Former footballer Marcus City, recognized for being the primary participant within the nation to come back out as brazenly gay, has claimed that within the high European leagues there are nonetheless footballers who resort to “pretend girlfriends and faux marriages” to cowl up their sexual orientation.
City, who at present works as an activist and spokesperson on LGBTQ+ points in sport, has shared his ideas in an excerpt revealed by the German newspaper BILD. The statements are a part of the e-book ‘Mensch Fußballstar‘ (Human, soccer star), written by Swiss journalist Andreas Boni and due for launch on August 18. Within the e-book, figures similar to Lothar Matthäus and FIFA president Gianni Infantino participate in conversations about what they think about to be nonetheless taboo topics in soccer.
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In his speech, City says that regardless of social progress, the primary impediment for footballers to come back out is now not the media or the followers, however “the fears of the gamers and the individuals round them”. “I additionally sincerely consider that the followers are now not the issue. The golf equipment, by and enormous, aren’t both. In the present day it’s extra concerning the inside local weather,” he says.
The previous participant describes a community of pursuits that feeds this silence: “They organise pretend girlfriends and faux marriages. On the similar time, there are companies that organise sexual encounters. In addition they make good cash from this. However the gamers’ representatives generally organise this stuff for his or her shoppers after which have the gamers of their fingers.”
City recollects that in 2024 a joint occasion had been deliberate for a number of professionals to reveal their orientation on Might 17, however the mission was thwarted. “Gamers are pissed off again and again of their need for freedom. There have been some who needed to come back out. Ultimately, nobody dared. There are nonetheless too many individuals round them who advise them to not do it. Media attorneys, advisors, household… individuals who profit from their cash and fame and who mission on the gamers their misguided pseudo-concern and their very own fears.”
