The account, which began this month, was followed by almost 50,000 people.
Cavallo also now joins the ranks of American pro athletes Carl Nassib and Luke Prokop, who also publicly came out as gay this year. A Twitter account, purportedly from a Championship footballer who intended to come out as gay, has been deleted.
Today, Cavallo is the only openly gay A-League male pro footballer currently playing, and one of the few professional men’s soccer players in the world to ever publicly come out. In 2019, Australian footballer and former A-Leauge player Andy Brennan made history as Australia’s first male pro footballer to come out as gay. NFL Releases Powerful Video 'Football Is Gay' Breaking News. Still, according to HuffPost, Cavallo is only the fourth Australian male athlete to ever come out while playing at an elite level. In a video shared on Twitter on Monday, the National Football League declared, 'Football is gay.' In white letters on a black background, the word 'gay' was then replaced with words including. It is astonishing to know that there are currently no gay professional footballers who are out and actively playing, not only in Australia, but around the world.”Ĭavallo went on to share his hopes that his public coming out would inspire and welcome other LGBTQ pro footballers.īack in 2014, the chief executives of Australia’s main professional sports signed a commitment to “tackle” homophobia in football, rugby, and cricket. “I want to help change this, to show that everyone is welcome in the game of football, and deserves the right to be their authentic self. Last week in time for Pride Month, National Football League player Carl Nassib of the Last Vegas Raiders announced on Instagram that he was gay, marking the first time an active athlete in the NFL.
“I know there are other players living in silence,” Cavallo wrote in his open letter. If you love this game, you are welcome here, the NFL wrote on Twitter. This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. The Twitter account that professed to be England’s first openly gay football star has baulked away from his big reveal at the last minute. NFL proudly declares football is gay in new video.