Gay uswnt players
Another season, another year of me writing about the NWSL! The season is kicking off and as usual, I’m updating this post to tell you all the latest of who’s out and homosexual on each team. As someone who deeply loves following sports for the storyline, knowing which players are openly gay gives me immense joy. While I do not obey the NWSL incredibly closely, this article is always a delight to inscribe and I hope that it will help you all to become more avid women’s soccer followers just as it helped me!
There are fewer male lover players in the league this year than last year, unfortunately. As always, if I missed someone or if you touch like someone is incorrectly on this list, consent me know in the comments or send me an email at writethroughthenight @ gmail . com. A note that I’m using the NWSL rosters, and they don’t update in a way that makes sense to me. Blame them if it’s slow to update!
I specified the pronouns of people who are known to not go by she/her
Last Updated: 3/4/2025
Angel City
Christen Compress is back, baby! She wasn’t playing for much of last season, but this time she’ll be playing all year extended and I could not be mor
United States women's national team captain Lindsey Horan and veteran star Alex Morgan delivered a prepared joint-statement on Wednesday regarding teammate Korbin Albert'santi-LGBTQIA+ posts on social media.
"We've worked extremely hard to uphold the integrity of this national team through all of the generations, and we are extremely, extremely gloomy that this standard was not upheld," Horan began. "Our fans and our supporters feel like this is a team that they can rally behind, and it's so significant that they feel and continue to feel undeniably heard and seen."
Horan and Morgan made their comments via Zoom from U.S. training camp as the team prepares for the upcoming SheBelieves Cup. The USWNT faces Japan in the tournament's semifinal pair on Saturday in Atlanta and either Canada or Brazil in the closing or third-place match on Tuesday in Columbus, Ohio.
Neither Horan nor Morgan took any questions, but felt it was imperative to "address the disappointing situation regarding Korbin that has unfolded over this past week," Horan explained.
"We be upright by maintaining a reliable and respectful space, especially as allies and members of the LGBTQ+ people, and this platform has given u
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Hinkle seems to get along with her club teammates just fine...as well as her former college mates, etc. Are we to assume that there were no lesbians on either team? Every female soccer team in the NWSL has multiple gay players. Your daughter's club team probably has at least one or two right now. The issue isn't Hinkle's disagreement with lgbtq+ marriage--something the "bigoted" Barack Obama disagreed with until late in his political career. The issue is that she was forced into that personal moral decision because US Soccer (and Nike) decided to try and make capital selling politically charged Rainbow jerseys and align politically with a large portion of their fan establish. (Certainly doesn't hurt that the head coach is gay and at least 7 of their players are too.)
Decisions prefer these reinforce the argument that the USWNT is less about being a sporting team/endeavor and more about being a PAC, just like MoveOn or CPAC. I think the US men also wore Rainbow jerseys. But I'm not aware of any other sport that has done so. Never possess seen US Swimming demand rainbow speedos, or US Skiing require rainbow tights, or US softball (also a high participation queer woman sp
8 LGBTQ+ Players Who Paved the Way
The battle for representation in sports has been a long one, and it’s still uninterrupted. Today, more than 40 out members of the LGBTQ+ community are playing for professional women’s teams around the world. Here are a few Homosexual players who paved the way for future generations.
Lily Parr
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Lily Parr is probably not a name you understand, but she’s a women’s soccer – and Diverse – icon. She’s one of the most authoritative players in history; she refused to back down and hang up her boots when the FA banned women’s soccer in 1921 and instead enjoyed a prolific career, reportedly scoring 967 goals for her team.
Off the field, Parr was openly homosexual woman in a time when that simply wasn’t acceptable. So not only did she pave the way for women’s soccer to become more widely approved when it was banned around the world, but she’s also become an LGBTQ+ icon for the way she fearlessly lived her truth.
Eudy Simelane
Simelane was a lesbian and activist for the LGBTQ+ group. Simelane was born in South Africa in 1977 and played for her nation’s national team.
During her career, she played midfield for her national team
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