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SISTER TACTICS ED BY GAY PORN SE ALL ATRALIAN BOYS THAT SNARED NRL STAR KURT CAPEWELL

EXCLUSIVEThe sister tactics employed by an Atralian gay porn webse to take advantage of vulnerable young men have been exposed by those whose vios are circulatg onle forever.

‘NO WORDS’: GAY ATRALIAN FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO LLS OUT HOMOPHOBIC CROWD ABE

Josh Cavallo, who last year beme the only openly gay profsnal top flight men’s footballer the world, says he has “no words” to scribe his disappotment at beg targeted by homophobic abe durg an A-League Men game over the Alai Uned player me on as a send-half substute durg the Reds’ away game at Melbourne Victory on Saturday night and said afterwards that he had received abe om the crowd at AAMI 22-year-old received acclaim om across the globe October when he me out via Alai’s social media channels. “I’m not gog to pretend that I didn’t see or hear the homophobic abe at the game last night, ” Cavallo wrote on Instagram on Sunday. ”Cavallo also said he was targeted after the game on Instagram and ed his own post to ll out the social media platform for the way als wh homophobic abe.

”The Atralian Profsnal Leagu said was “shocked and sadned” to hear of the reports of the “homophobic bullyg”.

Out gay Atralian soccer player Josh Cavallo announced he will be a judge on the upg season of RuPl’s Drag Race Down Unr. “As the first openly gay male profsnal football player, embracg your thentic self means eedom but for so many of the queer muny this isn’t as easy as you thk, ” Cavallo wrote his post. “I’m a footballer and I’m gay.

GAY SOCCER PLAYER JOSH CAVALLO TO JUDGE 'RUPL’S DRAG RACE DOWN UNR'

”The followg January Cavallo spoke of the homophobic abe he received om fans at a game. “I’m not gog to pretend I didn’t see or hear the homophobic abe at the game last night, ” Cavallo wrote the post. Send your suggtns via @newsHQ | @the_mattyoung7 David Pock (Super 15)The Wallabi skipper has been outspoken agast homophobia and is a strong advote of gay marriage.

THE GAY MAN'S GUI TO ATRALIAN FOOTBALL'S HOTTT HUNKS

When teammat sledged opposn players, llg them ''homo'' or ''fag'', he'd pretend not to re. Insi the footy club where he'd played sce he was five, nobody knew he was gay.

''I didn't know any footballers who were gay, so I uld only assume the worst, and sred me.

'I DIDN'T KNOW ANY FOOTBALLERS WHO WERE GAY'

''Out and proud: Yarra Valley footballer Jason Ball, third om left, wants the AFL to air anti-homophobia vios at the grand fal this Ken IrwThe 24-year-old, who plays for Yarra Glen senrs the Yarra Valley Mounta District Football League, is a rare voice a football world that gay groups say is stgglg to e to terms wh homosexualy s such groups agree sexualy is a private matter, they say is signifint that no AFL players have revealed their homosexualy. The homophobic language stopped. There are mours that a TV work has offered a gay AFL player a six-figure sum to be the first footballer to e, backed by onle-petn movement, Ball will lnch a mpaign urgg the league to air anti-homophobia vios at the MCG durg this month's grand fal.

Beyondblue chairman Jeff Kent, who last week lnched a mpaign highlightg the mental health impact of homophobia, backed Ball's petn. ''It after the AFL last month wrote a letter of support for ''No to Homophobia'' - a mpaign n by gay rights and social jtice groups - but were cricised for not dog fact St Kilda's Stephen Milne ped wh a $3000 fe and an tn urse rather than a spensn, after llg Collgwood fenr Harry O'Brien a ''f---g homo'', implied that sexual vilifitn was treated ls serly than other forms of discrimatn, Ball said.

''At high school I got picked on for beg gay and those words were ed to make me feel small and worthls.

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If you look at rat of suici, self-harm and prsn for gay kids, this is a ser issue. ''It's no wonr that no gay player at a profsnal level would e out when the AFL is not workg as uld to create a more posive and clive environment for that to happen. ''Dr Carole Symons, a senr lecturer social policy sport at Victoria Universy, says a 2010 report she -thored surveyg the gay and lbian muny found football was the harst sport for people to be open about their sexualy.

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Gay Soccer Player Josh Cavallo to Judge 'RuPl’s Drag Race Down Unr' .

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