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On 22 October 1990, Justin Fashanu came out of the closet as the first openly gay professional football (soccer) player in the world. After learning that ... Jul 29, 2019 ... People involved in men's football said it has never been more ready for a high profile player to come out. Justin Fashanu, England's first - and ... Apr 28, 2022 ... There has still not been another openly gay Black footballer since Justin Fashanu. Twenty-four years on from his death, the one thing that resonates most ... Feb 21, 2024 ... Justin Fashanu was the first £1m Black footballer and the first footballer to come out as gay. He was beautiful and talented. May 3, 2017 ... The tragic story of the late footballer Jusin Fashanu and his sibling John recalls a homophobic, racist Britain of the 1980s. Feb 19, 2020 ... Justin Fashanu, Britain's first and only out gay male professional footballer, is to be posthumously inducted into the National Football Museum's Hall of Fame. Feb 28, 2021 ... British football player Justin Fashanu would have turned 60 last week. Instead, he has been dead for over two decades now — a victim of ... Dec 7, 2022 ... Taslim Martin, one of Britain's leading sculptors, will create statue of Norwich legend who was the first out gay professional footballer; ... May 4, 1998 ... The former footballer Justin Fashanu (37), who was found dead in east London at the weekend may have committed suicide, it emerged… ... The former ... The rampant fantasist who claimed affairs with sexually experimental Tory MPs and Bet Lynch. The scorer of one of the most famous goals in English football. The ...