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Jordan Henderson's Saudi Arabia move felt like a "slap in the face" following his support of the LGBTQ+ community, says UK's only openly gay active male professional footballer Jake Daniels (www.bbc.co.uk)

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[–] AdamH96@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

But plenty of other players who have gone to Saudi have done the same thing as him but yet its only Henderson that's getting so much public grief over it

[–] squirrelbo1@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Most didn’t get an MBE because of their stances and work they did. All of which seems empty and false now.

[–] stemmo33@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

To answer your original question. He gave more public support to LGBTQ people than any other player that I saw. Off the top of my head, other players who've gone to Saudi Arabia barely spoke about it beforehand, if ever.

So that's why he gets so much grief. He put himself at the forefront of the conversation and then decided he didn't care about it anymore, as long as he could get an even more ridiculous salary than he was already on.