Though separate nationalities, soccer players Robbie Rogers and Justin Fashanu shared which common sexual orientation?
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Robbie Rogers Robert Hampton "Robbie" Rogers III (born May 12, 1987) is an American professional soccer player who plays for LA Galaxy in Major League Soccer. He plays as a winger and as a left back. Rogers has also represented the United States men's national soccer team. In February 2013, Rogers came out as gay, becoming the second male soccer player in Britain to do so after Justin Fashanu in 1990. On May 26, 2013, he became the first openly gay man to compete in a top North American professional sports league when he played his first match for the Galaxy.
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Justin Fashanu Justinus Soni "Justin" Fashanu ( ; 19 February 1961 – 2 May 1998) was an English footballer who played for a variety of clubs between 1978 and 1997. He was known by his early clubs to be gay, and came out to the press later in his career, becoming the first professional footballer to be openly gay. He was also the first black footballer to command a £1million transfer fee, with his transfer from Norwich City to Nottingham Forest in 1981, but had little success as a player afterwards, although he continued to play at senior level until 1994.
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Peter Roe (soccer) Peter Roe (born 23 September 1955 in Manchester, England) is a Canadian international soccer player who spent twelve seasons in the North American Soccer League and two in the Major Indoor Soccer League. He also earned nine caps, scoring one goal, with the Canadian national soccer team between 1974 and 1983.
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Faisal Sakhizada Faisal Safa Sakhizada (Persian: فیصل سخی‌زاده‎ ‎ ; born 15 June 1990) is an Afghan association footballer who currently plays for Kingston City FC, football club from Australia. He is also a player in the Afghanistan national football team. His position on the field is centre back defender or leftback.
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Ed Rogers Edward Antonio Rogers (born August 29, 1978 in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic) is a retired utility infielder who played with the Baltimore Orioles. He bats and throws right-handed.
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Franck Matingou Franck Matingou (born December 4, 1979 in Nice, France) is a retired Congolese football player.
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Jean Chong Jean Chong is a Singaporean LGBT rights activist. She co-founded Sayoni, a LGBT rights organization, and serves as one of the leaders of the ASEAN Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Gender Expression Caucus, an activist collective.
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Doneil Henry Doneil Jor-Dee Ashley Henry (born April 20, 1993) is a Canadian international soccer player who plays professionally for West Ham United, as a defender.
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Tam Nsaliwa Tamandani Wazayo Phillip "Tam" Nsaliwa (born 28 January 1982) is a Canadian-German football player who plays as a midfielder.
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Lars Hirschfeld Lars Justin Hirschfeld (born 17 October 1978) is a Canadian soccer goalkeeper currently playing for the second-tier club KFUM in Norway.
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Darryl Roach Darryl Roach is an English-born Montserratian footballer who has previously played as a midfielder for Port Melbourne Sharks, and has been capped internationally for the Montserrat national football team.
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Canadian values Canadian values are the commonly shared ethical and human values of Canadians. The major political parties have claimed explicitly that they uphold these values, but use generalities to specify them. Justin Trudeau after taking office as Prime Minister in 2015 tried to define what it means to be Canadian, saying that Canada lacks a core identity but does have shared values:
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Arthur Gnahoua Arthur Gnahoua (born 18 September 1992) is an English-born footballer of French and Ivory Coast descent, who plays as a forward for Shrewsbury Town.
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Australia women's national soccer team The Australian women's national soccer team represents Australia in international women's soccer at the senior level. The team is overseen by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Federation Australia (FFA), which is currently a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the regional ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) since leaving the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) in 2006. The team's official nickname is the Matildas (from the Australian folk song "Waltzing Matilda"), having been known as the Female Socceroos before 1995. The current team manager is Alen Stajcic.
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Robbie Findley Robert "Robbie" Findley (born August 4, 1985) is an American soccer player who plays as a forward. He has also been capped by the United States national team, making his international debut in 2007.
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Ibrahim Fazeel Ibrahim Fazeel (born 9 October 1980) is a Maldivian footballer nicknamed "Oppo", who can play both as a midfielder and as a forward currently who plays for Llangefni Town FC
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James Nsaba Buturo James Nsaba Buturo is a Ugandan politician. He was the Minister of State for Ethics & Integrity in the Office of the Vice President in the Cabinet of Uganda from 1 June 2006 until his resignation on 15 March 2011. In the cabinet reshuffle of 27 May 2011, his docket was assigned to Father Simon Lokodo. He also served as the elected Member of Parliament representing "Bufumbira County East", Kisoro District, from 2001 until 2011. In the 2011 national elections, Nsaba Buturo lost in the primaries to Wagahugu Kwizera of the National Resistance Movement political party, who is the incumbent MP for that constituency. Nsaba Buturo insisted on contesting the general elections as an Independent candidate; but he still lost. He accused the United Nations of a surreptitious mission to impose acceptance of homosexuality on sovereign countries.
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Mark Rogers (soccer) Mark Rogers (born November 3, 1975 in Guelph) is a retired Canadian footballer.
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Benoît Cheyrou Benoît Cheyrou (born 3 May 1981) is a French football player who plays for Toronto FC in Major League Soccer. He plays as a central midfielder and often acts as a deep-lying playmaker for the attack. Cheyrou is known for his vision, distribution, and assists. He is a former French youth international having represented his nation at under-19, under-20, and under-21 level. Cheyrou is the younger brother of former French international Bruno Cheyrou, who formerly played for English club Liverpool, and is currently a sports broadcaster. The younger Cheyrou earned his first call up to the national team on 25 February 2010, but is yet to play for France.
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Steve Corica Stephen Christopher Corica ] born 24 March 1973 in Innisfail, Australia) is a former Australian football (soccer) player and coach of Sydney's National Youth League side. A technically gifted and skillful player playing primarily as an attacking midfielder, he is very versatile, able to play both centrally or out wide, or even pushed up as a second striker. He announced his retirement from professional football on 16 February 2010 due to injury.
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Kadeisha Buchanan Kadeisha Buchanan (born November 5, 1995), nicknamed Keisha, is a Canadian soccer player for Olympique Lyonnais in Division 1 Féminine. She is also a member of the Canadian national team. She was born in Toronto and raised in Brampton, Ontario, the youngest of seven girls in a single-parent home. She was only 17 when she made her debut for the Canada National team on January 12, 2013.
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Robbie Williams (footballer, born 1984) Robert Ian "Robbie" Williams (born 2 October 1984) is an English footballer who plays as a left back for Cork City FC having signed from Limerick on Friday 28th July, 2017. Born in Pontefract, he has made 225 Football League appearances for Barnsley, Blackpool, Huddersfield Town, Stockport County, Rochdale and Plymouth Argyle.