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I uld hear my neighbour scream hysterilly when our women's volleyball team beat Japan to be crowned Asian Champns last Saturday. It was simply the bt game the tournament, and the long-legged ladi ma the natn and their fans _ a lot of them gay _ proud, pecially me.

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THE UNOFFICIAL GAYT SPORT: VOLLEYBALL

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"I don't like volleyball bee 's a gay sport". Homophobia asi (that's a whole other n of worms), there's nothg volleyball that I n see beg herently "gay", 's not even a ntact sport. This year my school is gog to have a club men's volleyball team and I'm serly nsirg playg, but my lacrosse iends are all llg me gay for even thkg about .

So do you thk is a gay sport? It was simply the bt game the tournament, and the long-legged ladi ma the natn and their fans _ a lot of them gay _ proud, pecially me. Volleyball is somehow one of the most popular sports among gay people.

GAY VOLLEYBALL PLAYER’S SELF-ACCEPTANCE LED TO EPER BOND WH LLEGE TEAMMAT

Take a look at tournaments and leagu around North Ameri. NAGVA is an anizatn to promote the sport of gay volleyball. * is volleyball gay *

Wh volleyball makg headl everywhere this week, brought back memori of one of the most groundbreakg Thai gay films, The Iron Ladi, or Satree Lek, released 2000. When me out 13 years ago, was screened at many film ftivals around the globe, many of them LGBT-orientated, and also played a part bunkg the ia that Thai cema is all about "gays and ghosts" _ a gross generalisatn. Directed by Yongyoot Thongkongtoon, The Iron Ladi is based on the te story of a volleyball team om Lampang that prised gay and transgenr members, and only one heterosexual player, that won the Thai Volleyball Natnal Champnship 1996.

In the film, we are troduced to each member of the team _ om an open transvte to a baret showgirl, an out gay ary man and a closeted Thai-Che gay, and a straight team pta who is a key character, reprentg the many people who aren't happy to be around gays until he gets to know his teammat better and learns how they stggle to fight for their dreams.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

However, was the first film that tackled the genr issue om a different perspective, where gay characters were the centre of the story which allowed them a strong voice.

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