How allegiance to an anti-gay fan chant at Mexi soccer gam might sk El Tri's World Cup fortun - ESPN

Contents:

• HOW ALLEGIANCE TO AN ANTI-GAY FAN CHANT AT MEXI SOCCER GAM MIGHT SK EL TRI'S WORLD CUP FORTUN
• MEXI SANCTNED BY FIFA FOR RECURRENCE OF FANS' ANTI-GAY CHANT
• MEXI FANS CHANT GAY SLUR ‘PUTO’ AT USMNT, E CONCACAF TO SPEND MATCH
• WATCH: MEXIN FANS CHANT ANTI-GAY SLURS, THROW BOTTL AT US MEN’S TEAM
• USMNT-MEXI NATNS LEAGUE FAL HALTED FOR ANTI-GAY CHANT, FANS THROWG OBJECTS
• MEXI'S LIGA MX TO EVICT FANS WHO SG ANTI-GAY CHANT
• MEXI SANCTNED BY FIFA FOR RECURRENCE OF FANS' ANTI-GAY CHANT
• EXCLIVE: MEXIN SOCCER FERATN WARNS REFS MAY HALT PLAY IF FANS E ANTI-GAY SLUR
• UNED STAT-MEXI MATCH FAL MARRED BY ANTI-GAY CHANT, FANS THROWG OBJECTS ON FIELD
• USMNT VS. MEXI SOCCER MATCH MARRED BY ANTI-GAY CHANTS, VLENT TRASH THROWG
• AHEAD OF MEXI MATCH, U.S. SOCCER'S EFFORTS TO BAT AN ANTI-GAY CHANT WILL BE PUT TO THE TT
• MEXI FANS FALLY DCH ANTI-GAY CHANT AT WORLD CUP AFTER F, PLAYERS' PLEAS
• FIFA RC PENALTY ON MEXI FOR ANTI-GAY CHANTS AT GAM

HOW ALLEGIANCE TO AN ANTI-GAY FAN CHANT AT MEXI SOCCER GAM MIGHT SK EL TRI'S WORLD CUP FORTUN

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?

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. The argument for years was that the word has multiple cultural meangs Mexi and other Spanish-speakg untri and that is not tend as a homophobic slur when ed by fans a stadium.

MEXI SANCTNED BY FIFA FOR RECURRENCE OF FANS' ANTI-GAY CHANT

But there's no gettg around the fact that 's a rogatory term that's meang to the gay muny. When the match rumed, the officials add 12 mut of stoppage time, but they only got through seven of them before the referee cid to stop the match early after another loud stallment of the homophobic chant (see highlight qued up to the fal whistle). Conf official has jt told me that the match HAS NOT been abandoned bee of homophobic chant spe fishg 4 mut before the 12 mut of stoppage time were up.

Overnight, CONCACAF released a statement nfirmg is vtigatg the ntued e of homophobic chants by Mexi fans durg last night’s game. What is Mexi dog about the homophobic chant?

MEXI FANS CHANT GAY SLUR ‘PUTO’ AT USMNT, E CONCACAF TO SPEND MATCH

FIFA sanctns for homophobic chants. In June 2021, FIFA sanctned the Mexin feratn for homophobic chants by Mexin fans at Olympic qualifiers played Guadalajara, Mexi March 2021: a $65, 000 fe and two official home match played behd closed doors.

The FIFA Disciplary Commtee also opened separate proceedgs agast Mexi nnectn wh homophobic chants by fans at a iendly agast Iceland played Arlgton, Texas, May 2021. The anti-gay chant was ed durg 2022 World Cup qualifyg home gam agast Canada and Honduras at the Estad Azte. Mexi’s natnal team will play s first two home match World Cup qualifyg whout spectators, a penalty for s fans’ e of an anti-gay chant durg last sprg’s pre-Olympic tournament Guadalajara, the untry’s soccer feratn announced at a Mexi Cy news nference gam Mexi will play behd closed doors are agast Jamai on Sept.

