'Straight teams hate losg to ': The credible story of Kgs Cross Steelers, the world's first gay gby club

Contents:

• 'STRAIGHT TEAMS HATE LOSG TO ': THE CREDIBLE STORY OF KGS CROSS STEELERS, THE WORLD'S FIRST GAY GBY CLUB
• WORLD’S FIRST GAY GBY CLUB TURNS 20: ‘NO-ONE HAD SEEN PLAYERS LIKE BEFORE’

'STRAIGHT TEAMS HATE LOSG TO ': THE CREDIBLE STORY OF KGS CROSS STEELERS, THE WORLD'S FIRST GAY GBY CLUB

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WORLD’S FIRST GAY GBY CLUB TURNS 20: ‘NO-ONE HAD SEEN PLAYERS LIKE BEFORE’

Royal Vxhall Tavern, Vxhall The Royal Vxhall Tavern is a te slice of LGBTQ+ history London – a Gra II Listed venue that was famoly raid by police 1987 amidst over-policg of London’s gay muny. BJ’s Whe Swan, Limehoe Another longstandg London gay bar, which has been gog strong for over 30 years, is BJ’s Whe Swan East London.

The Glory, Haggerston The Glory pris self beg one of East London’s bt gay bars, drag hotho, LGBTQ+ performance venu, nightclubs, and curators of London shows, ftivals, ntts and battl. After 40 mut batg LGBT issu sport, Matt Webb, chairman of gay gby club Kgs Cross Steelers, allows the ont of officialdom to slip. It was thanks to the nfince I gaed om the gby and beg around other gay men, ” he says, the middle of a discsn about how the lonels of gay men London has been a key factor drivg the club’s membership.

“I have a younger gay brother, so I knew there wouldn’t have been a problem, but I need more nfince. Ultimately, was the club that gave me that nfince to say to my parents: ‘I am a member of a gay gby club and I am lovg and this is who I am and I am very happy’. The lonels of gay men London has been a key factor drivg the club’s membership.

He explas: “I did not want to be that gay gby player. But I stopped myself om playg gby universy bee I was gay. Image what is like when you have 200 gay gby guys all on Grdr.

The Steelers were found 1995, the first gay gby club anywhere the world.

So is there still a need for a gay gby club? Our players still experience homophobia on the pch, and real life every day. The need for a gay club and to shout about is more important than ever.

Webb brgs up Israel Fol and Billy Vunipola’s ntroversial social media posts – the Atralian was sacked for suggtg homosexuals were among those bound for hell, and the England forward was warned over his own tweets.

“There have been some cints of homophobic language on the pch the past year that have been more severe than we have had a while. There is more dialogue about homophobia now and, as a club, we have ma the cisn that we have to stand up and stand out more. While the club have a zero-tolerance policy towards homophobic language and abe, wh Webb and others workg closely wh the Rugby Football Unn, Premiership Rugby and the Rugby Players’ Associatn, players are happy to take a more humoro approach.