The Iker Casillas 'coming out' farce was a slap across the face for everyone part of the LGBT+ community.
Huge steps have been made across the past year, with Josh Cavallo, Jake Daniels, Alex Scott and many others summoning the courage to tell their truth to the world. But with the controversial World Cup fast approaching, LGBT+ fans have seen their sport take a backwards step before a ball is even kicked in Qatar.
Former Real Madrid player Casillas has claimed his account was 'hacked', leading to a tweet that appeared to show him coming out as gay. His old team-mate in the Spanish national team, Carles Puyol followed that up with his own ill-advised reply, for which he later apologised.
