Good on him.

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Massive respect to him, this could be a defining moment for football culture. Hopefully he can inspire others.

I’ve always thought that the most difficult thing about coming out today wouldn’t be the reaction of fans, but of team mates and staff. There will always be morons in the stands who will abuse people for the most asinine reasons, but if there are bigots in the dressing room I bet that is so much more intimidating. If you go beyond that there are even clubs in the PL owned and run by people who condemn homosexuals to death.

I admire this lad’s bravery and I hope that we will see more players come out and force the sport to reckon with the unpleasant elements within. It was only a few weeks ago we found out that an EFL manager was racially segregating his dressing room, I’m sure there are plenty more cavemen waiting to be uncovered.
 
Yeah, really big in a sport where unfortunately there’s a contingent of fans who are stuck in the Stone Age.

Fair play to him. Hopefully encourages others in the future to feel they can be open.
 
The Romanian Jack said:
Aha, so you’d expect these chants to stop, just like racist chants stopped after BLM campaign... 🤔

Sorry mate, at the end of the day you’ll still have cavemen, regardless of how many gay players come out.
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This may surprise you but women used to not have the right to vote. Interracial marriages were forbidden. Gay people were not allowed to marry. Gay sex itself was a criminal act. People fought for those things and now they have those rights, even though many people still don’t think they deserved them.

Thank god there are people who aren’t as apathetic as you and don’t accept a bigoted status quo. If you can turn a bigoted majority into a minority, that’s progress.
 
The Romanian Jack said:
I don’t understand why one feels the need to make his sex views public. 🤷‍♂️ Doubt anyone cares.
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Yes, they do. As evidenced by the homophobic chanting which happens every single time a footballer is honest about their sexuality. If you actually read his interviews you'd realise that he felt the need to hide his sexuality for much of his life due to the stigma it still draws. Hopefully thanks to him being brave enough to come out, gay footballers in the future will feel less need to hide it.
 
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