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 ๐ธ๐ฆ1-0๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ for openly-gay pro players in the leagues.
Kind of agree, but feel like that problem goes away once a handful have come out.
It's a double-edge sword, in order to truly live as a gay player without anyone caring, a few are gonna have to go through being one and ppl caring about it.