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4% perceived teammat to have ed homophobic language. “Use of profsnal gby athlet to liver tn on homophobic language was not effective, ” the study reads.

“Other approach to rce homophobic language [and other forms of discrimatn] such as peer-to-peer tn, and enforcement of polici prohibg specific language by ach, should be explored. ”The rults do dite that homophobia is not the primary driver behd the e of slurs, rather a means “to nform to the behavural norms gby” Erik Denison, lead thor on the paper tled ‘Effectivens of an tnal terventn targetg homophobic language e by young male athlet: a clter randomised ntrolled trial’, said the rults were “very disappotg”. “The rults are also hard to unrstand bee most young men we study, cludg the gby players, have posive attus towards gay people and would have no problem wh havg a gay player on their team, ” Denison said.

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“The vast majory also said they would stop others om bullyg a gay teammate.

Even more surprisg, more than half said they have close gay iends. Dpe all this, they are still g homophobic language, even after beg told by profsnal gby players that their behavur is very harmful and to stop. “We aren’t jt talkg about them g phras like ‘that’s gay’.

“Boys report hearg their ach and PE teachers g homophobic language as early as eight years old, and seems they start g this language to nform to the olr men and ga acceptance. ”Hay, who also spent several years achg Victoria’s gay and clive gby club, the Melbourne Chargers, forhadowed further work wh Monash Universy cludg targeted trag of ach, who “appear to be major fluencers on this”. How do we do thgs on homophobic language if we don’t get assistance and help?

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For many kids growg up, the dream of playg sport is filled wh anxiety and fear that their sexualy will make them the victims of Hay has been volved gby and s admistratn for over 40 years, and has jt been appoted the director of the Melbourne is also the head ach of Melbourne's gay gby team, the Chargers. The Melbourne Chargers formed 2009 wh the goal to create an environment where anyone terted playg gby uld do so an clive and safe and a number of other teams are part of the gay gby unn the formatn of the teams have been credibly important to givg gay and bi men the opportuny to play the sport, many hope that one day there will be no need for separate week the Atralian Rugby Unn officially announced s support for same-sex marriage, as did a number of other sport's erng bodi.

(Supplied: Nila Hay)Sce the same-sex marriage mpaign began, Hay said he and his players had noticed a spike homophobic vilifitn. "I didn't have any real fears about whether they were straight or gay, but was que a fun sort of first trag ssn. "There were que a few ments like 'aren't you worried about what people will say about you, aren't you worried that people will thk that you're gay'?

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"I tell them that there's no difference achg a gay team to a straight team, " he some people, cludg the lik of Tony Abbott, claim that the days of discrimatn agast LGBTIQ people Atralia are over, Hay said the "bad days" remaed ahead.

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