Steelers: The World's First Gay Rugby Club (2020) - IMDb

Contents:

• STEELERS: THE WORLD'S FIRST GAY RUGBY CLUB
• HEARD OF THE STEELERS? NO, NOT THEM, THE GAY GBY TEAM OM LONDON
• HOW AMAZON PRIME’S GAY GBY DOCUMENTARY STEELERS PLETELY FLIPS THE DISURSE OF MASTREAM LGBTQ+ STORI
• STEELERS: HOW ANTI-GAY ROW SPIRED GBY FILM
• A NEW DOCUMENTARY EXPLOR THE LIV AND ROMANC OF GAY RUGBY PLAYERS
• JOG THE WORLD'S FIRST GAY GBY TEAM CHANGED MY LIFE. SO I MA A FILM ABOUT
• WORLD RUGBY RELEAS NEW GAY GBY DOCUMENTARY ON MARK BGHAM
• INCREDIBLE DOCUMENTARY ABOUT WORLD’S FIRST GAY AND CLIVE GBY CLUB IS G TO AMAZON PRIME

STEELERS: THE WORLD'S FIRST GAY RUGBY CLUB

We follow the journey of 3 characters the club: the lbian ach fightg misogyny, even the gay worl... We follow the journey of 3 characters the club: the lbian ach fightg misogyny, even the gay world. WidkApr 16, 2021Contribute to this pageSuggt an ed or add missg ntentWhat is the English language plot outle for Steelers: The World's First Gay Rugby Club (2020)?

Niamh LewisMar 1, 2021, 09:52 AM ETWhen Eammon Ashton-Atkson, an Atralian televisn reporter, cid to film his gby club as they went to the biannual Bgham Cup 2018, he uld never have imaged the posive reactn a documentary about would film Steelers is about London-based Kgs Cross Steelers, the world's first gay gby club and one of over 60 such sis world-wi. Although the stori the film are related to the stggl of g out, prsn, and a history of bullyg for beg gay, they're are told a way which wir dienc n empathise wh. "It's a story about a gay gby club, but 's also a story about human stggle, and people g sport and their sense of muny to help each other, which is universal, " Ashton-Atkson told ESPN.

HEARD OF THE STEELERS? NO, NOT THEM, THE GAY GBY TEAM OM LONDON

"She's got a certifite for the hight achg level, and sce she left the Steelers she's been nsistently overlooked and not even shortlisted [for jobs] than men who are ls qualified and ls experienced than her, which is heart-breakg and disgtg, " Ashton-Atkson beg gay 2021 wtern society is often unremarkable today, you don't have to go back very far to fd trmatic stori.

"But, if 's easier to e out now, then why do we need gay gby clubs? "That's a thought that do go through your md, and while 's generally a posive there are still pockets of homophobia.

HOW AMAZON PRIME’S GAY GBY DOCUMENTARY STEELERS PLETELY FLIPS THE DISURSE OF MASTREAM LGBTQ+ STORI

Then, 2019, Atralia's Israel Fol spouted his famo anti-gay ments on Instagram, sayg "hell awas" gay opened the drawer and started the ed aga om scratch, and turned to the unnventnal documentary has bee. "Wh beg gay, you don't thk that I grew up sperately wantg to change my sexualy, like, wishg the gay away?

They were dubbed the tabloids as 'Harlequeens, ' there was homophobic ments, and a fear over ntractg HIV and AIDS. "For those of who grew up when wasn't ok to be gay, jt really before the ter was mon, there was huge stigma. You had Margaret Thatcher's Sectn 28 [a law brought the UK by a Conservative ernment om 1988-2003 to the "prohib the promotn of homosexualy"], misnceptns about the HIV vis, " Ashton-Atkson explas.

