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 Guyanese nurse named Pearl. When his parents split up, he and his brother John were sent to a Barnardo's home. When he was six, he and John were fostered by Alf and Betty Jackson and were brought up in Shropham, Norfolk. Fashanu excelled at boxing as a youth, and was rumoured at one time to be pursuing a professional boxing career instead of his footballing career. Fashanu began his career as an apprentice with Norwich City, turning professional towards the end of December 1978. He made his league debut on 13 January 1979, against West Bromwich Albion, and settled