That filters into what the Gay Gooners are all about at heart.’ After that, I thought I don’t care what anyone else says, because my younger brother will be looking out for me and standing up for me. That was the only time in his 54 years on the planet he ever told me that he loved me. ‘I said, “Unfortunately for you, I’ll always be your brother and you’ll always be mine”, and he went, “Well I still love you then”. ‘When I came out to my younger brother, who I’d shared a bedroom with and had to tolerate all his mates calling me a poof and a fairy way back, his final comment was, “You’re still my brother aren’t you!”. ‘I was married for 12 years before I came out,’ says Fearn. Gay Gooners is the official Arsenal supporters’ group for LGBT+ fans (Picture: David Price/Arsenal FC via Getty Images)
