How allegiance to an anti-gay fan chant at Mexi soccer gam might sk El Tri's World Cup fortun - ESPN

Contents:

• SPANISH GOALKEEPER OUT AS GAY AFTER POSTG TOUCHG PHOTO WH BOYIEND
• SPANISH GOALKEEPER OUT AS GAY AFTER WNG PROMOTN
• SPANISH FOOTBALLER OUT AS GAY BY KISSG HIS BOYIEND
• MARBELLA STAR GOALKEEPER OUT AS GAY BY KISSG HIS BOYIEND AFTER HIS TEAM'S PROMOTN
• IS REAL MADRID LEGEND IKER CASILLAS ACTUALLY GAY?
• SPANISH FOOTBALLER ALBERTO LEJARAGGA OUT AS GAY BY KISSG BOYIEND AFTER MATCH
• IKER CASILLAS: EX-REAL MADRID AND SPA KEEPER LET 'I'M GAY' TWEET AND SAYS HE WAS HACKED
• SPANISH GOALKEEPER OUT AS GAY AFTER POSTG TOUCHG PHOTO WH BOYIEND
• HOW ALLEGIANCE TO AN ANTI-GAY FAN CHANT AT MEXI SOCCER GAM MIGHT SK EL TRI'S WORLD CUP FORTUN
• EXCLIVE: MEXIN SOCCER FERATN WARNS REFS MAY HALT PLAY IF FANS E ANTI-GAY SLUR
• SPANISH GOALKEEPER OUT AS GAY AFTER WNG PROMOTN
• MARBELLA STAR GOALKEEPER OUT AS GAY BY KISSG HIS BOYIEND AFTER HIS TEAM'S PROMOTN
• SPANISH GOALKEEPER OUT AS GAY AFTER POSTG TOUCHG PHOTO WH BOYIEND

SPANISH GOALKEEPER OUT AS GAY AFTER POSTG TOUCHG PHOTO WH BOYIEND

Marbella FC goalkeeper Alberto Lejaragga shared a photo along wh a brief msage after his team won promotn to the Segunda RFEF, Spanish football's fourth tierAlberto Lejarraga shared a msage after his team won promotn A Spanish goalkeeper has won praise by g out as gay on Twter wh a photo of him kissg his boyiend as he celebrated his team’s promotn.

“I am homosexual, and I no longer want to hi myself. Josh Cavallo was the only openly gay profsnal top-flight male footballer when he me out 2021. Atralian footballer Josh Cavallo said he was “tired of this double life” when he me out as gay October 2021.

SPANISH GOALKEEPER OUT AS GAY AFTER WNG PROMOTN

Football Atralia wrote at the time: "Football Atralia wish to mend Josh's bravery to e out as the only openly gay player the A-League men petn. The 28-year-old was praised for his bravery A Spanish goalkeeper has been praised on social media after he publicly me out as gay followg his club’s promotn. “I am homosexual and I no longer want to hi myself.

SPANISH FOOTBALLER OUT AS GAY BY KISSG HIS BOYIEND

Czech Republic ternatnal Jakub Jankto out as gay. Blackpool’s Jake Daniels publicly out as gay. Atralian footballer Josh Cavallo out as gay.

Spanish goalkeeper Alberto Lejaragga out as gay as he kiss his boyiend to celebrate promotn to the fourth tier, as fans hail the 28-year-old's bravery to go public as a 'wonrful triumph'Marbella FC secured promotn to Spa's fourth divisn on Sunday afternoonAlberto Lejaragga me out as gay by kissg his boyiend after the matchThe goalkeeper has received praise om fans on social media for his bravery Updated: 17:55 BST, 26 April 2023. A Spanish goalkeeper has won praise by g out as gay on Twter wh a photo of him kissg his boyiend as he celebrated his team's Alberto Lejaragga wrote alongsi the snap of him embracg his partner as they locked lips moments after the fal whistle: 'Many thanks for always beg at my si, the good moments and the not so good moments. 'I am homosexual, and I no longer want to hi myself.

MARBELLA STAR GOALKEEPER OUT AS GAY BY KISSG HIS BOYIEND AFTER HIS TEAM'S PROMOTN

' Czech Republic star Jakub Jankto me out as gay an emotnal vio Febary Alai Uned's Josh Cavallo (pictured) also me out as gay back October 2021Atralian footballer Josh Cavallo said he was 'tired of this double life' when he me out as gay October was scribed at the time as the only currently active male profsnal the world to do Alai Uned player, who has reprented the Atralian unr-20 natnal team, received wispread praise for his announcement vio, wh people sayg he would 'save liv' by bravely revealg his sexualy. Football Atralia wrote at the time: 'Football Atralia wish to mend Josh's bravery to e out as the only openly gay player the A-League men petn. The Spanish goalkeeper Alberto Lejaragga me out as gay on Twter.

The 28-year-old Spanish goalkeeper has won praise for g out as gay on Twter wh a photo of him kissg his boyiend after his team's promotn.

IS REAL MADRID LEGEND IKER CASILLAS ACTUALLY GAY?

A Spanish goalkeeper me out as gay on Twter Tuday after postg several photos cludg him kissg his boyiend.

"I've known my whole life that I'm gay, and I now feel that I'm ready to e out and be myself.

SPANISH FOOTBALLER ALBERTO LEJARAGGA OUT AS GAY BY KISSG BOYIEND AFTER MATCH

Out of nowhere, a tweet om the former Spanish shot-stopper's Twter acunt claimed that he was gay. "I hope you rpect me: I'm gay. It is safe to assume that Iker Casillas is not gay, wh the Spaniard offerg an apology for all the nfn.

