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December 2014
On Sale: November 24, 2014
240 pages
ISBN: 1849547203
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Non-Fiction Memoir
When Robbie Rogers stepped onto the field for the LA Galaxy
in 2013, he made history as the first openly gay man to play
in a major US professional sport. Coming Out to Play tells Rogers's harrowing story as a
closeted gay man in the ultra-heterosexual world of
professional football, his decision to come out and leave
behind his beloved sport, and his subsequent return to
football - signing for the LA Galaxy. Rogers knew he wanted to be a professional football player
from the age of four, and knew he was gay from the age of
thirteen. He kept the latter hidden until he was
twenty-five, believing the two realities to be totally
irreconcilable. For twelve years he mastered the art of deception, both
inwardly to himself and outwardly to teammates, friends, and
family. In a February 2013 blog post that received global
attention, he finally came out to the world. Rogers's memoir is a moving account of love overcoming
prejudice, and a clarion call to other gay sports people
around the world to openly embrace their sexuality.
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