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Contents:

• JOZI CATS: SOUTH AI'S FIRST GAY AND CLIVE GBY CLUB
• JOZI CATS: AI’S FIRST GAY GBY TEAM TACKL HOMOPHOBIA
• AI’S FIRST GAY GBY TEAM: JOZI CATS
• DISMANTLG STEREOTYP: 10 INSPIRG GAY RUGBY PLAYERS AND PERSONALI
• AI’S FIRST GAY GBY CLUB SHATTERS STEREOTYP
• AI'S FIRST GAY GBY TEAM LNCH PROVOTIVE RECMENT MPAIGN
• GAY RUGBY BRIDG DIVI SOUTH AI
• GAY SA GBY TEAM HEADG TO HEARTLANDS
• MEET AI'S FIRST GAY CLIVE GBY CLUB
• BOLD AD MPAIGN FOR SOUTH AIN GBY CLUB GRABS ATTENTN, TACKL GAY STEREOTYP
• WATCH AS SOUTH AI'S FIRST GAY GBY TEAM TACKL PREJUDICE
• GAY SA GBY TEAM TACKLE PREJUDICE
• FORMER NEW ZEALAND GBY PLAYER CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE BE FIRST ALL BLACK TO E OUT AS GAY
• GAY GBY PLAYER WS FIVE-YEAR BATTLE AGAST PORTATN TO KENYA

JOZI CATS: SOUTH AI'S FIRST GAY AND CLIVE GBY CLUB

Ai’s first gay and clive gby club has lnched a provotive mpaign featurg homophobic slurs a bid unrme new recment drive featur posters of team members acpanied by words such as “queen”, “fairy” and “pansy” Cats club chairman and player Tevhan Kuni said: “We are a small club wh no budget, so we thought we’d lnch a recment mpaign that might get picked up by a few lol publitns, pecially the LBGTQI muny. ”Kuni said many gby players don’t feel they n be both openly gay and play the sport petively.

JOZI CATS: AI’S FIRST GAY GBY TEAM TACKL HOMOPHOBIA

In June 2014 an anonymo German footballer pated a grim picture of his treatment by his team-mat after he revealed to them he was gay. ‘Ready for a gay Sprgbok’Though attus towards homosexualy vary greatly om untry to untry, the suatn is particularly cril on the Ain ntent, where 38 untri still crimalise while South Ai has a famoly clive nstutn that protects the rights of s gay cizens, an Aobarometer survey recently found that 21% of South Ains “aren’t tolerant” of homosexuals, wh rrective rape of women and hate crim agast gay men, pecially ral muni, ntug to pose a ser is hopeful that the Jozi Cats n go some way to changg attus, and hop the day will soon e when players feel fortable talkg about their sexualy.

“I thk if you look at other players who have e out, then y, fely we’re ready for a gay Sprgbok. He says the Cats are hopg to reprent South Ai at the global Gay Rugby Champnships, and are aimg to eventually reach the Gay Gam, a global tournamentA versn of this article first appeared on the Daily Maverick. Gay gby team lnched South Ai.

AI’S FIRST GAY GBY TEAM: JOZI CATS

In the macho world of sports, ’s not easy to be openly gay – and sults like the make difficult to e out the locker room. But one fledglg gby team is g such stereotyp to not only create awarens of homophobia, but to promote self as a safe haven for those who don’t feel fortable wh the game’s culture. Formed this year, Johannburg-based Jozi Cats is Ai’s first gay gby team – and s provotive marketg mpaign has had a greater impact than s members ever dreamed possible.

DISMANTLG STEREOTYP: 10 INSPIRG GAY RUGBY PLAYERS AND PERSONALI

Ai's first gay gby club shatters stereotyp.

AI’S FIRST GAY GBY CLUB SHATTERS STEREOTYP

Homosexualy is outlawed many Ain untri, but that is not the se South Ai. However, an Amnty Internatnal report poted to at least seven murrs what appeared to be homophobic attacks between June and November 2012.

“We said let’s do somethg that tak gay stereotyp and turns them on their heads, and ask the qutn, like ‘Are you or aren’t you? “We had to e words – tradnal gay slurs – which didn’t need translatn to the broar straight muny, which people would get whout too much explanatn. So that’s why we went to our six gay stereotyp.

“It’s started a nversatn about homophobia sport, more specifilly homophobia gby, ” says Kuni, who portrayed “Pillow Ber” the photo shoot. There’s also que a big gay gby scene globally that we want to put teams together for, bee South Ai is not reprented there at all.

AI'S FIRST GAY GBY TEAM LNCH PROVOTIVE RECMENT MPAIGN

So we looked at them, and he said ‘But they don’t even look gay. “It’s great to have started the nversatn – and that nversatn is, ‘Why do we even need to have a gay gby team? Verrijdt is wary of nmng gby as a homophobic sport, and says tn n create wir awarens.

“A lot of homophobic slurs have a certa jocular humor to , so I often thk ’s unnsc and ’s not even meant the way out, ” he says.

GAY RUGBY BRIDG DIVI SOUTH AI

“But n be hurtful, absolutely, and that’s why we e the payoff le, ‘Rugby, that’s so gay, ’ bee I’ve been out wh straight iends – as iendly and clive as they are – and even wh them slips out, and you have to tch yourself. Read: Gay gby ref ‘nsired chemil stratn’.

