After announcing he's gay, Swedish
footballer (European soccer) Anton Hysen says he's sad no one has
joined him.
Hysen, the son of former Liverpool
defender Glenn Hysen, made his announcement in an interview with the
football magazine Offside, just
weeks after English cricketer Steven Davies made a similar
announcement.
The Utsiktens BK player told
UK's The
Sun
that he was happy with his decision.
“I have so many reasons to be
positive about the situation,” the 20-year-old athlete told the
paper. “You have to teach some homophobic people how to think but
I am happy I did it.”
“Everyone asks me if I know any other
gay footballers but I don't. I would encourage them to come out and
support each other. It is sad no one has the guts to come out.”
Hysen is the first high-profile Swedish
football player to announce that he is gay. He joins several top
European athletes who have publicly outed themselves during their
careers.
Twenty-four-year-old Steven Davies
recently said that he was inspired to come out by Welsh rugby star
Gareth Thomas, who
came out gay nearly two years ago.