Mario Gomez and the Unleashing of German Football

German football (i.e., soccer) star Mario Gomez says that gay football players should just come on out and things will be much better – including their playing, because they'll be relieved from their stress of hiding.

If only.

Nonetheless, his comments are meant well, and I think we're getting very close to the time when being a gay football star will be nothing to shout about. At least in Germany.

(That's Gomez, BTW, on the cover of the German edition of Men's Health, in case you're wondering.)