Don't follow football, let it follow you. In the past, homosexual female football players had to hide their sexual orientation but today, they proudly come out to challenge bigotry in football and society as a whole. Homophobia has been widespread in football, aka soccer, throughout the world. Being a gay professional player in football is still a taboo, and some people believe that it will never change. On the other hand, LGBT community has blamed football's "toxic" culture for the lack of openly gay players, calling for more education to be given to players to combat homophobia.

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