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Jordan Henderson's Saudi Arabia move felt like a "slap in the face" following his support of the LGBTQ+ community, says UK's only openly gay active male professional footballer Jake Daniels (www.bbc.co.uk)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah to come out at such a young age in the current football environment is insane, hopefully it inspires the next generation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

It is, but I still think the fact he's the only one, and barely a pro, and the last one killed himself over it before I was even born, is a huge problem. As in a how tf are we throwing a high horse over this, level of huge.

If I was the "Saudi PR team" I'd be chucking the bag and another bag but gold-plated at this bloke, manage to sign him and it's suddenly 🇸🇦1-0🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 for openly-gay pro players in the leagues.