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It’s time to embrace the radical potential of queer grassroots football

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While the gender binary is still central to professional sports, we can already find true and full queer inclusion within community clubs. Trans-focussed TRUK United FC is just one example, and it’s already made history (twice). WORDS BY JAMIE WINDUST PHOTOGRAPHY BY LIAM ASMAN DESIGN BY YOSEF PHELAN This is State of Play, a new column by GAY TIMES Contributing Editor Jamie Windust. Every month, Jamie will be jumping, running and diving head-first into the world of sport, movement and fitness. Exploring queer sporting excellence at every level, they’ll also…

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Czech footballer Jakub Jankto comes out as gay: “I no longer want to hide”

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Czech Republic’s Jakub Jankto has made history as the first current international in men’s football to publicly come out as gay. The star made his senior debut for the Czech Republic in 2017 and has scored four goals across 45 appearances. In a now-viral clip shared by the 27-year-old on 13 February, he opened up about his sexuality publicly for the first time. “Like everybody else, I have my strengths, I have my weaknesses, I have a family, I have my friends,” he said. “I have a job that I…

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Jake Daniels: “I want to push the community to get where it should be”

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Professional footballer Jake Daniels is hopeful that coming out earlier this year will help “push the community to get where it should be”. The 17-year-old, who is a forward for Blackpool FC, made history in May as Britain’s first active openly gay male professional footballer. “Football was going so well, I didn’t want anything to go the opposite way,” Daniels told British Vogue of deciding to share his true self with the world. “I was scared.” He further explained that he came out in his family WhatsApp group a few…

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Tom Daley says Jake Daniels’ groundbreaking coming out was “brave” and “incredible”

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Olympic athlete Tom Daley praised newly out footballer Jake Daniels in a new interview.  On 16 May, the Blackpool FC forward made LGBTQ+ history as Britain’s first active openly gay male professional footballer since Justin Fashanu in 1990. In a heartfelt interview with Sky Sports News, the 17-year-old athlete gave insight into his coming out journey and why he hid his sexuality. “For a long time, I’ve thought I would have to hide my truth because I wanted to be, and now I am, a professional footballer,” he explained.  “I…

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Jake Daniels becomes Britain’s first openly gay active male professional footballer after coming out

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Blackpool FC forward Jake Daniels has come out, becoming Britain’s first active openly gay male professional footballer. “For a long time I’ve thought I would have to hide my truth because I wanted to be, and now I am, a professional footballer,” he told Sky Sports News. “I asked myself if I should wait until I’ve retired to come out. No other player in the professional game here is out. “However, I knew that would lead to a long time of lying and not being able to be myself or…

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