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Jordan Henderson's Saudi Arabia move felt like a "slap in the face" following his support of the LGBTQ+ community, says UK's only openly gay active male professional footballer Jake Daniels (www.bbc.co.uk)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This is the problem with pushing sportspeople into being "societal" role models. He's made a decision for his personal gain, it's not really anyone's business regardless of what people think. I think Hendo is a complete hypocrite for going, but whatever. It's his choice. Why should he be held to a higher standard than anyone else going to work in Saudi or other gulf states?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

The issue is that he is the one set the higher standard for himself the moment he started advocating for LGBT