Justin Fashanu was a black British soccer player. He was the first soccer player to be transferred for one million pounds. He was the first British professional soccer player to come out publicly as gay, in 1990, and he was also the last. He had a difficult life. First, his parents separated and put him and his brother John in a children’s home. As a soccer player he endured racist insults. Then his manager Brian Clough reviled him as gay. He spent ten years struggling with his gayness before coming out. He tried Christianity, and his church demanded he reform himself, and that conflicted him even more. Homophobic insults were hurled at him on the pitch. After he came out, his beloved younger brother John publicly denounced him. His career took a nosedive. He went to coach in America. Eight years after coming out, a 17-year-old boy accused him of sexual assault. He denied there was any assault. He committed suicide in 1998 by hanging himself in a deserted garage, leaving a note saying, ‘I realised that I had already been presumed guilty. I do not want to give any more embarrassment to my friends and family.’ Wikipedia concludes its article on him in this upbeat way: ‘In March 2009 a football team, The Justin Fashanu All-stars, was christened at a special event in Brighton, supported by the FA. The team, named in his honour, was created by the Justin Campaign, which is a campaign against homophobia in football and promotes the inclusion of openly gay players in football.’ Read the account of Justin Fashanu’s life written by his friend, the gay activist and political campaigner Peter Tatchell, at http://www.petertatchell.net/sport/justin%20fashanu.htm .