Thomas Hitzlsperger: The Last Taboo Gay Cliché Watch!

Four months after retiring from professional football, Thomas Hitzlsperger has decided to make his sexual orientation public in order to tackle one of the few remaining taboos in the world’s most popular sport.

"I’m talking about my homosexuality because I want to advance the discussion about pro athletes being gay," he says in the latest edition of weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT.

Hitzlsperger said he felt it was time to come out now that his career was over.

Die Zeit.

Fagburn loves the phrase "comes out as gay" - as opposed to "comes out as a rhinocerous" presumably...