A rerd number of out LGBTQ players make this year’s tournament a feast for gay fans.
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A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
To mark the ternatnal day agast homophobia, transphobia and biphobia, France 2023 prented s “Rugby is my Pri” programme which sh a light on measur to fight agast all forms of LGBTQIA+ discrimatn durg Rugby World Cup France 2023, and e gby as an cln tool towards the muni. 24 June, 2023: France 2023 and the French gby fay will stand together at the Paris Gay Pri.
14 October, 2023: Around the same time as the RWC 2023 quarter-fals, a Pri Rpect Cup will be anised, wh eight gay-iendly teams petg (four French teams and four ternatnal teams). For years, World Rugby has been workg closely wh associatns, particular Internatnal Gay Rugby, to promote Rugby for All, through diversy and clivy.
Shortly after a handful of gby unn clubs for gay and bisexual men om the UK and USA had found the Internatnal Gay Rugby Associatn and Board (IGRAB) October 2000, The Washgton Renegas held an rmal, ternatnal, vatnal tournament at their home DC May 2001. As a gay man and regular gby player, Mark not only played for San Francis Fog but also helped to set up Gotham Knights New York Cy and was well known throughout the fledglg IGR was credibly shockg that jt three month’s followg the vatnal, Mark would loose his life the September 11th 2001 terrorist attacks, onboard flight Uned October 2001, followg the 2001 vatnal, the San Francis Fog succsfully lobbied IGRAB for the right to put on a XVs gby tournament San Francis June tournament was fashned the style of the Rugby World Cup, wh both the tournament and cup prize named honor of Mark followg a unanimo cisn by all the members of IGRAB.
WORLD CUP 2022, GAY ATHLET AND LGBTQ CLN
Gay gby tournament, IGR Unn Cup 2023, looks set to brg over £3. One of the leadg Ambassadors of IGR Unn Cup 2023, gay gby in, Gareth Thomas, mented; “As one of the most important LGBT+ sportg events Europe, I was honoured to get volved the prev Unn Cup which broke down social barriers and bridged together muni across Europe. The UK’s biggt Gay gby tournament, the IGR Unn Cup 2023, sponsored by Specsavers, Birmgham Cy Universy and Birmgham Cy Council, will arrive Birmgham at the end of this month wh over 47 LGBTQ+ gby teams and 1400 players om more than 18 untri petg for the veted wners’ tle over three days of blisterg back-to-back gby.
One of the leadg Ambassadors of IGR Unn Cup 2023, gay gby in, Gareth Thomas, mented; “As one of the most important LGBT+ sportg events Europe, I was honoured to get volved the prev Unn Cup which broke down social barriers and bridged together muni across Europe. It will be a glor month to be a gay fan.
Last time at the 2019 Women’s World Cup, the Netherlands lay claim to the honor of beg the team wh the most out LGBTQ players, but this year Atralia boasts 10 out players and overtak them for the tle of Gayt Team 2k23. Ireland’s historic entry to the tournament marks another triumph for out midfielr Sead Farrelly, whose natnal team but and 2023 return to the NWSL e more than six years after retirg om soccer the wake of systemic homophobic and sexual abe wh the league, which the Athletic first reported on 2021.