What percent of women soccer players are gay

Gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans and queer soccer players who are publicly out — now at least 96 in total — make over 13% of all the athletes competing in the FIFA Women’s World Cup in. Ella Van Kerkhoven. However, it appears there has been no acknowledgement of Pride Month from UEFA so far in June, and it remains to be seen whether permission will be granted this time for rainbow armbands to be worn by any captains wishing to do so.

Subscribe to our Newsletter today. There are players in the squads for the UEFA Women’s Euro in Switzerland. There are fewer gay players in the league this year than last year, unfortunately. Rhian Wilkinson, the Welsh coach, is also out, as is Pia Sundhage, whose goals fired Sweden to victory in the first-ever Euros back in and who is now in charge of Switzerland.

Laura Deloose. Stars tie the knot in stunning Pride wedding ceremonies. Isabelle Iliano. More than a fifth are publicly out as LGBTQ. In other sports (namely, the WNBA and NWSL), I was able to find double as many confirmed straight people as confirmed gay people.

Our weekly playbook is packed with everything from locker room chatter to pressing LGBTQ sports issues. We always err on the side of caution. While I do not follow the NWSL incredibly closely, this article is always a delight to write and I hope that it will help you all to become more avid women’s soccer followers just as it helped me!

Kassandra Missipo. That was just no. Nicky Evrard. The team tournament is being held in Switzerland, with a total of players having now been named in the final squad lists. For this initial rundown, Outsports has respectfully reviewed the public-facing social media accounts of every athlete named in squads for Eurowhile compiling relevant news items and other information.

If someone has not made a public declaration to the media that they are LGBTQ, they can still be included on this list if they are living their life as an out person on social media, particularly if they are clear and open about being in a same-sex relationship.

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Welcome to the world of European women’s football! Similarly, girlfriends Beth Mead England and Vivianne Miedema Netherlands — Euro champions with their countries in and respectively — could line up on opposite sides in the Group D game in Zurich five days later.

Four weddings and a football! Players at Euro who do not yet meet our criteria can still be added, and it should be expected that our celebratory list will grow between now and the final on July Last update: June Femke Bastiaen. Pernille Harder. The post 20% of players in women’s Euro soccer cup are openly gay, lesbian and queer appeared first on Outsports.

Jassina Blom. Occasionally, athletes inform us that they do identify as LGBTQ but ask not to be included on the list for personal reasons.

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As recently as last summer, Italy midfielder Annamaria Serturini became the first footballer from her country to enter into a domestic same-sex civil union. A significant number of players are publicly out as LGBTQ. Tine De Caigny. Yet progress is by no means complete, with two of the 16 countries competing at Euro — Italy and Poland, both European Union member nations — yet to introduce equal marriage by law.