In a recent interview with Offside magazine, 20-year-old Swedish cutie patootie and second-division footballer Anton Hysen is the latest in sports to announce that he is gay. Hysen is now Europe's highest-profile openly-gay footballer in the business at the moment.
Said Hysen:
"I want to prove that there is no big deal if I’m a footballer and also gay. If I perform as a footballer, then I do not think it matters if I like men or women...There will always be people who can’t tolerate gay people, just like there are people who can’t tolerate immigrants. A club might be interested in me and then the coach might change his mind if he finds out I’m gay, but that is his problem not mine."
I'm sure now that he's come out he'll be protected by his coach, former Liverpool defender Glenn Hysen, who happens to be his father. I hope his courage will allow other men in sports to come out, but only time will tell.
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