WATCH: MEXIN FANS CHANT ANTI-GAY SLURS, THROW BOTTL AT US MEN’S TEAM

There is vigoro bate over whether the chant is rogatory sce the offendg word n have many meangs Spanish, one of which is a slur ed to mean gay Luisa has said that nversatn is meangls. ” Members of Pasión 1927, a Los Angel-based fan group of the Mexin natnal soccer team, share their thoughts on a popular chant that is wily nsired homophobic.

USMNT-MEXI NATNS LEAGUE FAL HALTED FOR ANTI-GAY CHANT, FANS THROWG OBJECTS

Have rporated an anti-gay slur to a chant aimed at opposg goalkeepers. "Soccer self is a medium for change, and we need to regnize how impactful language n be, " said Janelly Farias, a fenr on Mexi's women's natnal team who is gay.

MEXI'S LIGA MX TO EVICT FANS WHO SG ANTI-GAY CHANT

"When people are g homophobic language, whether 's tentnal or not, n be very trimental. In ristg to cease and sist over the years, fans have argued that the chant is a part of Mexi's sports culture, and that bears no anti-gay bent when ed 's more, the perceived hypocrisy of FIFA policg the behavr of Mexi fans the stands but remag silent on laws opprsive to LGBTQ+ muni Rsia and Qatar -- the most recent World Cup host and the next le, rpectively -- has also fueled ristance. "Clearly, people aren't chantg at goalkeepers and attackg them for thkg they're gay.

"It has a nasty, homophobic nnotatn any sense.

For many gay men, 's the last word they hear before they're attacked, or killed. "I have gay iends, and talkg to them about opened my ey. Those efforts have foced on the potential on-field nsequenc yet make no mentn of the slur's anti-gay ntext.

MEXI SANCTNED BY FIFA FOR RECURRENCE OF FANS' ANTI-GAY CHANT

"But prev statements om top officials, players and ach later tasked wh askg fans to stop the chant portrayed a culture at odds wh the signatn of the chant as anti-gay. "I don't see as homophobic, or offensive.

"In that moment, you're not thkg about disrpectg someone or sultg homosexuals. In dog so, the feratn ed a fense that Mexi fans monly rece: The word is employed not as an anti-gay slur, but rather as a tool to distract the goalkeeper to an errant kick. "I'm glad somethg is fally beg done about this, but I thk we n be more direct by sayg this is a homophobic chant and be very head-on about .

Meanwhile, activists and some of Mexi's own ele players ntue to lobby the FMF to embrace a more ank discsn on homophobia and machismo orr to rete fans and end the chant once and for all.

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

11hAlex Kirkland and Rodrigo FaezEric Gomez, Mexi wrerJun 18, 2021, 01:04 PM ETMexi's men's natnal team will play s next two home gam behd closed doors due to a recurrence of an anti-gay chant durg the CONCACAF pre-Olympic qualifyg tournament, FIFA announced Friday. -Mexi halted by anti-gay chants, thrown objects. Only)"The FIFA Disciplary Commtee has sanctned the Mexin Feratn wh a fe of 60, 000 Swiss ancs and the ndn that they play their next two official home gam behd closed doors as a nsequence of the anti-gay chants heard the match agast the Domin Republic and the Uned Stat, played Guadalajara on March 18 and 24, rpectively, " the FIFA statement 's next two official home gam are World Cup qualifiers agast Jamai on Sept.

"Addnally, the mtee has opened a send disciplary dossier relatn to the anti-gay chants heard om Mexin fans a iendly played agast Iceland Arlgton, Texas on May 29, " the statement announcement was ma over further vtigatns to siar behavr at El Tri's most recent match, cludg the CONCACAF Natns League semifal and fal agast Costa Ri and the Uned Stat, rpectively. Update: The match has been spend, as Mexi fans would not stop chantg an anti-gay slur at the US Men’s Natnal Team.

Origal story: Mexi fans are yet still aga chantg an anti-gay slur at Amerin soccer players on U. This has been a regular occurrence for fans of Mexi, chantg anti-gay slurs at Team USA players or anyone else their favore team plays.

