Homophobic ‘rent boy’ chant still torments gay soccer fans - Outsports

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• YEARS LATER, HOMOPHOBIC ‘RENT BOY’ CHANT STILL TORMENTS GAY SOCCER FANS
• FA TO VTIGATE ANTI-GAY CHANTG AT MAN UNED-EVERTON CLASH
• WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT A SEEMGLY FAKE DOCUMENT A GAY RIGHTS CASE

YEARS LATER, HOMOPHOBIC ‘RENT BOY’ CHANT STILL TORMENTS GAY SOCCER FANS

Rabow Devils is the pennt, officially regnised Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr (LGBT) supporters club of Manchter Uned. Manchter Uned's FA Cup clash wh Everton was marred by the sgg of a homophobic chant towards Frank Lampard, wh the song havg been classed as a hate crime by the CPSFrank Lampard had a homophobic chant directed towards him by Manchter Uned fans Manchter Uned fans aimed a homophobic chant at Frank Lampard durg their si's FA Cup clash agast Everton. Mirror Football revealed a year ago that the chant would be classed as a homophobic hate crime by the Crown Prosecutn Service gog forward.

"We strongly nmn the tntg of Frank Lampard wh the illegal and homophobic chant om a sectn of our fans and ll for the club to take actn," a statement om the group read. The latt homophobic chantg a matter of days after was heard durg Chelsea's draw at Nottgham Fort. The slur’s stubborn persistence shows how difficult n be to eradite homophobic tradns om male sports, pecially wh relative actn om erng bodi.

FA TO VTIGATE ANTI-GAY CHANTG AT MAN UNED-EVERTON CLASH

“It’s a te dark cloud over any gay man who go to a football game and has to hear . Eher way, the exprsn “rent boy” is herently homophobic, says Jon Holm, an edor at Sky Sports.

“There’s always the suggtn that people chant or say that chant or sg bee they don’t really do wh homophobic tentns, ” he said.

K., don’t regnize the chant as homophobic. For Callum Jewell, -founr of Watford’s LGBTQ fan club, the Proud Hors, “rent boy” and other anti-gay tnts brg back unpleasant memori. “When you grow up gay, and you’re bullied a lot childhood pecially, there’s words that put you on edge, and jt brg back all the horrible memori of every time that someone says sh to you.

WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT A SEEMGLY FAKE DOCUMENT A GAY RIGHTS CASE

What do you ll a gay guy who supports Manchter Uned? Homosexualy is illegal both untri, but the only bid om the regn that has been nfirmed me om Qatari banker Sheikh Jassim b Hammad Al Thani. The club promised to tackle homophobia and other forms of discrimatn after the “Chelsea rent boy” chant was allegedly aimed at Everton manager Frank Lampard, a former player at the Wt London club, durg an FA Cup match at Old Trafford last month.

RtersJan 7, 2023, 09:01 AM ETEngland's Football Associatn (FA) will vtigate alleged anti-gay chantg durg Everton's 3-1 FA Cup third round loss at Manchter Uned on supporters were heard g anti-gay language agast Everton manager Frank Lampard, who prevly played for and managed Chelsea, Brish media reports said. "We stand firmly agast all forms of discrimatn and we are strivg to ensure our game is a safe environment for all, which tly embrac diversy and challeng hateful nduct both on and off the pch, " an FA spokperson a statement to Brish media, Uned said, "homophobia, like all forms of discrimatn, has no place football. "Everton add that homophobia do not have a place "our stadiums, our clubs, our muni or our game.

"We strongly nmn the tntg of Frank Lampard wh the illegal and homophobic chant om a sectn of our fans and ll for the club to take actn. @ManUtd— Rabow Devils (@RabowDevils) January 6, 2023 "The club has a zero-tolerance policy on all forms of discrimatn and wel the statements om The FA and Manchter Uned, " Everton said a statement to chants were also lled out by "Rabow Devils, " a Manchter Uned LGBTQ+ supporters group, who tweeted: "We strongly nmn the tntg of Frank Lampard wh the illegal and homophobic chant om a sectn of our fans and ll for the club to take actn.