International Soccer Star Comes Out as Gay
“I want to live my life in freedom,” he said in an emotional video.
Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters
Czech Republic international soccer player Jakub Jankto came out as gay in a video posted online on Monday. The 27-year-old athlete, who is currently on loan from Sparta Prague to Getafe in Spain, is the first openly gay player in the elite Spanish La Liga division. “Like everybody else I have my strengths, I have my weaknesses,” he says in the clip. “I have a family. I have my friends. I have a job which I have been doing it as best as I can for years with seriousness, professionalism, and passion. Like everybody else, I also want to live my life in freedom without fears, without prejudice, without violence, but with love. I am homosexual and I no longer want to hide myself.”
— Jakub Jankto (@jakubjanktojr) February 13, 2023
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