Former Aston Villa player- Thomas Hitzlsperger Makes History As First Premier League Player To Come Out As Gay

Thomas Hitzlsperger,31, has become the first Premier League
footballer to come out as gay. The German international midfielder,
who ended his playing career in September due to persistent injuries,
said he came out in a bid to break the taboo of homosexuality in
sport.

Thomas Hitzlsperger told Germany’s Die Zeit newspaper that now is ‘a
good time’ for him to reveal his sexuality…



According to BBC Sports ;

Former Aston Villa midfielder Thomas Hitzlsperger has revealed he is
gay.
The 31-year-old, who won 52 caps for Germany and also played for
West Ham and Everton, made the announcement in newspaper Die
Zeit.
He is the most prominent footballer to publicly reveal his
homosexuality and said it was “a good time” to do so.
“I’m coming out about my homosexuality because I want to move the
discussion about homosexuality among professional sportspeople
forwards,” he added.
The midfielder said he has only realised “in the past few years” that
he would “prefer to live together with another man”, adding: “I’ve
never been ashamed of the way I am.”
However, he said the issue is taboo inside the dressing room and it
had not always been easy to live with some of the comments dished
out on the subject.