Jake Daniels: Last News

Jake Daniels is reflecting on his coming out.

Former Real Madrid and Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas faced backlash on social media, apologising to the LGBTQ+ community, as he claimed his official Twitter account had been hacked to post a coming out message.

Sir Andy Murray admitted he was left feeling “upset and angry” at the revelations of his mother Judy that she had been sexually assaulted.

Jake Daniels came out as gay.He explained: ‘The big battle for LGBT people in the Church of England has been trying to get for us the equal treatment that the rest of the world is used to.‘We’ve heard the remarkable story of the 17-year-old footballer coming out, the first pro-footballer to do it while still having a career since Justin Fashanu.‘Credit to Jake Daniels, it’s an amazing thing and lots of people have said it’s long overdue that football should have taken so long to welcome its first openly gay player.’Speaking to the PA news agency, the 60-year-old, who is promoting his first novel, Murder Before Evensong, went on: ‘Lots of us who are LGBT are in the Church but the Church at the moment resists giving us equal status which you would expect and enjoy anywhere else.‘That can be frustrating sometimes. I don’t want to pretend it’s just an easy matter, it’s not.

Craig Napier, a Category one official, went public with his announcement in a video that was posted from the Scottish Football Association account.“We need to see the climate change so that people feel they can be their true self and live happily and comfortably in their own skin.”An important conversation with Category One referee Craig Napier. pic.twitter.com/bYygya2k23— Scottish FA (@ScottishFA) June 2, 2022In conversation with Scottish FA, Napier spoke of the importance of sharing this with the world because, “we need to see the climate change so that people do feel that they can be their true self and live happily and comfortably in their own skin.”Napier became the first openly gay figure in Scottish football since late Hearts forward Justin Fashanu in the mid-1990s.“It’s been really inspiring to see what happened recently, with Josh Cavallo and Jake Daniels”, said Napier.

East Kilbride's Bobby Madden has hailed refereeing counterpart Craig Napier's decision to come out publicly as gay a progressive move for Scottish football.

A 17-year-old is the first actively out professional soccer player in Britain since 1990.Blackpool’s Jake Daniels is the first member of the Premier League in over 20 years to be out while actively playing soccer. In an interview on Monday with British media outlet Sky News, Jake Daniels came out as gay. In the video, Daniels explained he felt it was time after “such a long time of lying” about his identity. Daniels was signed as a forward onto the Blackpool team in February of 2022.

Days after Blackpool FC striker Jake Daniels came out as gay, past historical homophobic tweets of his teammate Marvin Ekpiteta have resurfaced. Ekpiteta, 26, deleted the tweets and apologised to Daniels, who indicated that he has forgiven his teammate. On Monday, 17-year-old Daniels became the first openly gay footballer, since Justin Fashanu in 1990, to come out while still playing. Ekpiteta deleted the tweets and offered his apology.

At the start of the week, Blackpool FC player Jake Daniels came out as gay making him the first active professional player to come out publicly since Justin Fashanu in 1990.

This Morning viewers were left shocked and telling Phillip Schofield to calm down as he got heavily involved in a gardening segment on the show. The presenter and co-host Holly Willoughby were back with another jam-packed edition of the ITV daytime show on Tuesday (May 17).

Jake Daniels made history this week after he became the first active openly gay professional male soccer player in the UK since 1990.

His bravery has seen him showered with praise by celebrities including ITV presenter Phillip Schofield, who came out himself back in 2020."There will be a time, I hope, when this isn't our second news story, and we won't need to do it because it won't matter and it won't make the headlines," the 60-year-old This Morning host declared on the show.He added: "Jake Daniels has hurled the world forward by being incredibly brave. Hopefully that won't be needed in the future."Hats off to Jake, we think you're amazing."What’s important now, and this may be very naive, I think he will have an amazing amount of support, help and care within his own football community."That his football mates, his football club, are all enormously supportive."Phillip described the culture within football as that of a "tribal family" and expressed his hope that Jake was embraced by it, instead of bullied.The presenter went on: "What you want now is for that tribal family now to show an enormous amount of support."Of course, there’s always going to be sort of ribbing people and having a go, but this is the time to say, ‘Let’s not go for him on the pitch'."Meanwhile Simon Thomas also expressed affection and concern for Jake on the Jeremy Vine show this week, cautioning that his bravery had come at a very young age.He stated: "[Homosexuality] in football shouldn’t be significant in 2022, yet it is."I just think this is a hugely significant moment for football.

Elton John has praised Blackpool footballer Jake Daniels after he became the first active player in UK men’s football to come out as gay since 1990.17-year-old Daniels made the announcement yesterday (May 16), telling Sky Sports News that he felt ready to “be myself” after “a long time of lying” about who he is.The Blackpool forward, who said that his “team-mates have all been so supportive about it and everyone has had my back” since he made his decision to publicly come out, is the only openly gay active men’s footballer. Justin Fashanu was the last professional player to do so back in 1990.Daniels has received support from around the world since he made his announcement, with John praising the footballer’s “courageous and game-changing statement”.Congratulations @Jake_Daniels11!A courageous and game-changing statement.

Jake Daniels is bravely coming out.

Flags, flares and joy filled the air as the promotion party continued for Stockport County fans this evening. Almost 24 hours after clinching the league title at Edgeley Park, the Hatters were back in town as supporters lined the streets to cheer their heroes.

Blackpool's Jake Daniels came out publicly as a gay male professional footballer, the first to do so in the UK since 1990. While Justin Fashanu was the UK's first professional footballer to come out as gay, his career was tragically cut short due to homophobia – he ended his own life in 1998. Footballer Jake, 17, told Sky Sports that he believed he was "ready to tell people my story" after coming out to his parents, his football club and teammates while letting his fans "know the real me".

Matt Lucas and Eddie Izzard are among the stars supporting Blackpool forward Jake Daniels, who has become the first pro footballer to come out as gay in 32 years. Daniels, 17, became the first male professional player in English football to come out as gay since Justin Fashanu in 1990 with his incredible statement. Little Britain star Matt wrote on Twitter: ‘It’s a landmark day in British LGBT history.