Janelly Farías Rodríguez (born 12 February 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as centre-back for Liga MX Femenil club Juárez.
After publicly coming out as lesbian while playing college soccer, the rejection she suffered from her family originally led her to quit football.
After a few years, however, during which her family gradually reconnected with her and in which she was inspired by the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, she made the decision to return to the sport.
[1] She is currently on the full women’s Mexico national team and looking to participate in the 2020 Olympic qualifying CONCACAF TOURNAMENT.
In October 2020, she led a talk for Harvard University titled "Navigating the Borders of Gender, Culture, Language, and Sexuality in Sports and Beyond."