How many us womens soccer players are gay
Another season, another year of me writing about the NWSL! The season is kicking off and as usual, I’m updating this post to tell you all the latest of who’s out and male lover on each team. As someone who deeply loves following sports for the storyline, knowing which players are openly gay gives me immense joy. While I do not go after the NWSL incredibly closely, this article is always a delight to inscribe and I hope that it will help you all to become more avid women’s soccer followers just as it helped me!
There are fewer lgbtq+ players in the league this year than last year, unfortunately. As always, if I missed someone or if you touch like someone is incorrectly on this list, authorize me know in the comments or send me an email at writethroughthenight @ gmail . com. A note that I’m using the NWSL rosters, and they don’t update in a way that makes sense to me. Blame them if it’s slow to update!
I specified the pronouns of people who are known to not go by she/her
Last Updated: 3/4/2025
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8 LGBTQ+ Players Who Paved the Way
The battle for representation in sports has been a long one, and it’s still continuing. Today, more than 40 out members of the LGBTQ+ community are playing for professional women’s teams around the world. Here are a few Diverse players who paved the way for future generations.
Lily Parr
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Lily Parr is probably not a name you perceive, but she’s a women’s soccer – and Gay – icon. She’s one of the most powerful players in history; she refused to back down and hang up her boots when the FA banned women’s soccer in 1921 and instead enjoyed a prolific career, reportedly scoring 967 goals for her team.
Off the field, Parr was openly queer woman in a time when that simply wasn’t acceptable. So not only did she pave the way for women’s soccer to become more widely standard when it was banned around the world, but she’s also become an LGBTQ+ icon for the way she fearlessly lived her truth.
Eudy Simelane
Simelane was a lesbian and activist for the LGBTQ+ group. Simelane was born in South Africa in 1977 and played for her nation’s national team.
During her career, she played midfield for her national team
Known homosexual Megan Rapinoe after the U.S. World Cup victory on Sunday. Maja Hitij/Getty Images
There's a couple of major differences between women's soccer and men's soccer. One: The U.S. women are good at it. Two, women's soccer is a hell of a lot gayer.
Yesterday, "content producer" Alex Binley from ITV News published an article about why, exactly, so many dykes excel at this sport. It's a good doubt. By Binley's number, there were at least 41 openly gay players or coaches during the Women's World Cup this year. The last Men's Synonyms Cup, in contrast, had a whopping zero. So, what gives?
According to Binley, this is largely due to homophobia. She says that men's soccer, especially outside of the U.S., is chock full of homophobes (as well as sexists and racists) who would not welcome openly homosexual male players in the sport. Binley spoke with a number of academics, gay soccer fans, and former players, and she writes they all agreed that the main factor is the "the stigma historically attached to homosexuality."
It's hard to dispute with that. Outside of the U.S., Canada, and a few other countries, soccer is both the most trendy and the butchest sport on the block. Games t
It’s hard to believe it was little over a year ago. Just 12 months ago, the optimal women’s soccer teams from across the globe and their fans converged on Australia and New Zealand to crown a recent World Cup champion. We cheered on the perennial powerhouses and celebrated the debutantes. We saw some of the most astonishing feats of athleticism…one purpose after another reminding us why they call this the beautiful game. We got to watch legends of the game proceed the torch to a whole new generation of ballers, many of them queer. We felt the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat.
It was glorious. So, let’s do that again, shall we? Well, minus the post-championship assault…let’s not execute that again, ever (I’m looking at you, Bruce Mwape).
Twelve of the world’s best teams have earned their opportunity to contend for Olympic gold and their quests begin ahead of Friday’s Opening Ceremony. If you need some help preparing for 16 days of footballing deed, I’m here to facilitate . Here’s a look at how the Olympics perform, who to follow for in-depth WOSO coverage, and, of course, the most important question of the day: who all’s ga
The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup is finally here! It kicks off on July 20th with co-hosts Australia (against Ireland) and Brand-new Zealand (against Norway)! And you, of course, are wondering if there are any Women’s Society Cup gay players. Friends, yes! In fact, this just might be the most openly lgbtq+ sporting event in history — which is saying something, as you realize, if you’ve been following our WNBA coverage this year.
And not just players; there are so many LGBTQ storylines to follow. It’s Megan Rapinoe’s (United States) final Planet Cup. It’s 37-year-old Marta’s (Brazil) sixth World Cup, and her last, and she continues to recover from an ACL tear she suffered in a NWSL Challenge Cup match. After becoming the first first Australian player to score a hat trick at a World Cup tournament in 2019, and becoming a domesticated name among soccer fans and homosexual humans, Sam Kerr is looking to lead the co-host Matildas to a World Cup title. Canada, which boasts five queer players and coaches, is in an matching pay fight with its governing body, much like the one the USWNT battled for years. Also, Matilda Sam Kerr and USWNT star Kristie Mewis are probably t