What percentage of womens soccer players are gay

Gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans and queer soccer players who are publicly out — now at least 96 in total — make over 13% of all the athletes competing in the FIFA Women’s World Cup in. Despite being in Texas, the Dash is the gayest team in the league this year with seven players. Notable personal favorites include Jane Campbell, seen in the photo at the right.

Besides that, Christen Westphal is engaged to Royals player Madison Pogarch!. The USA Women's soccer team has been very active in pro-LGBTQ causes. But, how many players in the team are gay? Find out everything here. With at least 73 of them being out as LGBTQ, that figure makes up nearly 20% of the total number competing. Our weekly playbook is packed with everything from locker room chatter to. There are players in the squads for the UEFA Women’s Euro in Switzerland.

More than a fifth are publicly out as LGBTQ. Like this: Like Loading As someone who deeply loves following sports for the storyline, knowing which players are openly gay gives me immense joy. Christen Press is back, baby! Femke Bastiaen. Linda Sembrant.

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Nathalie Bjorn. Three gay players makes this team pretty average in terms of queerness. They will only be added to the active roster if another player is injured or otherwise unable to continue in the tournament. That higher presence of out athletes naturally creates an environment where more women feel comfortable being out. According to Outsports, at least out athletes competed in at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, about 1.

Esther Gonzalez. At just 24, she is one of the youngest players on the England team, having captained the Warwick Juniors to the County Cup championship as a child. Tinja-Riikka Korpela.

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Caitlin Dijkstra. The Red Stars are always very straight, for reasons unknown to me. Subscribe to our Newsletter today. DIVA magazine celebrates 28 years in print in Hanna Bennison. Search Search. Another season, another year of me writing about the NWSL! This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Women were working towards the war effort — often in munitions as footballer Bessie Davies did — and sought to raise morale and increase leisure activities for women whilst the men were away at war.

Skip to content. Australia and Ireland have the second most at eight each, and Sweden has seven. Alba Redondo. Annamaria Seturini. Filippa Angeldahl. Sabrina Flores at Gotham Like Like. Most of the team is NWSL vets—they have very few new players compared to other teams—which is a good sign for making a run.

Natalia Kuikka. Despite being in Texas, the Dash is the gayest team in the league this year with seven players.