We are the Jozi Cats - Ai's first gay and clive petive gby club based Johannburg, South Ai.
Contents:
- JOZI CATS: AI’S FIRST GAY GBY TEAM TACKL HOMOPHOBIA
- AI’S FIRST GAY GBY TEAM: JOZI CATS
- MEET SOUTH AI'S FIRST OPENLY GAY GBY TEAM
- GAY RUGBY BRIDG DIVI SOUTH AI
- SOUTH AI’S GAY GBY TEAM A MPAIGN TO CLU GAY PEOPLE THE WORLD OF SPORTS
- AI'S FIRST GAY GBY TEAM LNCH PROVOTIVE RECMENT MPAIGN
- AI’S FIRST GAY RUGBY TEAM “JOZI CATS” TACKL HOMOPHOBIA
- AI’S FIRST GAY GBY CLUB SHATTERS STEREOTYP
- GAY SA GBY TEAM HEADG TO HEARTLANDS
- JOZI CATS: SOUTH AI'S FIRST GAY AND CLIVE GBY CLUB
- WATCH AS SOUTH AI'S FIRST GAY GBY TEAM TACKL PREJUDICE
- MEET AI'S FIRST GAY CLIVE GBY CLUB
- BOLD AD MPAIGN FOR SOUTH AIN GBY CLUB GRABS ATTENTN, TACKL GAY STEREOTYP
JOZI CATS: AI’S FIRST GAY GBY TEAM TACKL HOMOPHOBIA
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AI’S FIRST GAY GBY TEAM: JOZI CATS
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Formed this year, Johannburg-based Jozi Cats is Ai’s first gay gby team – and s provotive marketg mpaign has had a greater impact than s members ever dreamed possible.
MEET SOUTH AI'S FIRST OPENLY GAY GBY TEAM
Ai’s first gay gby team is tacklg stereotyp as seeks to rec new members, g a provotive advertisg mpaign which has sparked a bate about homophobia sport. * gay rugby team in south africa *
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GAY RUGBY BRIDG DIVI SOUTH AI
The group has also started up advertisg mpaigns g some of the hostile, homophobic slurs that are normally directed at gay men South Ai by turng them upsi down and owng them. * gay rugby team in south africa *
However, an Amnty Internatnal report poted to at least seven murrs what appeared to be homophobic attacks between June and November 2012. “We said let’s do somethg that tak gay stereotyp and turns them on their heads, and ask the qutn, like ‘Are you or aren’t you? “We had to e words – tradnal gay slurs – which didn’t need translatn to the broar straight muny, which people would get whout too much explanatn.
So that’s why we went to our six gay stereotyp. “It’s started a nversatn about homophobia sport, more specifilly homophobia gby, ” says Kuni, who portrayed “Pillow Ber” the photo shoot.
SOUTH AI’S GAY GBY TEAM A MPAIGN TO CLU GAY PEOPLE THE WORLD OF SPORTS
South Ai's Jozi Cats, the first gay gby team ai, is g provotive advertisg mpaign to rec members to s club. * gay rugby team in south africa *
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AI'S FIRST GAY GBY TEAM LNCH PROVOTIVE RECMENT MPAIGN
In sports-crazed South Ai, gby equals manls, but now the untry’s first gay gby club is challengg stereotyp. CNN’s David McKenzie reports. * gay rugby team in south africa *
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Read: Gay gby ref ‘nsired chemil stratn’. Kuni hop the club – which maly plays touch gby for now – will one day take part ternatnal events such as the Gay Gam, Out Gam and Bgham Cup. Read: World’s first gay gby club turns 20.
AI’S FIRST GAY RUGBY TEAM “JOZI CATS” TACKL HOMOPHOBIA
South Ai's first gay gby team is planng a tour to the sport's tradnal heartlands to tackle discrimatn head-on. * gay rugby team in south africa *
Found on 20 Augt 2015, Ai’s first gay gby team began their journey wh simple ials of creatg a safe and harassment-ee environment for everyone to enjoy the game of gby. Havas PR, of which Chris is the head, vised a bold mpaign to tackle homophobia gby and turn gay stereotyp si out. It challenged the public by askg, “What do a gay gby player look like?
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AI’S FIRST GAY GBY CLUB SHATTERS STEREOTYP
In a bid to fight stereotyp, the Jozi Cats, South Ai's first gay gby team has lnched a mpaign to rec more members to their team * gay rugby team in south africa *
The Rugby, That’s so Gay global mpaign lnched on 4 May 2016 and went viral.
Ai’s first gay gby tour menced December 2016 and the Jozi Cats set their sights on shiftg the nservative narrative of gby South Ai.
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GAY SA GBY TEAM HEADG TO HEARTLANDS
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JOZI CATS: SOUTH AI'S FIRST GAY AND CLIVE GBY CLUB
The team hop to eventually be able to pete ternatnal tournaments such as the Gay Gam, Out Gam and Bgham Cup. "It's started a nversatn about homophobia sport, more specifilly homophobia gby. "We're nng a mpaign to make awarens of people who are homosexual our society to have urage to actually step out, " says Chris Herbst -- "Flamer" the photo shoot.
"The tth of the matter is that many of our players don't feel like they n be openly gay and be a gby player South Ai, " said Jozi Cats chairman Tevhan Kuni. The group has also started up advertisg mpaigns g some of the hostile, homophobic slurs that are normally directed at gay men South Ai by turng them upsi down and owng them.
WATCH AS SOUTH AI'S FIRST GAY GBY TEAM TACKL PREJUDICE
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MEET AI'S FIRST GAY CLIVE GBY CLUB
At the time, to me, the ia of gay gby didn’t sound so out of the ordary. I mean, there were gay sports leagu all over the world, and I didn’t perceive South Ai to be a place that wasn’t tolerant of queers — but apparently I wasn’t totally clued to the homophobia that exists sports South Ai. They hired a PR firm that staged a bold mpaign that turned gay stereotyp si out by challengg you to ask “what do a gay gby player look like?
” and ed the typil gay slurs one would hear on the sports field to tackle homophobia gby. The “Rugby, That’s So Gay” mpaign lnched that May and went viral.
BOLD AD MPAIGN FOR SOUTH AIN GBY CLUB GRABS ATTENTN, TACKL GAY STEREOTYP
Ai’s first gay gby tour menced December 2016, wh sights firmly set on shiftg the nservative narrative of gby South Ai. They traveled throughout South Ai, creatg awarens that homophobia had no place sport and even hosted gby clics to spire other LGBTQ muni around the untry to start their own safe muny space to enjoy gby.