Gay and lbian AFL fans ph for an annual Pri Round after last year's game between St Kilda and Sydney prompted the formatn of LGBTIQ supporter groups, which hope to send msag about cln by standg out.
Contents:
- ‘I N UNRSTAND’: GAY PLAYERS THE AFL ‘CHOOSG NOT TO BE FIRST’ OUT PUBLICLY SAYS GILL MCLACHLAN
- DN ALEXANR WS MR GAY PRI ATRALIA 2022
- SAT BE 'GAY IN' AHEAD OF AFL'S GURAL PRI GAME
- THE GAY MAN'S GUI TO ATRALIAN FOOTBALL'S HOTTT HUNKS
- AFL GAY PRI ROUND
- RUMOUR GAY AFL PLAYERS
‘I N UNRSTAND’: GAY PLAYERS THE AFL ‘CHOOSG NOT TO BE FIRST’ OUT PUBLICLY SAYS GILL MCLACHLAN
‘Known to their teammat’: Gay players the AFL ‘choosg not to be first’ out publicly * gay round afl *
AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan says he n unrstand why gay players the men’s petn wouldn’t want to e out due to the “prsure and weight” of beg the first to do so. No current AFL men’s players have publicly e out as gay, whereas the AFLW has numero players who’re openly gay. Start your ee trial now >“The first thg I’d say is, I am very fortable there are gay male players and I am very fortable ( sayg) they are known to their teammat, ” McLachlan said on Monday.
DN ALEXANR WS MR GAY PRI ATRALIA 2022
Jason Ball, the first Atralian l player at any level to e out as gay. Calls on AFL to troduce a Pri Round. * gay round afl *
“So the prsure and the weight on that person beg the first AFL player who out and plays as an out gay man... And those wh flawsListen below or subscribe Apple Podsts or SpotifyThe AFL remas one of the only sportg s Atralia whout an openly gay player.
SAT BE 'GAY IN' AHEAD OF AFL'S GURAL PRI GAME
On a platform of endg homophobia sport and creatg the first-ever AFL Men’s Pri Round, Dn Alexanr has taken out the crown of Mr Gay Pri Atralia * gay round afl *
The clubs, who have tablished LGBTQI+ fans’ groups and women’s teams wh openly gay players, are jt sort of wag for permissn and guidance om the AFL to get started. “A Pri Round may turn a handful of people away om one game but, hontly, are they the people you want around the club when you have a women’s team wh openly gay players?
THE GAY MAN'S GUI TO ATRALIAN FOOTBALL'S HOTTT HUNKS
” “LGBTQI+ is beg the fotten pillar of diversy wh the AFL, they don’t really have an articulated strategy, and they don’t have iativ njunctn wh VicHealth and Monash Universy, Pri Cup Atralia released a report 2020 that found Pri Cups sportg s signifintly rce the amount of homophobic language ed.
AFL GAY PRI ROUND
However, the Evaluatg LGBTI+ Incln wh Sport and the Pri Cup Iniative found the LGBTI+ muny still experienc a range of social barriers to participatg muny sport and physil activy across Atralia, cludg beg subjected to ntued homophobic slurs and behavur om players and ach.
Key fdgs:80% of Atralians have experienced or wnsed homophobia sport, cludg rogatory remarks such as ‘faggot’ or ‘dyke’. 75% believe openly gay spectators would not be safe at a sportg event.
Distrsgly, 87% of young gay men and 75% of young gay women rema the closet while playg sport.
RUMOUR GAY AFL PLAYERS
“We are tellg gay players they have to stay quiet about their sexualy, but not dog the same for straight players gog to the Brownlow wh their partner.
“There are gay spectators and people the muny ppg abe, the AFL do not have the bt track rerd regardg transgenr issu.