IT is 176 years since the last person was hanged in Britain for homosexuality, and 45 since the Sexual Offences Act ended the ban on sex between men.
IT is 176 years since the last person was hanged in Britain for homosexuality, and 45 since the Sexual Offences Act ended the ban on sex between men.
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Doug Gillon
Yet attitudes in sport remain Neanderthal – especially in football. Justin Fashanu was the world's first professional player to come out, in 1990. Reaction beggared belief. He was declared an outcast by his own brother, was famously described as "a bloody poof" by his manager, Brian Clough. Ultimately he hanged himself. It was 18 years before French internationalist Olivier Rouyer disclosed he was gay – but he had retired from football.
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