It is still difficult for sports people to come out into the public eye and declares himself gay, but the world changes and little by little that has changed.
In football, a case has just been presented. Referee Igor Benevenuto, 41, came out of the closet, and said that a weight had been lifted from his shoulders by telling the truth.
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“My name is Igor Junio Benevenuto de Oliveira. I am a soccer referee. Starting today, I will no longer be the versions of Igor that I created. Neighbors, character for heterosexual society. I will just be Igor, a man, gay, who respects people and their choices. No masks. Just Igor. No filter and finally myself”, he said on the podcast ‘Nos Closets dos Vestiários’, from ‘ge’.
Benevenuto de Oliveira pointed out that he grew up hating soccer, due to the macho environment that exists within it.
“I hate it for the atmosphere, the machismo and the prejudices disguised as a joke”, he told, and noticed that he survived in the circle of children who lived playing ball.
“There was no more perfect place to hide my sexuality. But playing was not a lasting option, so I took the only possible path: I became a referee, “said the judge.
The referee confessed that he was attracted to men, but that he is very professional on the field of play, that he should not change his professionalism.
“I am attracted to men and I am no less for that. I’m not in the field for that. I am not looking for a man, I am not wishing for anyone. I’m not there to try. I want respect, that they understand that I can be in any environment, ”the referee began.
And he concluded: “Because I’m gay it means that I’m going to want to have sex with everyone, I’m going to look at everyone. Not much less. I just want respect and the right to be where I want. We homosexuals in football are many. We are everywhere. But 99.99 percent are in the closet. There are referees, players, coaches, married, with children, separated, with a double life… He has everything. We recognize each other”.
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