Justin Fashanu Justin Fashanu Justinus Soni "Justin" Fashanu (; 19 February 1961 – 2 May 1998) was an English footballer who played for a variety of clubs between 1978 and 1997. He was known by his early clubs to be gay, and came out to the press later in his career, becoming the first professional footballer to be openly gay. He was also the first black footballer to command a £1million transfer fee, with his transfer from Norwich City to Nottingham Forest in 1981, but had little success as a player afterwards, although he continued to play at senior level until 1994.
Justin Fashanu a London gay bar. "We ended up in bed together at his London flat", he said. A week later, his brother John Fashanu agreed to an exclusive with "The Voice" under the headline ""John Fashanu: My Gay Brother is an outcast."" Justin Fashanu was interviewed for the July 1991 cover story of "Gay Times", where the situation was summarised as: In 1992, he agreed to front "Loud'n'proud" a new national radio series aimed at young lesbians and gay men, but the pilot with Fashanu presenting was turned down by "BBC Radio Five"; it was later commissioned with a female presenter