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Referee Ryan Atkin has spoken to Sky Sports about his life and experiences as a gay man working in football, making him the sport's first publicly 'out' professional official in the UK. Read Ryan Atkin's story on being a gay man in professional football, and why LGBT inclusion.
Last week in an interview with Sky Sports's Jon Holmes, the English Football League referee Ryan Atkin came out as gay, making him the first.
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Nigel Owens, MBE (born 18 June ) is a Welsh international rugby union referee. He is the Owens was subjected to racist and anti-gay abuse when refereeing England and New Zealand in November This was reported by a fan.
Description:Coming out was very difficult and I tried to live with who I really was for years. He was also appointed to the Rugby World Cup Final as one of the assistant referees. In Owens became a patron of Bullies Out charity in Wales. In , Owens earned his first International Rugby Board appointment, when he was appointed to the first test of the Irish tour of Japan in Osaka. A series of reports, documentaries and interviews in March brought the task of officiating into sharper focus, and showed more of the personalities of the men - and women - in black. He is a fluent Welsh speaker.
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