By: Danielle Warby, Advocate for Women in Sport
Danielle Warby presented the following talk at Queer Thinking: Out in Sport as part of the 2014 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras festival.
I’m sure you’ve all seen the news over this last week about Michael Sam in the USA.
For those of you that missed it, he’s a college gridiron player looking to get picked up in the NFL draft. So, not yet a professional athlete but if he’s selected, and it seems likely, he’ll be the first openly gay man in the league. This is quite a big deal and the media has reacted accordingly.
What some of you may not know is, on the same day, the captain of the England football team also came out. But I’ll bet very few of you heard about that. And why not? Or, if you’d like a similar American example to Michael Sam, here’s another from the USA, Brittney Griner, the #1 draft pick in the WNBA last season.
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