Openly gay UK footballer says he mentors closeted players

Josh Cavallo says he mentors other closeted playersSource: We Need To Talk

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00:00how brave you are and what's a step forward and how is this still existing in the the year of 2021

00:07so these are what other athletes reaching out to you yeah really yeah who are obviously not out

00:13yeah so i help mentor a lot of closeted athletes and a lot of olympians a lot of football players

00:19that aren't out and don't want to be out you know my journey i'm grateful and so happy i did what i

00:26did but not everyone wants to do josh cavalli's journey they're happy to go around their life and

00:30keep it separate to the everyday life yes they're happy to come out next year or in 10 years time

00:36or they just don't want to come out all but to have that safe space with me with strangers i don't even

00:41know is incredible because i couldn't do that yes