Coming Out to Play Hardback
by Robbie Rogers, Eric Marcus
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When Robbie Rogers stepped onto the field for the LA Galaxy in 2013, he made history as the first openly gay man to play in a major US professional sport.
Coming Out to Play tells Rogers's harrowing story as a closeted gay man in the ultra-heterosexual world of professional football, his decision to come out and leave behind his beloved sport, and his subsequent return to football - signing for the LA Galaxy. Rogers knew he wanted to be a professional football player from the age of four, and knew he was gay from the age of thirteen.
He kept the latter hidden until he was twenty-five, believing the two realities to be totally irreconcilable.
For twelve years he mastered the art of deception, both inwardly to himself and outwardly to teammates, friends, and family. In a February 2013 blog post that received global attention, he finally came out to the world.
Rogers's memoir is a moving account of love overcoming prejudice, and a clarion call to other gay sports people around the world to openly embrace their sexuality.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:240 pages, colour plates
- Publisher:Biteback Publishing
- Publication Date:25/11/2014
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- ISBN:9781849547208
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:240 pages, colour plates
- Publisher:Biteback Publishing
- Publication Date:25/11/2014
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- ISBN:9781849547208