For many Matildas fans, the joy of representation runs much deeper than sport.
There are several superlatives one could use to describe this year’s women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. It’s been really well-attended and really exciting to watch. And it’s really, really gay.
At the most recent men’s World Cup, in Qatar last year, there were no openly gay players. But in the women’s game, openly queer players have become an integral part of the sport. At the men’s elite club level, Australia’s A-League player Josh Cavallo, English Football League One’s Blackpool FC forward Jake Daniels and Czech midfielder Jakub Jankto, who has signed into Italy’s Serie A, are among the few players to have publicly come out in recent years.Videos explaining the relationships between the players on various teams have lit up lesbian TikTok.
“If I had seen this when I was younger, it would have made the journey a lot easier,” she says. “Because I would have been able to look on the screens and see that queer people are able to be happy and live normal lives – normal in the way that they have friends and family who love them, and they’re successful in their career.”
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