Gay women soccer players

Isabelle Iliano. In other sports (namely, the WNBA and NWSL), I was able to find double as many confirmed straight people as confirmed gay people. If someone has not made a public declaration to the media that they are LGBTQ, they can still be included on this list if they are living their life as an out person on social media, particularly if they are clear and open about being in a same-sex relationship.

More than a fifth are publicly out as LGBTQ. Four weddings and a football! Welcome to the world of European women’s football! Ella Van Kerkhoven. There are players in the squads for the UEFA Women’s Euro in Switzerland. Nicky Evrard. Also out is Pia Sundhage, whose goals fired Sweden to victory in the first-ever Euros back in and who is now in charge of Switzerland.

Players at Euro who do not yet meet our criteria can still be added, and it should be expected that our celebratory list will grow between now and the final on July Last update: July 2. As recently as last summer, Italy midfielder Annamaria Serturini became the first footballer from her country to enter into a domestic same-sex civil union.

Laura Deloose. We always err on the side of caution.

At least 78 out

Tine De Caigny. Stars tie the knot in stunning Pride wedding ceremonies. Sarah Wijnants. That was just no. Kassandra Missipo. This is a list of LGBTQ+ women's association footballers, including non-heterosexual female footballers (or those who have openly been in a same-sex relationship) as well as transgender and non-binary footballers of any gender who have played for a women's association football team at the level specified.

15 Gay Soccer Players

Jassina Blom. Our weekly playbook is packed with everything from locker room chatter to pressing LGBTQ sports issues. For our initial rundown, Outsports respectfully reviewed the public-facing social media accounts of every athlete named in squads for Eurowhile compiling relevant news items and other information.

Femke Bastiaen. The team tournament is being held in Switzerland, with a total of players named in the final squad lists. However, it appears there was no acknowledgement of Pride Month from UEFA so far in June, and it remains to be seen whether permission will be granted this time for rainbow armbands to be worn by any captains wishing to do so.

Similarly, girlfriends Beth Mead England and Vivianne Miedema Netherlands — Euro champions with their countries in and respectively — could line up on opposite sides in the Group D game in Zurich five days later. Subscribe to our Newsletter today.

Yet progress is by no means complete, with two of the 16 countries competing at Euro — Italy and Poland, both European Union member nations — yet to introduce equal marriage by law. Occasionally, athletes inform us that they do identify as LGBTQ but ask not to be included on the list for personal reasons.