness in footballing circles and to help drive homophobia out of football/sport/society
The last (male) player to come out was Justin Fasanu 30+ years ago and his was a tragic story
This revelation should/could pave the way for others to be themselves with less fear and/or without recrimination
As you rightly say, mainstream society is far more accepting nowadays, so hopefully people can just be who they are and live their lives accordingly
As we all know through following football for years and years, fans will do anything to put opposition players off, it's part and parcel of the game. If a player is chubby, skinny, tall, short, ginger, bald or gay, opposing fans will have the chants. If players are coming out now, there will be some remarks off the terraces but it will die down I'm sure. People shouldn't do it but they will. I remember when the first black player in the league, (Clyde Best?) was playing and he used to get some terrible stick, which is unacceptable now quite rightly, but apart from a few numbskulls those days are pretty much gone. I hope this lad, and whoever else comes out will ride through and hopefully laugh it off.
Floppsy wrote:Don Keydick wrote:Sven wrote:Don Keydick wrote:What amazes me is that we are right at the business end of the season but this story is going to take all the headlines and run for weeks. These days nobody cares who's gay or who isn't, so why is it a big thing in football? Yeah, hats off to the lad but I don't think it's big news.
It's 'big news' for a few reasons, including its relative uniqueness in footballing circles and to help drive homophobia out of football/sport/society
The last (male) player to come out was Justin Fasanu 30+ years ago and his was a tragic story
This revelation should/could pave the way for others to be themselves with less fear and/or without recrimination
As you rightly say, mainstream society is far more accepting nowadays, so hopefully people can just be who they are and live their lives accordingly
As we all know through following football for years and years, fans will do anything to put opposition players off, it's part and parcel of the game. If a player is chubby, skinny, tall, short, ginger, bald or gay, opposing fans will have the chants. If players are coming out now, there will be some remarks off the terraces but it will die down I'm sure. People shouldn't do it but they will. I remember when the first black player in the league, (Clyde Best?) was playing and he used to get some terrible stick, which is unacceptable now quite rightly, but apart from a few numbskulls those days are pretty much gone. I hope this lad, and whoever else comes out will ride through and hopefully laugh it off.
'Laugh it off' - are you serious?
Homophobic chants are classed as hate crimes and people could be prosecuted.
No one should have to 'laugh them off'
Don Keydick wrote:Floppsy wrote:Don Keydick wrote:Sven wrote:Don Keydick wrote:What amazes me is that we are right at the business end of the season but this story is going to take all the headlines and run for weeks. These days nobody cares who's gay or who isn't, so why is it a big thing in football? Yeah, hats off to the lad but I don't think it's big news.
It's 'big news' for a few reasons, including its relative uniqueness in footballing circles and to help drive homophobia out of football/sport/society
The last (male) player to come out was Justin Fasanu 30+ years ago and his was a tragic story
This revelation should/could pave the way for others to be themselves with less fear and/or without recrimination
As you rightly say, mainstream society is far more accepting nowadays, so hopefully people can just be who they are and live their lives accordingly
As we all know through following football for years and years, fans will do anything to put opposition players off, it's part and parcel of the game. If a player is chubby, skinny, tall, short, ginger, bald or gay, opposing fans will have the chants. If players are coming out now, there will be some remarks off the terraces but it will die down I'm sure. People shouldn't do it but they will. I remember when the first black player in the league, (Clyde Best?) was playing and he used to get some terrible stick, which is unacceptable now quite rightly, but apart from a few numbskulls those days are pretty much gone. I hope this lad, and whoever else comes out will ride through and hopefully laugh it off.
'Laugh it off' - are you serious?
Homophobic chants are classed as hate crimes and people could be prosecuted.
No one should have to 'laugh them off'
Yes mate, they have to laugh it off if only to show the idiots that it doesn't affect them. The minute they show anything else, the dickheads have won.
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