Do not dare to stand up: - I'm gay

It can be difficult to make themselves known as homosexual in the sporting world.

This is also the case for footballers in the Premier League, which, in an open letter tells that he is to men.

the Letter is sent out via the fund 'Justin Fashanu Foundation,' and have been subsequently brought in a number of uk media including The Sun and the Daily Mail.

'There is something that separates me from all the other players in the Premier League. I am a homosexual. Even though I now sit and write this, it is a big step for me. But my family and some of my friends are familiar with my sexuality. I feel not yet ready to share it with the team or the manager,' writes the player, among other things in the letter.

over time, not many footballers in the Premier League, which is stood forward as gay, and therefore it has also been extra hard for this player to go out to the public with the news.

'How does it feel then to live a life like this? From day to day it can be a true nightmare. And it can go out over my mental health more and more,' he writes in the letter.

In 1990, jumped to the footballer Justin Fashanu out for the first time in the Premier League, but it is not many that subsequently followed suit. In 2014, the former Aston Villa and Everton player Thomas Hitzlsperger, however, that he also was for men.

Subsequently, several players allegedly told that they are gay, but it is not many who dare to stand up with the name.

watford town captain, Troy Deeney, is, in turn, convinced, that there are gay players on all teams in the Premier League.

- There is probably at least one homo - or bisexual at each and every football team. They are there. It is 100 percent safe, he said to the program the BBC Grounded back in the month of June.

He believes, therefore, that it would be able to make a difference, if there was a player who would stand up with the name.

- I think that people who are gay, lesbian, or coming in the environment, fear having to carry a big burden of being the first. If just one pops out, then there will come many more, I think, it sounded from Troy Deeney.

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