Richarlison and Lucas Digne: Everton duo insist out gay team-mate would be accepted
Everton duo Richarlison and Lucas Digne insist the footballing world would offer their unconditional support should a Premier League footballer come out publicly as gay.
Saturday is Liverpool City Region Pride, an annual event celebrating the local LGBT+ community which Everton will again be supporting.
The Blues have their own LGBT+ and allies supporters group, called Rainbow Toffees, while in May, the club signed up to become Stonewall Diversity Champions as a further commitment to inclusion.
There are currently no out gay or bisexual male professional footballers in the British game, but Richarlison is aware that football „can’t be a bubble in the world“ and hopes the sport can catch up with the rest of society.
„I think football is becoming more inclusive and so it should,“ Richarlison told Everton’s official website.
„The world has changed a lot. We can no longer live as people did 100 years ago.
„We are all the same and we should be treated this way.
„I don’t think it would be a problem here or anywhere else [if a player came out as gay].
„Everyone must be treated, first, with respect and equality.“
Meanwhile, France international Digne is optimistic a player coming out would create no issues among a squad, based on his own experiences playing in France, Spain, Italy and England.
„We would react normally. We would not have any problem at all with this [a player declaring he was gay],“ Digne added.
„Players are open, we talk about every subject. Nobody would need to be shocked and everything would be OK.
„It is something which is normal.
„Everybody is treated equally. This is how it is at Everton and what I have always seen in football.
„This would be no different, it would not be an issue.“
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