Mexin soccer feratn aga urg fans to stop g chant after FIFA hands tought penalty to date rponse to persistent e of anti-gay slur.
Contents:
- MEET ZORROS LGBT: MEXI'S OPENLY GAY SOCCER TEAM
- MEET THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PRO SOCCER STARS OM MEXI
- EXCLIVE: MEXIN SOCCER FERATN WARNS REFS MAY HALT PLAY IF FANS E ANTI-GAY SLUR
MEET ZORROS LGBT: MEXI'S OPENLY GAY SOCCER TEAM
* gay mexican soccer player *
Found Augt 2013 by eight openly gay athlet, the Mexin soccer team is tryg to promote equaly on and off the field. “For Mexin society I believe that we n bee an example of perseverance, not bee we are gay, but to overe the obstacl to participate an ternatnal event, and reprent our untry beg the such a young team.
MEET THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PRO SOCCER STARS OM MEXI
The World OutGam, licensed by the Gay and Lbian Internatnal Sport Associatn, is a sportg and cultural event hosted by the LGBTQI muny where all are wele, regardls of sexual orientatn or genr inty.
EXCLIVE: MEXIN SOCCER FERATN WARNS REFS MAY HALT PLAY IF FANS E ANTI-GAY SLUR
“We’ll be reprentg many people who perhaps for the moment nnot openly portray their homosexualy. ” Zorros hop participatn the World OutGam will lead to other ternatnal opportuni, cludg the 2018 Gay Gam Paris, the 2019 Roma Eurogam and beyond.
The ultimate goal is eraditg homophobia and equaly soccer, sports, and society. Arturo, a forward, has experienced homophobic remarks om opponents on the field. Mexi's soccer feratn has been sanctned repeatedly by world erng body FIFA recent years for a homophobic chant ed by s fans durg Mexin natnal team gam, whether at home or away.