STEELERS: HOW ANTI-GAY ROW SPIRED GBY FILM

"For those guys who were settg up that team 1995, they were real trailblazers bee they were gog out to different teams Essex week--week out smashg down stereotyp one game of gby at a time and om what I heard, the men Essex, they had never met an openly gay man before, let alone an openly gay sportsman. However, "There are still issu wh homophobia and homophobic language beg ed on the pch. "And one of the thgs we've been workg on wh Harlequs and Monash Universy is that a lot of that isn't actually homophobia, 's the culture of clubs, the challeng of languag not beg followed through.

Joy, celebratn, acceptance – Steelers has a place for everyone (Picture: Amazon Prime)The Kg’s Cross Steelers may not be a team on your radar, whether you’re gay or straight, but few clubs will have ma que the impact of the self-ma gby teamed found a north London pub 25 years ago. The film follows the Steelers as they make the biannual pilgrimage to the Bgham World Cup where, 25 years after the Steelers was formed, a further 60 clubs worldwi followed s lead, and now every two years they e together and battle out – savagely – the biggt gay gby tournament the world. As turned out, he soon found a new fay – a team of gay men om all walks of LGBTQ+ life wh a shared love, passn, and talent for the sport which many gay men have otherwise been exclud om.

The Kgs Cross Steelers attempt to w the gay gby world cup (Picture: Kgs Cross Steeelrs)‘I was lookg around the club and I realised wasn’t jt me who had felt this impact, was every sgle player. I was tryg to work out what was about gay gby that was so special and a benef for all the queer people – mental health benefs om sport and beg able to form a relatnship away om dgs and alhol as well as reclaimg that place on the sportg pch where we’re told we don’t belong.

A NEW DOCUMENTARY EXPLOR THE LIV AND ROMANC OF GAY RUGBY PLAYERS

So often, when gay people are seen on screen, our stori are tragic – ath, disease, margalisatn, abe.

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JOG THE WORLD'S FIRST GAY GBY TEAM CHANGED MY LIFE. SO I MA A FILM ABOUT

Simon didn’t e out until his early 30s and his urage is celebrated Steelers (Picture: Kgs Cross Steelers)Eventually, he told his fay and iends he was gay but was jilted when he told a bt iend, who was straight, he was love wh him. If they ronate, not only wh gay viewers but all sexuali and genrs, and if people n see hope and see you belong to somethg then the story has much more of an impact than beg a niche gay film. A msage perhaps particularly applible to gay men.

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Tablished specifilly to actively reach out to tradnally unr-reprented groups gby; such as people of lor, gay men and women (though players who do not f to the tegori are not exclud). It also pet the Internatnal Gay Rugby Associatn and Board (IGRAB) season.

WORLD RUGBY RELEAS NEW GAY GBY DOCUMENTARY ON MARK BGHAM

Atralian gby star Ian Roberts ma history back when he publicly me out as gay while still an active player 1995, at a time when homosexualy was nsired a taboo topic pro sports. While he tried to pass as straight, he dated men and equented gay nightclubs.

“I thk back now and me beg gay was the worst-kept secret for five or six years,” he said. Dpe the relative homophobia of the mid ’90s, Roberts says he don’t thk would be easier to e out today. While out gay men are now prevalent most Wtern societi, prsn and suici rat among LGBTQ+ youth are still startlgly high.

INCREDIBLE DOCUMENTARY ABOUT WORLD’S FIRST GAY AND CLIVE GBY CLUB IS G TO AMAZON PRIME

At the time, the only other proment out gay male athlete was Brish soccer player Jt Fashanu, who me out 1994 (he died by suici 1998).

Roberts participated a book about his life story as a gay gby player, Ian Roberts – Fdg Out, which was published 1997.

He’s been creded 68 projects, acrdg to IMDb, cludg the 2012 film Saltwater, which he played a gay man. Over the years, Roberts has also masterfully phed back agast some of the most tired trop about gay athlet, cludg the ridiculo worry about team showers. Back 2011, he shut down Atralian soccer player Jason Akermanis, who said would be unfortable to shower wh a gay teammate.