#LGBTQ: Czech Soccer Star Comes Out as Gay, “I No Longer Want to Hide Myself…” –Watch

Czech Republic soccer star Jakub Jankto came out as gay in a video posted online today.

The 27-year-old athlete, who is currently on loan from Sparta Prague to Getafe in Spain, is the first openly gay player in the elite Spanish La Liga division.

Like everybody else I have my strengths, I have my weaknesses.
I have a family. I have my friends. I have a job which I have been doing it as best as I can for years with seriousness, professionalism, and passion. Like everybody else, I also want to live my life in freedom without fears, without prejudice, without violence, but with love.
I am homosexual and I no longer want to hide myself.”