UNED STAT-MEXI MATCH FAL MARRED BY ANTI-GAY CHANT, FANS THROWG OBJECTS ON FIELD

US Soccer and others like CONCACAF seem to thk they n curb the anti-gay chant wh stadium announcements and veiled threats.

Prevly US Soccer announced that Mexi would be banned om iendli the Uned Stat if fans chanted the anti-gay slur. Durg match April and June of this year, Mexi fans did jt that, shoutg the anti-gay chant the Uned Stat. ”The term is homophobic slang for a male sex worker.

Homophobia and homophobic chants are not exclive to Mexi fans.

USMNT VS. MEXI SOCCER MATCH MARRED BY ANTI-GAY CHANTS, VLENT TRASH THROWG

Fifa issued 51 disciplary actns over homophobia durg 2018 World Cup qualifiers. Fifa addnally ced Colombia, Costa Ri, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uguay, Greece, Hungary and Serbia once each for homophobic there is no doubt the chant is most proment among Mexi fans. “To ll your opponent homosexual is fely along a spectm of machismo, whereby your opponent is weaker – ls mascule, ” says Joshua Nal, thor of Fútbol!

Meanwhile, the new USL club Frno FC, jt months to existence, has already been forced to nounce the fans’ chants and lnch s own anti-discrimatn and anti-homophobia mpaign. It’s homophobic, and ’s not very clever.

AHEAD OF MEXI MATCH, U.S. SOCCER'S EFFORTS TO BAT AN ANTI-GAY CHANT WILL BE PUT TO THE TT

”Many fans shg off accatns of homophobia and sist the chant is jt a joke. ”For some, the chant merely illtrat wir homophobia society.

“The problem of homophobia fútbol, both men’s and women’s – among fans, teams, and feratns – is global.

MEXI FANS FALLY DCH ANTI-GAY CHANT AT WORLD CUP AFTER F, PLAYERS' PLEAS

Until societi cease seeg homosexualy through the lens of viance and transgrsn, we will see homophobia fútbol. “That when fans of El Tri shout this word at their team’s opponent, every gay Mexin ghost – and that’s a lot of ghosts – ms themselv to extendg the team’s curse. The FMF have promised five-year bans to fans who yell offensive words - but this has been a problem Mexin football for more than two sLast month, the Mexin FA - otherwise known as Femexfut or FMF - announced their tentn to hand out five-year bans to supporters who sg anti-gay chants durg natnal team this looks like an admirable attempt to make El Tri gam more welg and clive, is actually a belated attempt by the FMF to al wh an issue which has plagued the Mexin game for more than two s.

In June 2021, FIFA h Mexi wh a $65, 000 fe and forced them to play two official home match behd closed doors followg homophobic chants durg an Olympic ban on fans was eventually rced, though Tata Marto's si played their recent World Cup qualifiers agast Costa Ri and Panama ont of jt 2, 000 issue beg phed onto the global stage forced the FMF to take actn.

FIFA RC PENALTY ON MEXI FOR ANTI-GAY CHANTS AT GAM

Siar to the 'rent boys' suatn, supporters have taken up stnch fenc of the chant, ually on grounds of ee speech, cultural ntext, and hypocrisy om FIFA, rather than out of homophobia. "Soccer self is a medium for change, and we need to regnize how impactful language n be, " Janelly Farias, a fenr on Mexi's women's natnal team who is gay, told ESPN. "This is the nub of the issue - Mexin fans, through sual and graed homophobia, are makg their own players feel unfortable, th lseng their abily to play to their full potential and ultimately harmg Mexi's chanc big gam and stadium bans and dire warngs about possibly missg out on World Cups are signs of progrs, but will be immensely difficult for FIFA or the FMF to turn around s of fan behavur, their protective attu to one of their prized chants, and the graed culture of Mexin footballg harr the thori ph, the more likely we are to hear the 'p*to' chant - at least the short term.

In fact, the word is a clear, if somewhat semantilly sophistited, anti-gay slur, which is why s e by Mexin fans has been so ntroversial durg this World Cup.