Kuni hop the club – which maly plays touch gby for now – will one day take part ternatnal events such as the Gay Gam, Out Gam and Bgham Cup. Read: World’s first gay gby club turns 20. South Ai's Jozi Cats, the first gay gby team Ai, is g a provotive advertisg mpaign to rec members to s club.

GAY SA GBY TEAM HEADG TO HEARTLANDS

"Lots of ternatnal guys (om other gay clubs) feared hearg formg bee South Ai is one of the superpowers of the gby world.

The team hop to eventually be able to pete ternatnal tournaments such as the Gay Gam, Out Gam and Bgham Cup. "It's started a nversatn about homophobia sport, more specifilly homophobia gby. "We're nng a mpaign to make awarens of people who are homosexual our society to have urage to actually step out, " says Chris Herbst -- "Flamer" the photo shoot.

Found on 20 Augt 2015, Ai’s first gay gby team began their journey wh simple ials of creatg a safe and harassment-ee environment for everyone to enjoy the game of gby. Havas PR, of which Chris is the head, vised a bold mpaign to tackle homophobia gby and turn gay stereotyp si out.

MEET AI'S FIRST GAY CLIVE GBY CLUB

It challenged the public by askg, “What do a gay gby player look like? ” and ed the typil gay slurs one would hear on the sports field.

BOLD AD MPAIGN FOR SOUTH AIN GBY CLUB GRABS ATTENTN, TACKL GAY STEREOTYP

The Rugby, That’s so Gay global mpaign lnched on 4 May 2016 and went viral. Ai’s first gay gby tour menced December 2016 and the Jozi Cats set their sights on shiftg the nservative narrative of gby South Ai. Supreme Court Jtice Ruth Bar Gsburg) and legal protectns agast discrimatn on the books, progrs has been, negative stereotyp, and homophobic vlence persist, makg difficult for LGBT people to live eely or pursue personal and profsnal passns whout fear of harassment or attack.

WATCH AS SOUTH AI'S FIRST GAY GBY TEAM TACKL PREJUDICE

However, one group is celebratg South Ai's gby tradn while dismantlg tired stereotyp about gay men. ??? #gby #gay gby #jozits #handsome #sporty #boys A photo posted by Jozi Cats (@jozitsgby) on May 10, 2016 at 1:57pm PDTThey're South Ai's first petive gay and clive gby Johannburg, the Jozi Cats hope to jo the ranks of other gay gby cubs around the world and pete the World Outgam (an Olympic-style event for LGBT athlet) and the Bgham Cup, an annual tournament for gay gby clubs. The Jozi Cats would be the first team om the entire ntent of Ai to participate the to stay petive and offer opportuni for gay men to pursue the sport, they had to rec some new players.

Many of the players didn't f the "nventnal" mold or expectatn people might have for a gay sports Viljoen, tighthead prop for the Jozi Cats. Jt are gay dus who happen to like gby, " he told Upworthy. Verrijdt and the team wanted a way to challenge long-held notns of masculy and homosexualy, while recg some new talent.

GAY SA GBY TEAM TACKLE PREJUDICE

"We're nng a mpaign to make awarens of people who are homosexual wh our society, to have urage to actually step out, " said the team's all-rounr Chris Herbst, who actually me out to his iends and fay by participatg the mpaign. Image via Havas WW South Ai/ fished product — real players reclaimg rogatory gay slurs — is shockg but driv home a very important msage. The Jozi Cats have always been about been about makg nnectns and sharg petive gby wh other gay men and alli.

"Who knows the extent of what historil moments we are creatg here for gay gby and social cln, " Verrijdt said. "Perhaps Jozi Cats will produce South Ai's first openly gay sportsman? In light of recent ntroversy regardg homophobic slurs by Israel Fol, we thought we would she a light on 10 fluential gay gby personali.

The players have bee a bean of light bee they overme stereotyp and other challeng faced by homosexual athlet way too often. In this article, we’ll name ten of the most notable gay gby personali, analyze their acplishments, discs how they are shapg the game today, and asss their impact on the overall perceptn of homosexual profsnal athlet around the world.

FORMER NEW ZEALAND GBY PLAYER CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE BE FIRST ALL BLACK TO E OUT AS GAY

That beg said, due to s physily, gby is regard as a “manly” sport, which mak more difficult for gay players to publicly acknowledge their preference. At the same time, there are many misnceptns about this betiful sport, which has led to the margalizatn and targetg of gay players.

Some high-profile stars like Israel Fol have recently ma headl due to potentially homophobic posts on social media. This is one of the ma reasons why reprentativ of World Rugby met wh the lears of Internatnal Gay Rugby (IGR) to help eradite homophobia and tolerance om the game. Notable homosexual gby players and personali.

Here’s a list of ten notable gay gby players and how they are shapg the game today.

GAY GBY PLAYER WS FIVE-YEAR BATTLE AGAST PORTATN TO KENYA

The very first high-profile gby player to ever e out to the public as gay is former Atralian ternatnal Ian Roberts.

Even though Ian Roberts may have been the first high-profile player to openly adm beg gay, Keegan Hirst was the first to ever do while still active. Currently a Wakefield Try prop, Hirst has bee one of the most notable gay athlet, earng himself a startg role after signg a ntract wh the League si 2016.

Sam Stanley beme the first openly gay Rugby Unn and Sevens player the UK. Although he never played gby at a profsnal level, Mark Bgham has bee an inic figure for gay gby players and sportspeople around the world.