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 of London Cemetery and Crematorium. John Fashanu later regretted some of the comments he made when his brother first came out. In an interview with TalkSPORT in 2012, John Fashanu subsequently claimed his brother was not gay and was merely an attention seeker. Fashanu was listed at number 99 in the Top 500 Lesbian and Gay Heroes in "The Pink Paper". In March 2009 a football team, The Justin Fashanu All-stars, was named at a special event in Brighton, supported by the FA. The team, named in his honour, was created by the Justin Campaign, which is a campaign against