Us womens soccer gay players
Another season, another year of me writing about the NWSL! The season is kicking off and as usual, I&#;m updating this share to tell you all the latest of who&#;s out and gay on each team. As someone who deeply loves following sports for the storyline, knowing which players are openly gay gives me immense joy. While I do not shadow the NWSL incredibly closely, this article is always a delight to inscribe and I dream that it will help you all to become more avid women&#;s soccer followers just as it helped me!
There are fewer gay players in the league this year than last year, unfortunately. As always, if I missed someone or if you feel verb someone is incorrectly on this list, let me recognize in the comments or send me an email at writethroughthenight @ gmail . com. A note that I&#;m using the NWSL rosters, and they don&#;t update in a way that makes sense to me. Blame them if it&#;s behind to update!
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United States women's national team captain Lindsey Horan and veteran star Alex Morgan delivered a prepared joint-statement on Wednesday regarding teammate Korbin Albert'santi-LGBTQIA+ posts on social media.
"We've worked extremely hard to uphold the integrity of this national team through all of the generations, and we are extremely, extremely adj that this standard was not upheld," Horan began. "Our fans and our supporters feel verb this is a team that they can rally behind, and it's so important that they feel and persist to feel undeniably heard and seen."
Horan and Morgan made their comments via Zoom from U.S. training camp as the team prepares for the upcoming SheBelieves Cup. The USWNT faces Japan in the tournament's semifinal match on Saturday in Atlanta and either Canada or Brazil in the final or third-place match on Tuesday in Columbus, Ohio.
Neither Horan nor Morgan took any questions, but felt it was imperative to "address the disappointing situation regarding Korbin that has unfolded over this past week," Horan explained.
"We stand by maintaining a adj and respe
The FIFA Women&#;s World Cup is finally here! It kicks off on July 20th with co-hosts Australia (against Ireland) and New Zealand (against Norway)! And you, of course, are wondering if there are any Women&#;s World Cup gay players. Friends, yes! In reality, this just might be the most openly queer sporting event in history — which is saying something, as you know, if you&#;ve been following our WNBA coverage this year.
And not just players; there are so many LGBTQ storylines to follow. It&#;s Megan Rapinoe&#;s (United States) final World Cup. It&#;s year-old Marta&#;s (Brazil) sixth World Cup, and her last, and she continues to recover from an ACL tear she suffered in a NWSL Challenge Cup pair. After becoming the first first Australian player to score a hat trick at a World Cup tournament in , and becoming a household specify among soccer fans and queer humans, Sam Kerr is looking to steer the co-host Matildas to a World Cup title. Canada, which boasts five queer players and coaches, is in an equal settle fight with its governing body, much like the one the USWNT battled for years. Also,
8 LGBTQ+ Players Who Paved the Way
The battle for representation in sports has been a distant one, and it’s still ongoing. Today, more than 40 out members of the LGBTQ+ community are playing for professional women’s teams around the world. Here are a few LGBTQ+ players who paved the way for future generations.
Lily Parr
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Lily Parr is probably not a name you know, but she’s a women’s soccer – and LGBTQ+ – icon. She’s one of the most influential players in history; she refused to back down and suspend up her boots when the FA banned women’s soccer in and instead enjoyed a prolific career, reportedly scoring goals for her team.
Off the field, Parr was openly lesbian in a time when that simply wasn’t acceptable. So not only did she pave the way for women’s soccer to become more widely accepted when it was banned around the world, but she’s also become an LGBTQ+ icon for the way she fearlessly lived her truth.
Eudy Simelane
Simelane was a lesbian and activist for the LGBTQ+ community. Simelane was born in South Africa in and played for her n