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BBC3 Airs Doc on Homosexuality in Football

BBC3 are to air a documentary tackling the issue of homosexuality in football on Monday.
‘Britain’s Gay Footballers’ airs at 9pm Monday, January 30 and will be hosted by Amal Fashanu, niece of the late former Manchester City player Justin Fashanu.
The programme will explore the perceived barriers gay professionals face in coming out publicly and the reasons why no players in the UK have followed in her uncle’s footsteps.
In 1990, Fashanu publicly came out, suffering a backlash from supporters and former colleagues as well as his brother, former Wimbledon forward John Fashanu.
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