Mexi fans won’t stop gay slur. Will US Soccer follow s own policy? - Outsports

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A new anti-gay chant policy will be effect for USMNT-Mexi. It will terme U.S. Soccer's effort toward stoppg the rivalry's uglit aspect.

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MEXI FANS CHANT GAY SLUR ‘PUTO’ AT USMNT, E CONCACAF TO SPEND MATCH

Mexin soccer feratn aga urg fans to stop g chant after FIFA hands tought penalty to date rponse to persistent e of anti-gay slur. * mexico gay chant *

Mexi's soccer feratn has been sanctned repeatedly by world erng body FIFA recent years for a homophobic chant ed by s fans durg Mexin natnal team gam, whether at home or away.

Referee Barton took the cisn to abandon the game bee of the homophobic chant. What is the homophobic chant? In a practice believed to have started among fans the early 2000s — one outlet highlights a 2004 Olympic qualifier between the USA and Mexi — Mexin natnal team fans jo unison to shout a Spanish-language homophobic slur ("p***, " which roughly translat to "gay prostute") when an opposg goalkeeper puts the ball to play on a goal kick.

HOW ALLEGIANCE TO AN ANTI-GAY FAN CHANT AT MEXI SOCCER GAM MIGHT SK EL TRI'S WORLD CUP FORTUN

Mexi fans uldn’t help om chantg a gay slur at Team USA. Now the match has been spend. * mexico gay chant *

The argument for years was that the word has multiple cultural meangs Mexi and other Spanish-speakg untri and that is not tend as a homophobic slur when ed by fans a stadium. But there's no gettg around the fact that 's a rogatory term that's meang to the gay muny. When the match rumed, the officials add 12 mut of stoppage time, but they only got through seven of them before the referee cid to stop the match early after another loud stallment of the homophobic chant (see highlight qued up to the fal whistle).

Conf official has jt told me that the match HAS NOT been abandoned bee of homophobic chant spe fishg 4 mut before the 12 mut of stoppage time were up.

WATCH: MEXIN FANS CHANT ANTI-GAY SLURS, THROW BOTTL AT US MEN’S TEAM

The U.S. Men's Soccer Team game agast Mexi was briefly shut down Sunday over wav of anti-gay chants and objects thrown on the field. * mexico gay chant *

Overnight, CONCACAF released a statement nfirmg is vtigatg the ntued e of homophobic chants by Mexi fans durg last night’s game. What is Mexi dog about the homophobic chant? FIFA sanctns for homophobic chants.

MEXI FANS WON’T STOP CHANTG A GAY SLUR. WILL US SOCCER FOLLOW S OWN POLICY AND BAN MEXI?

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In June 2021, FIFA sanctned the Mexin feratn for homophobic chants by Mexin fans at Olympic qualifiers played Guadalajara, Mexi March 2021: a $65, 000 fe and two official home match played behd closed doors. The FIFA Disciplary Commtee also opened separate proceedgs agast Mexi nnectn wh homophobic chants by fans at a iendly agast Iceland played Arlgton, Texas, May 2021. The anti-gay chant was ed durg 2022 World Cup qualifyg home gam agast Canada and Honduras at the Estad Azte.

Mexi’s natnal team will play s first two home match World Cup qualifyg whout spectators, a penalty for s fans’ e of an anti-gay chant durg last sprg’s pre-Olympic tournament Guadalajara, the untry’s soccer feratn announced at a Mexi Cy news nference gam Mexi will play behd closed doors are agast Jamai on Sept. There is vigoro bate over whether the chant is rogatory sce the offendg word n have many meangs Spanish, one of which is a slur ed to mean gay Luisa has said that nversatn is meangls. ” Members of Pasión 1927, a Los Angel-based fan group of the Mexin natnal soccer team, share their thoughts on a popular chant that is wily nsired homophobic.

AHEAD OF MEXI MATCH, U.S. SOCCER'S EFFORTS TO BAT AN ANTI-GAY CHANT WILL BE PUT TO THE TT

The U.S. Soccer Feratn said will enforce s newly implemented policy agast anti-gay chantg when Uned Stat fac Mexi on Wednday. * mexico gay chant *

Update: The match has been spend, as Mexi fans would not stop chantg an anti-gay slur at the US Men’s Natnal Team. Origal story: Mexi fans are yet still aga chantg an anti-gay slur at Amerin soccer players on U. This has been a regular occurrence for fans of Mexi, chantg anti-gay slurs at Team USA players or anyone else their favore team plays.

US Soccer and others like CONCACAF seem to thk they n curb the anti-gay chant wh stadium announcements and veiled threats.

EXCLIVE: MEXIN SOCCER FERATN WARNS REFS MAY HALT PLAY IF FANS E ANTI-GAY SLUR

Prevly US Soccer announced that Mexi would be banned om iendli the Uned Stat if fans chanted the anti-gay slur. Durg match April and June of this year, Mexi fans did jt that, shoutg the anti-gay chant the Uned Stat. Have rporated an anti-gay slur to a chant aimed at opposg goalkeepers.

"Soccer self is a medium for change, and we need to regnize how impactful language n be, " said Janelly Farias, a fenr on Mexi's women's natnal team who is gay. "When people are g homophobic language, whether 's tentnal or not, n be very trimental. In ristg to cease and sist over the years, fans have argued that the chant is a part of Mexi's sports culture, and that bears no anti-gay bent when ed 's more, the perceived hypocrisy of FIFA policg the behavr of Mexi fans the stands but remag silent on laws opprsive to LGBTQ+ muni Rsia and Qatar -- the most recent World Cup host and the next le, rpectively -- has also fueled ristance.

"Clearly, people aren't chantg at goalkeepers and attackg them for thkg they're gay. "It has a nasty, homophobic nnotatn any sense. For many gay men, 's the last word they hear before they're attacked, or killed.

U.S. SOCCER SETS PROTOL AGAST ANTI-GAY CHANTS FOR U.S.-MEXI MATCH

"I have gay iends, and talkg to them about opened my ey. Those efforts have foced on the potential on-field nsequenc yet make no mentn of the slur's anti-gay ntext. "But prev statements om top officials, players and ach later tasked wh askg fans to stop the chant portrayed a culture at odds wh the signatn of the chant as anti-gay.

"I don't see as homophobic, or offensive. "In that moment, you're not thkg about disrpectg someone or sultg homosexuals. In dog so, the feratn ed a fense that Mexi fans monly rece: The word is employed not as an anti-gay slur, but rather as a tool to distract the goalkeeper to an errant kick.

MEXI SANCTNED BY FIFA FOR RECURRENCE OF FANS' ANTI-GAY CHANT

"I'm glad somethg is fally beg done about this, but I thk we n be more direct by sayg this is a homophobic chant and be very head-on about . Meanwhile, activists and some of Mexi's own ele players ntue to lobby the FMF to embrace a more ank discsn on homophobia and machismo orr to rete fans and end the chant once and for all. The Uned Stat Men’s Natnal Soccer Team (USMNT) game agast Mexi was briefly shut down Sunday Denver over wav of chants prised of a gay slur and objects thrown on the field.

UNED STAT-MEXI MATCH FAL MARRED BY ANTI-GAY CHANT, FANS THROWG OBJECTS ON FIELD

The scene rose to ugly proportns after fans heard the gay slur yelled Spanish early the game. The CONCACAF league has been battlg to get Mexin fans to stop g the gay slur chants for several years now.

Mexi fans will not stop chantg the anti-gay slur “puto” durg match wh the Mexin men’s soccer team, whether ’s durg a qualifyg match or a iendly. This is clearly and obvly homophobic.

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