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Contents:

• 'I WOULDN'T FEEL SAFE AS A GAY CHELSEA PLAYER RIGHT NOW' - HOW THE BLU' LGBT+ FAN GROUP IS CHALLENGG -STADIUM ABE
• TWO PREMIER LEAGUE TEAMMAT ARE A RELATNSHIP AND OPEN ABOUT BEG A GAY UPLE
• 17-YEAR-OLD IS FIRST ACTIVE UK PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY S
• CHELSEA’S RUBEN LOFT-CHEEK NI HE’S GAY, BUT SUPPORTS A PLAYER G OUT
• CHELSEA’S OLIVIER GIROUD: BEG GAY FOOTBALL IS ‘IMPOSSIBLE’
• CHELSEA FOOTBALLER RUBEN LOFT-CHEEK RPONDS TO GAY MOURS

'I WOULDN'T FEEL SAFE AS A GAY CHELSEA PLAYER RIGHT NOW' - HOW THE BLU' LGBT+ FAN GROUP IS CHALLENGG -STADIUM ABE

Goal's seri of terviews wh supporters' groups reprentg gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr fans ntu at Stamford Are The Shed, a die-hard group of Chelsea season ticket holrs, may not be the most stereotypil alli to the LGBT+ muny,.

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TWO PREMIER LEAGUE TEAMMAT ARE A RELATNSHIP AND OPEN ABOUT BEG A GAY UPLE

“Go to a women’s game, very rarely will you hear homophobia. Goal"Governg bodi and the law need to change, so that if there is homophobia wh the stands, you n actually be prosecuted and banned jt the same way as you n for racism. I’ve had homophobic abe directed at me, I know what ’s like.

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17-YEAR-OLD IS FIRST ACTIVE UK PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY S

And brave Blackpool player Jake Daniels, 17, revealed he was gay May after gag the acceptance of teammat. There was uproar this week when Qatari World Cup ambassador Khalid Salman scribed homosexualy as “a damage the md” an terview. England legend Gary Leker, 61, said last month he knows of “one or two” gay Premier League players who have been very close to g out.

A source said: “This uld be a massive step forward for gay players. Two Premier League players are a uple and have e out as gay to their teammat, but not yet, reports suggt the Premier League footballers qutn uld e out a documentary currently productn wh Channel follows Gary Leker recently claimg he was aware of two Premier League players who were thkg of g out as gay soon. Jake Daniels, a 17-year-old forward for Blackpool FC England’s send tier, publicly me out as gay Monday a statement released by the club.

“I’ve known my whole life that I’m gay, and I now feel that I’m ready to e out and be myself. “To e out publicly as the first openly gay player men’s profsnal football the UK the last 30 years tak urage. Beg told that somethg is homophobic, that ’s hurtful to both many Chelsea fans as well as many wh the Liverpool fanbase, should be enough to stop anyone sgg .

CHELSEA’S RUBEN LOFT-CHEEK NI HE’S GAY, BUT SUPPORTS A PLAYER G OUT

It should be enough, and given those who did attempt to start the song on Saturday after beg told of s homophobia by Kop Outs and Jürgen Klopp himself ahead of the match were, by most reports, quickly shut down, perhaps even will be. Rather than tryg to nvce anyone for whom that isn’t enough, though, this article is tend as a rource for anyone who has felt trated tryg to expla the homophobia herent the chant to someone who sists they “don’t mean anythg by . ” For most, beg told a homophobic song is alienatg to queer supporters of any club, cludg fellow Liverpool supporters, would be enough to stop sgg the song.

This article, then, is my attempt to pay forward: someone explaed to me, and I hope this n be a helpful gloss that n be ed for anyone who matas a willful ignorance so as to be able to keep sgg the song whilst claimg they aren’t exprsg homophobia while dog so. A recent spate of homophobic beatgs Liverpool speak to this fact. It would not work if there was no associatn between the area the club is and gay people.

While sex work is certaly monized popular culture, the punchle of this particular chant is specifilly to gay sex.

CHELSEA’S OLIVIER GIROUD: BEG GAY FOOTBALL IS ‘IMPOSSIBLE’

The “gay” part is not cintal, ’s central. And if a joke reli on gay sex as the target of the punchle for to land is necsarily homophobic. They do this bee they worry that they would receive physil or verbal abe om homophobic people — often fans of their own team — if they didn’t.

Chants like the rent boy chant — and reactns that suggt removg homophobic chants is beg “overly PC” — serve to remd queer supporters that they still don’t que belong.

A homophobic chant mak a queer fan remember that they don’t belong. But when a group of people sgs somethg homophobic, those queer fans are remd that realy they aren’t que part of that llective. While the chant self don’t explicly abe LGBT fans, what do do, both general and pecially now that everyone has been told ’s homophobic, is ntribute to the general hostile atmosphere many queer people ntue to experience.

CHELSEA FOOTBALLER RUBEN LOFT-CHEEK RPONDS TO GAY MOURS

If you thk the sual homophobia herent the chant — ed, the homophobia that mak the chant work — is not important, you are sayg that you feel that sgg a homophobic chant is more important to you than allowg other supporters feel like they belong.