England Sevens ternatnal Sam Stanley has bee the first English profsnal gby unn player to publicly e out as gay.
Contents:
- WAL AND BRISTOL BEARS’ ELOR SNOWSILL ON LIFE AS A GAY WOMAN GBY
- WHY ARE MORE FEMALE PROFSNAL FOOTBALLERS OPENLY GAY OR BISEXUAL THAN MALE PLAYERS?
- DISMANTLG STEREOTYP: 10 INSPIRG GAY RUGBY PLAYERS AND PERSONALI
- SAM STANLEY IS FIRST ENGLISH GBY PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY
WAL AND BRISTOL BEARS’ ELOR SNOWSILL ON LIFE AS A GAY WOMAN GBY
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Rearch challeng 'misperceptns about the sexualy of female gby players' Photo by Matthew Lewis/Getty Imag New rearch nducted partnership wh Harlequs says that nearly half of women’s gby players say homophobic and sexist jok ter girls om playg the sport.
WHY ARE MORE FEMALE PROFSNAL FOOTBALLERS OPENLY GAY OR BISEXUAL THAN MALE PLAYERS?
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Le Cowan-Dickie, Six Natns Review and Sckler’s Sna | RugbyPass Offload | Episo 21Le Cowan-Dickie, Six Natns Review and Sckler’s Sna | RugbyPass Offload | Episo 21The rults have been released ahead of Harlequs’ third-annual LGBTQ+ Pri-themed game FINDINGS: – 55 per cent of women and girls agreed that “many women feel unwele to play gby bee of the jok and negative language some people e about women”– 37 per cent heard homophobic slurs at their club the last year and 59 per cent heard sexist slurs and negative jok about women– 15 per cent reported they had been the victim of verbal homophobic abe at their club– 88 per cent said people “often” rrectly assume that they are lbians bee they play gby (15 per cent actually intified as gay or bisexual)– 79 per cent want negative banter about women to stop gby, and 80% want homophobic banter to stop (the earlier rearch by the Harlequs found 65% of men wanted sexist/homophobic banter to stop)Players were also terviewed as part of the rearch.
I feel as though my teammat n be their te selv whout fear of judgement om one another said, ” said Beth Evans, who is straight but who is attendg the Harlequs event to support her sister Jo, who is gay.
DISMANTLG STEREOTYP: 10 INSPIRG GAY RUGBY PLAYERS AND PERSONALI
“But when people make assumptns about women who play gby or tell homophobic jok harms everyone. “I was like, ‘oh, jt to talk about the fact that I’m gay’ and she said, ‘oh, well that’s OK bee my son is gay and I’m pletely OK wh ’. “Almost as if you’ve got to look a certa way to be gay.
SAM STANLEY IS FIRST ENGLISH GBY PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY
The 31-year-old says she has not experienced homophobia on the gby pch or her personal life. Although she has been the object of unwanted attentn on nights out om men who refe to accept that she is gay or see as a “challenge to turn you”.