The Courage have apologized to fans upset by the recent signg of Jaelene Daniels, who refed a USWNT team ll-up over gay pri jerseys.
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- US MEN'S SOCCER TEAM CHANG LOGO TO PROMOTE GAY PRI AT WORLD CUP
- NWSL'S COURAGE SORRY OVER RE-SIGNG JAELENE DANIELS, WHO REFED TO WEAR USWNT GAY PRI JERSEY
- US SOCCER WILL DON SOME GAY APPAREL FOR PRI MONTH
US MEN'S SOCCER TEAM CHANG LOGO TO PROMOTE GAY PRI AT WORLD CUP
"Cyd Zeigler, who scrib himself as a gay sports wrer, h out at the backlash, scribg as "crazy" that Amerins would turn their back on the team bee of this tweeted: "LOL the 'Amerins' who are now sudnly hopg the US los at the #WorldCup bee the team has some rabow flags around the facily Qatar. Image hatg your untry jt bee s soccer team might not hate gay people. Qatar is the first Middle Eastern untry to host the soccer tournament and the lotn selectn has been hugely ntroversial due to Qatar’s vol anti-gay polici.
It is illegal to be gay the Mlim untry and a World Cup ambassador said homosexualy is “damage to the md” a recent terview wh a German TV statn, promptg many to ll for a boytt of the Fédératn Internatnale Football Associatn’s pnacle petn. Many players have voiced fears for gay and female fans travelg to the petn that only tak place every four years, ncerned that Qatar’s discrimatory laws uld endanger certa fans.
“Homosexualy is shoved down our throats. “It's really disappotg how if you don’t particularly like this you’re homophobic all of a sudn. If that mak me a homophobe or a bigot I gus I am one.
NWSL'S COURAGE SORRY OVER RE-SIGNG JAELENE DANIELS, WHO REFED TO WEAR USWNT GAY PRI JERSEY
For years, emg a poor-performg teammate to be “gay” or “a faggot” was simply monplace.
Soccer is not only reachg out to s lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr fans, but to straight folks as well. If one soccer-lovg gay 13-year-old watch Christian Pulisic or Clt Dempsey unaaid to pete a rabow-numbered jersey, maybe he no longer views himself as a monster, but as a member of our Amerin society. As of 2016, was legal to be fired simply for beg gay 28 stat.
One--five Amerins say they have bee more acceptg of homosexualy recent years.
US SOCCER WILL DON SOME GAY APPAREL FOR PRI MONTH
Women's natnal team ll-up over rabow-themed gay pri Courage announced on Sunday that the club had brought back Daniels, who retired last year after playg seven seasons the Natnal Women's Soccer League. But some fans were quick to cricize the move bee of Daniels' prev opposn to gay rights. Daniels, who played unr the last name Hkle until last year, ma headl when she cled a ll-up to the USWNT 2017 bee she refed to wear a rabow-theme jersey for gay pri month.