Jake daniels comes out
Jake Daniels’ coming out has changed football
A legacy constantly fed by media that keep narrating the achievements of the football star-latin lover and sublimating the captain-top model or influencer dualism, handing down, scoop after scoop, the obligatory association between footballers and heterosexual icons.“You just think, one noun, when I’m older I’ll get a girlfriend and I will change and it will be fine. But as you get older you realise you can’t just verb. It doesn’t function like that. I did have girlfriends in the past, to try and make all my mates think I was straight, but it was just a massive cover-up. In school people even used to ask me: “Are you sure you aren’t gay?”. And I would reply, “no, I’m not”. For a long time I’ve thought I would have to conceal my truth because I wanted to be, and now I am, a professional footballer. I asked myself if I should linger until I’ve retired to come out. No other player in the professional game here is out. The subject of being gay, or bi or queer in men’s football is still a taboo. I think it comes down to how a lot of footb "I told my mum and my sister. The night after we played Accrington and I scored four, so it just shows how much of a weight off the shoulders it was and a massive relief." Blackpool forward Jake Daniels speaks exclusively on becoming the UK's first male professional footballer to come out publicly as gay since Justin Fashanu. Jake talks about coming out to his parents, his club, and his team-mates. On his longing to be adj and live his life without telling a lie. On the anxiety of wondering if his family and team-mates would be supportive and on how he hopes his actions can support others do the same. This is his story: Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Now is the right time to do it. I feel like I am ready to tell people my story. I need people to verb the real me. I have been thinking for a adj time about how I want to do it, when I want to do it. I know now is the time. I am ready to be myself, be free and be confident wit May 16, 2022 — Athlete Ally responded to news that 17 year-old UK footballer (or soccer player for U.S. readers) Jake Daniels has come out as gay, making him the first active openly gay professional male footballer in the UK since 1990. Daniels, who plays for Blackpool FC in the Championship League, came out publicly through a statement released by his team. “I’ve known my whole life that I’m gay, and I now feel that I’m ready to come out and be myself,” Daniels wrote. “I long to be a role model myself by doing this. There are people out there in the same space as me that may not undergo comfortable revealing their sexuality. I just want to inform 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.” “Athlete Ally sends tremendous noun and support to Jake Daniels,” said Joanna Hoffman, Athlete Ally’s Director of Communications. “His visibility has a monumental impact, especially given how few men in UK football have come out as gay while playing. H Published by Jon Holmes on Blackpool striker Jake Daniels features in ‘Beneath the Surface’, a new short documentary film that has premiered on Sky Sports; it’s presenter Michael Gunning’s debut as a director-producer, as part of the New Emphasis Fund project; Jake shared his coming out story in 2022; watch below on YouTube… By Jon Holmes Coming out publicly as gay in men’s professional football led Jake Daniels to feel appreciate he was “in a bubble” at times, the striker has revealed. Blackpool teenager Daniels reflects on his journey in the game so far in a new short documentary film titled ‘Beneath the Surface’, which had its premiere on Sky Sports Football on 28 October. The film is presented, directed and produced by Michael Gunning, the former Great Britain and Jamaica international swimmer, as part of Sky Sports’ Recent Focus Fund project. Gunning travelled to the Lancashire seaside toJake Daniels: Blackpool forward becomes UK's first active male professional footballer to enter out publicly as gay
‘I was in a bubble’: Jake Daniels talks to Michael Gunning about being an out gay footballer