Party and prott: the radil history of gay liberatn, Stonewall and Pri | LGBTQ+ rights | The Guardian

Contents:

• WHAT MEANS TO BE GAY RUGBY LEAGUE
• MANLY SEA EAGL ACH APOLOGIS FOR HANDLG OF GAY PRI JERSEYS AS SEVEN REFE TO PLAY
• GAY RUGBY LEAGUE PLAYER SAYS HE'S SEEN MUCH 'GAYER' THGS IN SPORTS CHANGG ROOMS
• RUGBY LEAGUE PLAYERS ATRALIA TO BOYTT KEY MATCH OVER GAY PRI JERSEY
• REPORT: MORE ASIE RUGBY LEAGUE PLAYERS REVOLT AGAST GAY PRI JERSEY
• GAY MANLY PLAYER IS LEFT 'VASTATED' BY SEVEN STARS BOYTTG GAME OVER NRL'S FIRST PRI JERSEY
• PARTY AND PROTT: THE RADIL HISTORY OF GAY LIBERATN, STONEWALL AND PRI

WHAT MEANS TO BE GAY RUGBY LEAGUE

Manly Sea Eagl ach D Hasler has apologised over the club's handlg of the cln of rabow lours on the club jersey, sayg was a "signifint mistake" pots:Seven players will boytt Thursday's game over the gay pri shirtHasler says the club's executn of the iative was "poor"Manly will face the Roosters on Thursday wh a greatly dispted siSeven players are boyttg their NRL match on Thursday over their team's cisn to wear a gay pri jersey. (AAP: Dan Himbrechts and Jam Gourley)Ian Roberts, a Manly legend and the first NRL player to e out openly as gay  1995, praised the "thenticy and scery" of Hasler and Cherry-Evans's said was "wonrful" the club would still wear the pri jersey this week and that he had been nsulted about the plan several weeks ago.

MANLY SEA EAGL ACH APOLOGIS FOR HANDLG OF GAY PRI JERSEYS AS SEVEN REFE TO PLAY

The top eight teams qualify for the was the only club planng to wear a pri jersey this Manly forward Ian Roberts, who the 1990s was the first high-profile gby league player to e out as gay, said he was not surprised by the players’ cisn. "It has been reported the players ncerned won't be attendg the match for fear of vlent NRL's cln policy, perhaps more than any other sport, lists the many aspects and labels that n divi muni:"The NRL is mted to beg an clive anisatn that is open to all members of the Atralian muny regardls of age, race, relign, lour, scent, natnaly, ethnic orig, genr, sexualy, maral stat, stat as a parent, disabily or HIV/AIDS stat or other attribut that n lead to people feelg exclud or isolated" league is the sport, and Manly is the club, where Atralia's first profsnal male footballer me out as a gay man back 1995. A former English gby league star has rpond to the recent LGBTQIA+ jersey saga engulfg the Manly Sea ex-player Keegan Hirst says 's rather ironic that the group are boyttg wearg the pri k bee he's seen 'what go on changg rooms' and 'would be seen as beg MUCH gayer' than simply wearg a rabow jersey for a AlamyThe Manly Sea Eagl have ma headl across the world this week after releasg their 'Everyone League' jersey – unfortunately, though, wasn't for the right was meant to be a posive move to drive clivy soon turned sour when several players threatened to boytt their next game after refg to wear the club’s rabow Aloiai, Jason Saab, Christian Tuipulotu, Josh Schter, Hmole Olak’atu, Tolut Koula and Toafofoa Sipley have been named as the players qutn and will subsequently miss their next fixture after beg stood down on relig saga hasn't pated anyone volved a particularly pleasant light wh both the players and the club self g unr fire.