IKER CASILLAS: EX-REAL MADRID AND SPA KEEPER LET 'I'M GAY' TWEET AND SAYS HE WAS HACKED

It is worth mentng that former FC Barcelona fenr Carl Puyol replied to the former Real Madrid goalkeeper's ial tweet about g out as gay. Spanish profsnal footballer Alberto Lejaragga has e out publicly as gay by plantg a celebratory kiss on his boyiend’s lips after a succsful match. Iker Casillas won multiple domtic and European honours more than 15 years wh Real MadridFormer Real Madrid and Spa goalkeeper Iker Casillas has leted a tweet that said he was gay - sayg his acunt was hacked.

Casillas tweeted Spanish: "I hope you rpect me: I'm gay, " before his former Spa team-mate Carl Puyol replied: "It's time to tell our story.

"Few high-profile current or former male players have ever e out as openly gay the sport.

SPANISH GOALKEEPER OUT AS GAY AFTER POSTG TOUCHG PHOTO WH BOYIEND

Have rporated an anti-gay slur to a chant aimed at opposg goalkeepers. "Soccer self is a medium for change, and we need to regnize how impactful language n be, " said Janelly Farias, a fenr on Mexi's women's natnal team who is gay. "When people are g homophobic language, whether 's tentnal or not, n be very trimental.

In ristg to cease and sist over the years, fans have argued that the chant is a part of Mexi's sports culture, and that bears no anti-gay bent when ed 's more, the perceived hypocrisy of FIFA policg the behavr of Mexi fans the stands but remag silent on laws opprsive to LGBTQ+ muni Rsia and Qatar -- the most recent World Cup host and the next le, rpectively -- has also fueled ristance.

HOW ALLEGIANCE TO AN ANTI-GAY FAN CHANT AT MEXI SOCCER GAM MIGHT SK EL TRI'S WORLD CUP FORTUN

"Clearly, people aren't chantg at goalkeepers and attackg them for thkg they're gay. "It has a nasty, homophobic nnotatn any sense.

For many gay men, 's the last word they hear before they're attacked, or killed.

"I have gay iends, and talkg to them about opened my ey. Those efforts have foced on the potential on-field nsequenc yet make no mentn of the slur's anti-gay ntext. "But prev statements om top officials, players and ach later tasked wh askg fans to stop the chant portrayed a culture at odds wh the signatn of the chant as anti-gay.

EXCLIVE: MEXIN SOCCER FERATN WARNS REFS MAY HALT PLAY IF FANS E ANTI-GAY SLUR

"I don't see as homophobic, or offensive. "In that moment, you're not thkg about disrpectg someone or sultg homosexuals. In dog so, the feratn ed a fense that Mexi fans monly rece: The word is employed not as an anti-gay slur, but rather as a tool to distract the goalkeeper to an errant kick.

"I'm glad somethg is fally beg done about this, but I thk we n be more direct by sayg this is a homophobic chant and be very head-on about . Meanwhile, activists and some of Mexi's own ele players ntue to lobby the FMF to embrace a more ank discsn on homophobia and machismo orr to rete fans and end the chant once and for all. The Mexin soccer feratn has for years asked s fans to rea om g a wildly popular anti-gay chant, both durg gam of the domtic Liga MX and ternatnally when the untry’s natnal team was playg.

Now ’s gettg some high-powered help om FIFA, the world erng body for two years ago, FIFA approved a disciplary that allows refere to end match if fans e chants or display behavr emed to be homophobic or racist. ” Members of Pasión 1927, a Los Angel-based fan group of the Mexin natnal soccer team, share their thoughts on a popular chant that is wily nsired homophobic. Fifteen other natnal feratns were also fed by FIFA over their fans’ e of homophobic cheers durg World Cup qualifyg four years ago, but the f were so small they had ltle the chant returned durg Mexi’s tournament opener Rsia, FIFA threatened to ban Mexin fans om the World Cup and the behavr origs of the chant are hazy, but is believed to date to a Mexin club match 2007 and is generally ed when the opposg goalkeeper mak a goal kick.

SPANISH GOALKEEPER OUT AS GAY AFTER WNG PROMOTN

There is vigoro bate over whether the chant is offensive sce the offendg word is said to have many meangs Spanish, one of which is a rogatory slur ed to mean gay Luisa said that nversatn is meangls. Mexi's soccer feratn has been sanctned repeatedly by world erng body FIFA recent years for a homophobic chant ed by s fans durg Mexin natnal team gam, whether at home or away. Referee Barton took the cisn to abandon the game bee of the homophobic chant.

What is the homophobic chant?

In a practice believed to have started among fans the early 2000s — one outlet highlights a 2004 Olympic qualifier between the USA and Mexi — Mexin natnal team fans jo unison to shout a Spanish-language homophobic slur ("p***, " which roughly translat to "gay prostute") when an opposg goalkeeper puts the ball to play on a goal kick.

MARBELLA STAR GOALKEEPER OUT AS GAY BY KISSG HIS BOYIEND AFTER HIS TEAM'S PROMOTN

The argument for years was that the word has multiple cultural meangs Mexi and other Spanish-speakg untri and that is not tend as a homophobic slur when ed by fans a stadium.

But there's no gettg around the fact that 's a rogatory term that's meang to the gay muny. When the match rumed, the officials add 12 mut of stoppage time, but they only got through seven of them before the referee cid to stop the match early after another loud stallment of the homophobic chant (see highlight qued up to the fal whistle).

Conf official has jt told me that the match HAS NOT been abandoned bee of homophobic chant spe fishg 4 mut before the 12 mut of stoppage time were up. Overnight, CONCACAF released a statement nfirmg is vtigatg the ntued e of homophobic chants by Mexi fans durg last night’s game.

SPANISH GOALKEEPER OUT AS GAY AFTER POSTG TOUCHG PHOTO WH BOYIEND

What is Mexi dog about the homophobic chant?