It’s the announcement that many people had been waiting for many years for. A professional football player in the men’s leagues here in the UK, has formally come out as gay. Jake Daniels plays for Blackpool FC and has been inundated with messages of love and support from football fans and the LGBTQIA+ communities since he formally came out to the world on Tuesday evening. BBC Radio’s sports channel, Radio 5 Live, broke the news at around five thirty that afternoon.