“I have lost everything that I have dreamed of.”
'If you come out, you have a lot to lose. I have lost everything that I have dreamed of,' says Phuti LekoloaneSA's first openly gay soccer player, Phuti Lekoloane, says the game is not ready to embrace the homosexual community.
“I risked everything to live my truth, but I wouldn’t advise anyone to come out now because of the stereotype. There is a lot at stake.“I wanted to play in the , but if teams in this league discriminate against you because of your sexuality, then it's another thing. “Some people depend on football to put bread on the table. It's always tricky, especially in football, but I would advise people to start living their truth and the more people that come out, the more we break the stereotype.”
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