Ryan Atkin

Ryan Atkin

Country

Great Britain

Birth - Death

1985 -

Occupation

Sports

Description

Professional football (soccer) referee, who is refereeing games in the North and South divisions of the National League, as well as operating as a fourth official in Football League games. Considered the sport’s first professional official to come out publicly as gay in the UK (2017).

See Also

• LGBTQ Sports Referees and Umpires

Further Reading/Research

• http://www.footballdatabase.eu/football.arbitres.ryan.atkin.5641.en.html
• https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/aug/10/ryan-atkin-first-openly-gay-professional-official-english-football-referee
• http://attitude.co.uk/professional-football-referee-ryan-atkin-comes-out-publicly-as-gay/