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

Contents:

• 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.

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

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.

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

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. “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.