This gay soccer player me out last June. Barely anyone noticed - Outsports

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

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.

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. “We’ll be reprentg many people who perhaps for the moment nnot openly portray their homosexualy.

MEET THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PRO SOCCER STARS OM MEXI

” 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. Referee Barton took the cisn to abandon the game bee of the homophobic chant. What is the homophobic chant?

EXCLIVE: MEXIN SOCCER FERATN WARNS REFS MAY HALT PLAY IF FANS E ANTI-GAY SLUR

In a practice believed to have started among fans the early 2000s — one outlet highlights a 2004 Olympic qualifier between the USA and Mexi — Mexin natnal team fans jo unison to shout a Spanish-language homophobic slur ("p***, " which roughly translat to "gay prostute") when an opposg goalkeeper puts the ball to play on a goal kick.