Justin Fashanu homophobia in football and promotes the inclusion of openly gay players in football. In July 2013, the French film composer Jann Halexander composed a short requiem in his memory. In July 2014 London band Elephants and Castles released their first single, "Fashanu", as a tribute. In 2017, Netflix released the film, "Forbidden Games: The Justin Fashanu Story". 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
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