Pictures Openly Gay(?) Pro-Footballers

[mikey11]

From Gay Star News.

Pavel Mamayev, 24, a midfielder for CSKA Moscow, and Alexander Kokorin, 21, a striker from FC Dynamo Moscow, are believed to be in a relationship after ‘intimate’ photographs of them were posted on the internet.

On VK, an Eastern-European social network similar to Facebook, Kokorin posted one of the pictures, saying ‘I love him’.

Other snaps include the two hugging, sharing dinner, going to a basketball game, and having a bath together.

As soon as the holiday snaps were uploaded on a popular sports blog, it caused a furore of discussion on internet forums.

Opinions were split with one VK user saying the players should immediately be dropped from the teams.

Another said: ‘They play well so just leave them alone. Their private lives should remain private.’

Neither of the players has commented on the holiday pictures, with only Kokorin continuing to upload photographs from their visit to the USA on Twitter.

 

[prinz4ming]

Oh bless! They look so cute together!
Brave of them to do that in such a homophobic place though. Hope they are happy together and dont have any problems as a result of these pics :worried:

 

[absalom]

This is a very BRAVE thing to do. I think that they are so in love with each other that they want the world to know that they are a couple and are tired of staying in the closet. I think that many gay guys recognize that feeling.

I hope that nobody harms them or that their clubs fire them. Russia is a very homophobic country and the Russian football world even more. At the moment Russia is in a very nationalistic, inward looking phase and homosexuality is considered un-Russian and unpatriottic. I wish these two players all the best and I sincerely hope that their coming out will not have negative consequences for them.

 

[bigsal]

I hope this gives a shock in a country that is trying to stifle all the rights of gay people.
But instead I'm afraid that will be accused and perhaps excluded from the world of football.

 

[Stoic]

At least they found each other...

 

[HispaNerd]

Yeah, they look so happy, shame that somebody had to be a douche and try to spill the beans!!

 

[ahunt]

they look so cute together!

 

[mattsmith]

Very Cute pics

 

[Wes2475]

very cute couple

 

[howien212]

they're adorable

 

[serendip]

happy for both of them...

 

[kalentitoelpancho]

They are hot!...and seem happy. love them

 

[haiducii]

I think its pretty cool to be that openly uninhibited and genuine about who you are. :thumbs up:

 

[jeslandin]

Great to hear this . I hope it will work out for them in Russia

 

[tyan]

wow they are really fit together

how cute they are

 

[superjet]

Kokorin? No! Better - Cockorin lol!

 

[Martinus]

Russia? Not the best place to come out in.

 

[pit76us1]

Cute!

 

[zaylor]

Wish them well. That is a tough road to travel in Putin's Russia.

Zaylor

 

[serendip]

what a couple... truly a source of inspiration for many struggling to come out in the open... more power to both of you...