#Scotland’s first #gay #footballer #ZanderMurray to #retire
Murray, who plays for #GalaFairydeanRoversFC as a #forward, made #headlines when in 2022 he became the first #professional #player in the senior #Scottish #game to #comeout as #gay.
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https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/12/27/zander-murray-retire-football-scotland-gay/
#Football #star #ZanderMurray on #comingout: “I’m learning how to be #gay at 31”
“First, it feels like the weight of the world is now off my shoulders…It can be difficult, and you can feel very alone,” he said via the club’s website.
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#ZanderMurray: I still get #homophobic #abuse on a #daily #basis.
Murray's #shirt is #ondisplay in the #Scottish #Football #Museum but he says #attitudes still need to #change.
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Pink News: Footballers refusing to wear Pride kit is causing ‘major damage’ to so-called beautiful game https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/17/toulouse-fc-pride-kit-lgbtq-zakaria-aboukhlal-reaction-backlas/ #LGBT #LGBTQ #Trans #Lesbian #2SLGBTQ #ZanderMurray #Stonewall #Features #Identity #football #Europe #Sport #Gay
BBC iPlayer - Disclosure - Out on the Pitch
"...Zander explores what is being done to tackle homophobia in football and Disclosure follows him as he discovers how the sport can be made more inclusive. "
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001k5hl/disclosure-out-on-the-pitch
Pink News: Gay footballer Zander Murray says his 20s felt like personal ‘conversion therapy’ https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/13/zander-murray-gay-footballer-bbc/ #LGBT #LGBTQ #Trans #Lesbian #2SLGBTQ #gayfootballers #ZanderMurray #Exclusive #Features #Sport #Gay #UK
Pink News: The openly gay pro footballers proving you can be out and proud at the top of the men’s game https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/15/gay-footballers-pro-male-players/ #LGBT #LGBTQ #Trans #Lesbian #2SLGBTQ #CollinMartin #ZanderMurray #JakeDaniels #JakubJankto #JoshCavallo #Identity #football #Sport #News #Gay
Absolutley fantastic to see #ZanderMurray get a shot in the pro leagues in #Scotland, first openly #gay player in the #Scottish league since the 1990s. A great day for #football and #LGBTQ people in sport