GAY RUGBY LEAGUE PLAYER SAYS HE'S SEEN MUCH 'GAYER' THGS IN SPORTS CHANGG ROOMS

A number of big-name figur have had their say on the matter, cludg the NRL's first and only openly-gay player Ian Hirst, who me out as gay 2015 durg his time the UK Super League, has h out at the Sea Eagl players. Seven players om an Atralian Natnal Rugby League (NRL) team will boytt a key champnship match this week over their team's cisn to wear a gay pri jersey, promptg cricism om the club's first openly gay Manly Sea Eagl's one-off jersey has rabow strip and a rabow llar - place of the regular whe sectns - to support LGBTQ cln sports, and the club planned to e for one game agast Sydney Aloiai, Jason Saab, Christian Tuipulotu, Josh Schter, Hmole Olak’atu, Tolu Koula and Toafofoa Sipley are the players standg down for Thursday's match, which uld prove pivotal to the club's chanc of makg the NRL fals.

Cred: APIan Roberts, the former Manly player who the 1990s was the first high-profile gby league player to e out as gay, said he was not surprised by the players’ cisn, but add ma him "sad and unfortable" nohels. "I n promise you every young kid on the northern beach (of Sydney) who is alg wh their sexualy would have heard about this, " he told Sydney's Daily says homophobia remas a big issue among fans and players the untry's top petns. LGBTQ advot nmned the boytt as the players were wily brand as homophobic on social Sea Eagl - which has to have 13 players to play each match - are nth place the NRL, one spot below the Roosters.

Former Manly forward Ian Roberts, who the 1990s was the first high-profile gby league player to e out as gay, said he was not surprised by the players’ cisn.

RUGBY LEAGUE PLAYERS ATRALIA TO BOYTT KEY MATCH OVER GAY PRI JERSEY

”Ian Roberts, the former Manly player who 1995 as a Sea Eagle beme the first NRL player to publicly e out as gay, said he was “heartbroken” at the suatn but later weled the club’s apology. He wasn’t the first gay man to play gby league – I’ll give the tip – he was the first to have urage to e out and pave the way for others to do so. They beme Europe’s first openly gay owners of a profsnal sports club and one of their first goals was a bold one: stage a Pri event alongsi a gby league match.

“We’ve even had straight supporters sayg they had a different ia of what a gay person was like and they had this pre-nceived perceptn of what beg gay was, ” he says.

REPORT: MORE ASIE RUGBY LEAGUE PLAYERS REVOLT AGAST GAY PRI JERSEY

The LGBTQ+ rights movement has ma tremendo stris over the past few s and much of the progrs visibily is thanks part to gay pri paras and march that have taken place ci around the world. The global landspe for LGBTQ+ rights, protectns and acceptance vari tremendoly by lotn, wh some statns attractg lns of visors to their events like Madrid Gay Pri, Sao Plo Gay Pri or San Francis Gay Pri, while more than 70 other untri have laws that allow discrimatn or persecutn of LGBTQ+ people. Gay Pri or rather LGBTQ+ pri events (ed to be more clive), cludg pri paras and ftivals were started major urban centers to improve the visibily, acceptance and legal protectns for LGBTQ+ people livg those muni.

In June of 1969, a group of LGBTQ+ people New York Cy rted followg a police raid of the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar loted on Christopher Street Greenwich Village.

GAY MANLY PLAYER IS LEFT 'VASTATED' BY SEVEN STARS BOYTTG GAME OVER NRL'S FIRST PRI JERSEY

This seri of events was a turng pot for the LGBTQ+ muny and marks one of the most signifint events leadg to the morn gay rights movement. As the years went on, addnal ci North Ameri and Europe began to hold their own public monstratns or pri day, eventually leadg to what we know today as a gay pri para, march, celebratn or ftival. Most gay pri paras and events also occur durg a peak season of the year when the weather most ial, yet another reason to book your trip durg the event.

Whether travelg alone, wh iends or fay, visg durg a gay pri event n be a fun way to experience a new statn and IGLTA n help you fd LGBTQ-iendly bs almost any lotn to help make you trip memorable, safe and excg.

PARTY AND PROTT: THE RADIL HISTORY OF GAY LIBERATN, STONEWALL AND PRI

We have published this lendar to rm the LGBTQ+ muny of important gay pri events and paras globally to offer a plete source for planng your travel. The revolt by seven gby league players Sydney, Atralia, agast wearg a ntroversial rabow-tailed gay pri team jersey has wined, a report claimed Tuday.