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Post by A Source (aka Angry Badger) on May 16, 2022 16:42:56 GMT
Cap doffed. Granted he's only played one game and is very young but it's a big story. Hopefully in a few years things like this won't be a story at all. 30 years since Fashanu, 30 years!
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Post by fintanstack on May 16, 2022 17:08:29 GMT
About time.
Good luck to the lad. I hope he makes it for football reasons and the media don't make a ridiculous spectacle out of him.
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Post by onedaygas83 on May 16, 2022 17:16:41 GMT
I was about to start a thread on this and you beat me to it! I think its fantastic this young man has come out publicly and told the the sporting world his true feelings. I'm sure there are thousands more wanting and wishing they could but feel as if it is shameful to, when it's completely Not! I'm not gay myself and have a family of 3 young daughters and a loving wife but I do have friends who are gay and know the struggles they have gone through when hiding their true feelings to friends and family so to see a young man in the professional sports industry come out like he has done is fantastic!hopefully it will make more people in the game to feel that they can be open and not feel alone when it comes to explaining how they truly feel!
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Post by Gas-Ed on May 16, 2022 17:25:39 GMT
It shows how far behind football is in some respects that this is even newsworthy.
Hopefully the lad is left to get on with his life now.
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Post by yattongas on May 16, 2022 17:33:05 GMT
Thought this was going to be a thread about whiskey 🥃
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on May 16, 2022 17:34:30 GMT
Cap doffed. Granted he's only played one game and is very young but it's a big story. Hopefully in a few years things like this won't be a story at all. 30 years since Fashanu, 30 years! Agree totally. I wonder if there would be more gay football fans if it wasn't for the culture in and around football. On another note I have never heard anyone say "cap doffed" before, am I the only one?
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Post by clockendgas on May 16, 2022 17:36:12 GMT
As long as he's no relation of colin daniels he's okay with me,bloody Mansfield
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Post by yattongas on May 16, 2022 17:37:32 GMT
Cap doffed. Granted he's only played one game and is very young but it's a big story. Hopefully in a few years things like this won't be a story at all. 30 years since Fashanu, 30 years! Agree totally. I wonder if there would be more gay football fans if it wasn't for the culture in and around football. On another note I have never heard anyone say "cap doffed" before, am I the only one? Yep
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Post by tommym9 on May 16, 2022 17:58:55 GMT
Fair play to the lad, only 17 and braver than most!
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Post by Tilly's Thighs on May 16, 2022 18:02:39 GMT
Fair play to the lad, only 17 and braver than most! Agree, a huge thing for such a young lad to do - I hope he goes on to have a very good career in football.
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Post by Jon the Stripe on May 16, 2022 18:29:37 GMT
For anyone who hasn’t read it, here is Jakes message he posted earlier:
This season has been a fantastic one for me on the pitch. I’ve made my first-team debut, scored 30 goals for the youth team, signed my first professional contract and shared success with my team-mates, going on a great run in the FA Youth Cup and lifting the Lancashire FA Pro-Youth Cup.
But off the pitch I’ve been hiding the real me and who I really am. I’ve known my whole life that I’m gay, and I now feel that I’m ready to come out and be myself.
It’s a step into the unknown being one of the first footballers in this country to reveal my sexuality, but I’ve been inspired by Josh Cavallo, Matt Morton and athletes from other sports, like Tom Daley, to have the courage and determination to drive change.
In reaching this point, I’ve had some of the best support and advice from my family, my Club, my agent and Stonewall, who have all been incredibly pro-active in putting my interests and welfare first. I have also confided in my team-mates in the youth team here at Blackpool, and they too have embraced the news and supported my decision to open up and tell people.
I’ve hated lying my whole life and feeling the need to change to fit in. I want to be a role model myself by doing this.
There are people out there in the same space as me that may not feel comfortable revealing their sexuality. I just want to tell them that you don’t have to change who you are, or how you should be, just to fit in.
You being you, and being happy, is what matters most.
Jake
Well written and inspirational not just to the gay community but to anyone who just feels a bit different 👍🏼
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Post by pucklegas on May 16, 2022 18:36:33 GMT
Fair play Jake very mature at a young age, think this will be the start now of everyone being honest as to who they are, and society accepting that there is diversity in every walk of life.
I hope morons don t give him any abuse, as he has been very brave where others haven't.
Did think at the title that's great work by Tom Gorringe sponsored by Jack Daniels, mines a double.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2022 18:43:32 GMT
Im a huge supporter of the 🏳️🌈 movement and everything it represents, I know just how hard this was for him to come out as my daughter came out as gay in 2020 ( she was 14 at the time ) and it was a very difficult part of her life as she didn’t understand why she didn’t like boys and she actually used to say she was weird and not normal. I’m just so happy she was brave enough to come and tell both me and my Mrs so we could reassure her that she is perfectly normal just like everyone else !!! Well done for this young man coming out to the world , it’s something that shouldn’t even be an issue but the more people who come out , the better. Proud to be a 🏳️🌈 ally
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2022 19:14:08 GMT
Thought this was going to be a thread about whiskey 🥃 With you really excited about this thread and a shot of Bourbon. A deflated Gashead. That said fair play to the lad. Wish you well
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Post by badengas on May 16, 2022 19:24:56 GMT
Fair play. If any Gas player is in the same position they should expect nothing less than our 100% support, and we should all give it.
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Post by aghast on May 16, 2022 20:00:59 GMT
What a brave young man. He's speaking on behalf of thousands of footballers in this country at various levels in the game, who have probably been waiting for something or someone like this.
I wish him well and hope he has a great career.
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Post by cagastrophy on May 16, 2022 20:14:54 GMT
I think it's a shame that we still live in a world where you have to officially come out and it isn't possible to just be you and be accepted. I think he's done well and I hope it makes people's lives in football easier.
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Post by Jon the Stripe on May 16, 2022 20:20:16 GMT
I think it's a shame that we still live in a world where you have to officially come out and it isn't possible to just be you and be accepted. I think he's done well and I hope it makes people's lives in football easier. Sometimes someone has to get the ball rolling, hopefully Jake D has done exactly that and others aren't even noticed in the future. it often takes one person to make a stand, he could just be the one.
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Post by mftc on May 16, 2022 20:28:41 GMT
The world has definitely changed since Justin Fashunu. (Ps, what a goal for Norwich v Liverpool!)
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Post by gasify on May 16, 2022 21:37:39 GMT
The world has definitely changed since Justin Fashunu. (Ps, what a goal for Norwich v Liverpool!) I don't think it has that much. There will be neanderthals that will prey on this and think it's OK. We definitely have our fair share of them.
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