Mexi fans uldn’t help om chantg a gay slur at Team USA. Now the match has been spend.
Contents:
- HOW ALLEGIANCE TO AN ANTI-GAY FAN CHANT AT MEXI SOCCER GAM MIGHT SK EL TRI'S WORLD CUP FORTUN
- MEXI FANS CHANT GAY SLUR ‘PUTO’ AT USMNT, E CONCACAF TO SPEND MATCH
- WATCH: MEXIN FANS CHANT ANTI-GAY SLURS, THROW BOTTL AT US MEN’S TEAM
- MEXI SANCTNED BY FIFA FOR RECURRENCE OF FANS' ANTI-GAY CHANT
- EXCLIVE: MEXIN SOCCER FERATN WARNS REFS MAY HALT PLAY IF FANS E ANTI-GAY SLUR
- MEXI FANS URGED AGA TO STOP ANTI-GAY CHANT
- MEXI'S LIGA MX TO EVICT FANS WHO SG ANTI-GAY CHANT
HOW ALLEGIANCE TO AN ANTI-GAY FAN CHANT AT MEXI SOCCER GAM MIGHT SK EL TRI'S WORLD CUP FORTUN
Mexin soccer feratn aga urg fans to stop g chant after FIFA hands tought penalty to date rponse to persistent e of anti-gay slur. * mexico fans gay chant *
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.
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.
MEXI FANS CHANT GAY SLUR ‘PUTO’ AT USMNT, E CONCACAF TO SPEND MATCH
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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.
What is Mexi dog about the homophobic chant? FIFA sanctns for homophobic chants.
WATCH: MEXIN FANS CHANT ANTI-GAY SLURS, THROW BOTTL AT US MEN’S TEAM
The U.S. Men's Soccer Team game agast Mexi was briefly shut down Sunday over wav of anti-gay chants and objects thrown on the field. * mexico fans gay chant *
In June 2021, FIFA sanctned the Mexin feratn for homophobic chants by Mexin fans at Olympic qualifiers played Guadalajara, Mexi March 2021: a $65, 000 fe and two official home match played behd closed doors. The FIFA Disciplary Commtee also opened separate proceedgs agast Mexi nnectn wh homophobic chants by fans at a iendly agast Iceland played Arlgton, Texas, May 2021.
MEXI SANCTNED BY FIFA FOR RECURRENCE OF FANS' ANTI-GAY CHANT
The anti-gay chant was ed durg 2022 World Cup qualifyg home gam agast Canada and Honduras at the Estad Azte.
Mexi’s natnal team will play s first two home match World Cup qualifyg whout spectators, a penalty for s fans’ e of an anti-gay chant durg last sprg’s pre-Olympic tournament Guadalajara, the untry’s soccer feratn announced at a Mexi Cy news nference gam Mexi will play behd closed doors are agast Jamai on Sept.
EXCLIVE: MEXIN SOCCER FERATN WARNS REFS MAY HALT PLAY IF FANS E ANTI-GAY SLUR
There is vigoro bate over whether the chant is rogatory sce the offendg word n have many meangs Spanish, one of which is a slur ed to mean gay Luisa has said that nversatn is meangls.
” 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.
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.
MEXI FANS URGED AGA TO STOP ANTI-GAY CHANT
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. "Clearly, people aren't chantg at goalkeepers and attackg them for thkg they're gay. "It has a nasty, homophobic nnotatn any sense.
MEXI'S LIGA MX TO EVICT FANS WHO SG ANTI-GAY CHANT
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.