{"id":51998,"date":"2026-04-07T11:17:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T10:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/?p=51998"},"modified":"2026-04-07T11:17:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T10:17:41","slug":"ignacio-lago-makes-history-in-argentina-colon-winger-becomes-the-first-active-male-pro-to-come-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/fr\/2026\/04\/07\/ignacio-lago-makes-history-in-argentina-colon-winger-becomes-the-first-active-male-pro-to-come-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Ignacio Lago makes history in Argentina: Col\u00f3n winger becomes the first active male pro to come out"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Argentine winger Ignacio \u201cNacho\u201d Lago<\/strong> has made history by becoming the first active professional male footballer in Argentina<\/strong> to come out publicly as gay, a landmark moment in a sport where silence still dominates. The 23-year-old Club Atl\u00e9tico Col\u00f3n<\/a> player did so during a televised interview, after being surprised by a video message from his boyfriend, Gonzalo, in a sequence that quickly spread across social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The moment was intimate, emotional and unusually direct for men\u2019s football. In the interview, Gonzalo told Lago that he knew how hard he was working, said he loved him deeply and thanked him for defending the colors of his city; Lago replied that theirs was \u201can irrational love\u201d and compared that intensity to football itself, saying they live it with obsession and try to express what they feel. The fact that the coming out happened in a live broadcast only made the impact stronger, turning a private declaration into a public sporting milestone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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