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11/12/2018
The West Ham United player lives with her partner, Lily, and revealed that she knew she was gay when she was a child, in the message posted to the team's website.
"Growing up I knew that I wasn't interested in boys," she said.
"They were my mates who I played football with and there was nothing sexually or nothing that interested me.
"Obviously as I got older, I realised that I am gay, and then it was about dealing with it really," she continued.
"It's something that you can't change. I can't change and not be gay tomorrow, it's just who I am."
The former Arsenal Ladies player said that she has received homophobic abuse online but has always managed to laugh it off as she knows negative comments are only from the minority.
Gilly added that it can be frightening for LGBT people to come out as many worry they are letting their family down.
"They don't know if they're going to accept it. I'm very lucky and blessed to have the parents that I've got. But I think it is that fear of rejection and not being accepted.
"The main thing is that I'm no different, whether I'm with a boy or with a girl, I'm still me and my personality doesn't change."
(JG/MH)
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Footballer Gilly Flaherty Opens Up About Her Sexuality
English footballer Gilly Flaherty has opened up about her sexuality in a powerful video in which she discusses the stigma around being a lesbian.The West Ham United player lives with her partner, Lily, and revealed that she knew she was gay when she was a child, in the message posted to the team's website.
"Growing up I knew that I wasn't interested in boys," she said.
"They were my mates who I played football with and there was nothing sexually or nothing that interested me.
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"Obviously as I got older, I realised that I am gay, and then it was about dealing with it really," she continued.
"It's something that you can't change. I can't change and not be gay tomorrow, it's just who I am."
The former Arsenal Ladies player said that she has received homophobic abuse online but has always managed to laugh it off as she knows negative comments are only from the minority.
Gilly added that it can be frightening for LGBT people to come out as many worry they are letting their family down.
"They don't know if they're going to accept it. I'm very lucky and blessed to have the parents that I've got. But I think it is that fear of rejection and not being accepted.
"The main thing is that I'm no different, whether I'm with a boy or with a girl, I'm still me and my personality doesn't change."
(JG/MH)
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