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On Wednesday, Josh Cavallo made history when he became the only openly gay current top-tier professional footballer after he came out in an emotional video and open letter on social media. Despite his fears around what coming out would mean for his career as a professional footballer, Cavallo was overwhelmed with support from around the world including from other professional footballers at some of the world’s biggest clubs. Today on Please Explain, football reporter Dominic Bossi joins Nathanael Cooper to look at what this means in the broader context of the sporting world. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.