🎙️ | leah williamson on the lack of openness around sexuality in men’s football:
“if i was male player would i subject myself to the potential of 60,000 people singing a homophobic chant at me? it doesn’t sound appealing. i think you have to be really, really brave to do that. i’m not surprised that more haven’t come out. do i think that more exist? of course i do. would i encourage them to come out? how could i possibly do that knowing what they would possibly face? the world is changing but it’s not changing quickly enough for those players. unfortunately i think freedom in today’s world is a luxury. i don’t know how much more progressive that’s getting, i think it’s receding. i think about how powerful it would be if somebody did come out but i would never encourage them to. you’d be committing your life to being ‘that person.’”
[via the london standard]