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- JOG THE WORLD'S FIRST GAY GBY TEAM CHANGED MY LIFE. SO I MA A FILM ABOUT
- TACKLG HOMOPHOBIC ATTUS: THE STRAIGHT MEN WHO PLAY FOR GAY GBY CLUBS
JOG THE WORLD'S FIRST GAY GBY TEAM CHANGED MY LIFE. SO I MA A FILM ABOUT
All Blacks legend Sonny Bill Williams is ppg major backlash onle wh some people accg him of beg 'transphobic' media ers have h out at the cross sports star after he seemgly backed a woman who 'thanked God' that her parents 'were sane' and wouldn’t let her get a sex change when she was a AlamyDoctor Anastasia Maria Loupis has built up an anti-transgenr followg a glance over at her Twter feed and 's filled wh var anti-gay, anti-trans, anti-vaxx was one of her more recent posts which ught SBW's attentn. The former Wallabi prop scribed a moment when he was drivg recklsly, the feelg of “ath felt preferable to anybody disverg [he] was gay. Not jt any gby club, the world’s first gay gby club, the Kgs Cross Steelers London.
Here, queer people were reclaimg their place on the pch – an arena they grew up beg told they didn’t belong Israel Fol began postg “hell awas homosexuals” on social media I realised I had to tell the story of the club – and my own story.
TACKLG HOMOPHOBIC ATTUS: THE STRAIGHT MEN WHO PLAY FOR GAY GBY CLUBS
Photograph: One Man Band MediaIn fact, om this sgle club, there are now 80 gay and clive gby clubs around the world cludg five Atralia. There was the ocsnal homophobic sledge, but over time the Steelers won the rpect of the straight burly Brish men bee not only did they beat them on ocsn, they showed them that we’re all pretty much the forward to me takg my mera to Amsterdam to film the club at the Bgham Cup, the world cup of “rabow” gby. It was only when Israel Fol began postg “hell awas homosexuals” on social media that I realised I had to tell the story of the club – and my own like Dan Palmer, I too have Fol to thank small part.
His pennt documentary Steelers: the World’s First Gay Rugby Club is cemas across Atralia now. And om my perspective, I hope that has shown the posivy of beg a gay sportsman and showg gay youngsters that they n still achieve their dreams sport.
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