Football still has a long way to go until it becomes a fully welcoming and inclusive space for marginalized members of society such as the LGBTQI + community. Positive steps have been taken in recent years, including the much talked about Rainbow Laces campaign, but still from the top to the bottom of the pyramid, further progress is needed. In the upper parts of the men's game, there is still no openly gay or bi-player, despite the fact that 2.9% of the population identified themselves as LGB between 2018 and 2019.…