Two Merseyside LGBTQ+ football supporters groups have welcomed the news of Blackpool’s Jake Daniels coming out as gay.
Daniels, a 17-year-old forward with Blackpool, came out yesterday making him the UK’s only openly gay active male professional footballer as it stands. The last time a professional male footballer came out while in the midst of their career was more than 30 years ago in 1990 with Justin Fashanu.
Speaking to Sky Sports, Daniels said: "Now is the right time to do it. I feel like I am ready to tell people my story. I want people to know the real me, I have been thinking for a long time about how I want to do it when I want to do it. I know now is the time. I am ready to be myself, be free and be confident with it all.
