[calvin plummers socks]

It's 2015 and the tabloids are sensationalising the fact that a couple of players are possibly coming out.
Very sad state of affairs if that is big news don't you think?

I'd like to think a gay player wouldn't get any grief nowadays?

[LuSiVe]

This week we've seen someone get grief for being fat. I wouldn't be so sure.....

[Ernie Ernie Ernie]

calvin plummers socks, on 24 October 2015 - 07:40 AM, said:

It's 2015 and the tabloids are sensationalising the fact that a couple of players are possibly coming out.
Very sad state of affairs if that is big news don't you think?

I'd like to think a gay player wouldn't get any grief nowadays?

In reality very few will actually care if someone is gay, straight, bi, transexual, transgender or whatever however it's football and there will be some banter just for the hell of it

[calvin plummers socks]

LuSiVe, on 24 October 2015 - 08:04 AM, said:

This week we've seen someone get grief for being fat. I wouldn't be so sure.....

Lol I guess you're right- (and that was a club employee wasn't it who said that)

[ash_cfc]

calvin plummers socks, on 24 October 2015 - 07:40 AM, said:

It's 2015 and the tabloids are sensationalising the fact that a couple of players are possibly coming out.
Very sad state of affairs if that is big news don't you think?

I'd like to think a gay player wouldn't get any grief nowadays?

There'd be a bigger deal about a footballer coming as, than actually being gay! No idea why it's such a taboo thing.. Mental health too! Seems if your a bloke you can't struggle in life or be gay!

[Westbars Spireite]

I couldn't care less and would admire their bravery in coming out. They'd obviously get loads of homophobic abuse each week which I'd probably find amusing too.

But that's me.

A lesbian trapped in a man's body.

[Search & Destroy]

Anyone care to hazard a guess?

No pun intended

[Benno Spire]

Westbars Spireite, on 24 October 2015 - 09:23 AM, said:

I couldn't care less and would admire their bravery in coming out. They'd obviously get loads of homophobic abuse each week which I'd probably find amusing too.

But that's me.

A lesbian trapped in a man's body.

Is this your statement for coming out Westbars?

[Bonnyman]

Benno Spire, on 24 October 2015 - 09:29 AM, said:

Is this your statement for coming out Westbars?

These days nobody cares,its just not a taboo subject anymore.I often smile about the BBC reporter who did a feature on homophobia in a match at the city ground between forest and brighton,he interviewed a few people and they kind of said the same as me,then he went into the ground and within 30 seconds you could hear forest fans singing "does your boyfriend know your here "..now the chanting was homophobic in its nature but extremely funny nonetheless,it wasn't individually abusive just mickey taking...am I wrong in thinking that?

This post has been edited by Bonnyman: 24 October 2015 - 09:38 AM

[Sammy Spireite]

calvin plummers socks, on 24 October 2015 - 07:40 AM, said:

It's 2015 and the tabloids are sensationalising the fact that a couple of players are possibly coming out.
Very sad state of affairs if that is big news don't you think?

I'd like to think a gay player wouldn't get any grief nowadays?

It shouldn't matter, but the fact a major tabloid have made it their Saturday headline means it does, I guess.

Truth is most people in football will have a fair idea of a players sexuality, but then why should it matter either way.

We've certainly had an openly bi-sexual player here in recent seasons, so what.

[calvin plummers socks]

Yep plenty of gay players in the past -just hope it's not a case of these guys being forced to come out.
I do think the first big name to publicly come out though will be regarded very highly though and would perhaps be very commercially lucrative for him.

[Mr Mercury]

I find it strange that the decided to come out before the start of NEXT season. Why not now? I think this will turn into a non story and the matter won't come out, so to speak.

[BLUE SINCE 62]

Did'nt Thomas Hitzlsperger come out after he retired?

I really can't understand why it's such a big deal, does being gay stop you playing football?

[Westbars Spireite]

Benno Spire, on 24 October 2015 - 09:29 AM, said:

Is this your statement for coming out Westbars?

It's been a struggle being accepted but I'm finally comfortable in my lesbianism.

[metallilad]

Sammy Spireite, on 24 October 2015 - 10:16 AM, said:

It shouldn't matter, but the fact a major tabloid have made it their Saturday headline means it does, I guess.

Truth is most people in football will have a fair idea of a players sexuality, but then why should it matter either way.

We've certainly had an openly bi-sexual player here in recent seasons, so what.

Who?

[lindo-spireite]

metallilad, on 24 October 2015 - 10:54 AM, said:

Who?

Left footed centre half

[metallilad]

What anybody prefers to do in the comfort of their own home with their curtains closed is their business. As long as there's no innocent victims and only consensual adults it doesn't matter what it is and quite frankly non of anybody else's business.
Tabloids are going to sensationalise these things because it sells papers whether we like it or not and premiership footballers are front page headlines nowadays. It's sad that a persons sexuality can and does cause an uproar because of their job.

[metallilad]

lindo-spireite, on 24 October 2015 - 11:01 AM, said:

Left footed centre half

ermmm. Nope. Still can't think.

[Westbars Spireite]

metallilad, on 24 October 2015 - 11:07 AM, said:

ermmm. Nope. Still can't think.

Plays for Leeds.

[Spire-Power]

Westbars Spireite, on 24 October 2015 - 11:17 AM, said:

Plays for Leeds.

Cooper goes both ways?