Okay so I was reading some comments on Instagram about Jamie Johnson and somebody said that being gay doesn't ruin a football career and that Graham was just being dramatic about it.
So here's a reminder about what happened to Justin Fashanu( the first openly gay footballer) after he was outed and forced to come out publicly in 1990.
-his brother John said that he didn't wanna be associated with a gay brother and that he didn't think of Justin as a brother anymore. He also said that he was an attention seeker and that he wasn't really gay. (Wow John, very classy.)
-he was never offered a full-time contract again.
-his teammates and the fans made fun of him and his sexuality, the fans especially made awful remarks about how him being gay was affecting how he played.
-the black community considered the fact that he was gay an insult and that he was damaging the community.
-he killed himself in 1998 after a 17 year old guy accused him of rape, Justin wanted to defend himself but nobody wanted to represent him because he was gay. Justin always said that he didn't rape the guy but killed himself because homosexuality in Maryland was illegal in 1998 and he knew that he was going to jail no matter what.
So yeah Chad, Graham was obviously being dramatic and being gay doesn't affect in any way your football career because there are a lot of footballers who are openly gay right?
Ps: if you wanna know more about Justin Fashanu check out the documentary: "forbidden games" on Netflix. It's about his life and it actually made me cry. I don't know if he was innocent or not, but the way people treated him was absolutely disgusting especially his brother.
