CONCACAF's anti-discrimatn protol failed to stop an anti-gay chant om echog throughout Allegiant Stadium on Thursday.
Contents:
- LAFC TO REMOVE FANS FOR ANTI-GAY CHANTS, 'OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE'
- MEXI FANS WON’T STOP CHANTG A GAY SLUR. WILL US SOCCER FOLLOW S OWN POLICY AND BAN MEXI?
- HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: ANTI-GAY LAWS PROMOTE VLENCE, DISCRIMATN ST. VCENT
LAFC TO REMOVE FANS FOR ANTI-GAY CHANTS, 'OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE'
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. * soccer chant gay *
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.
MEXI FANS WON’T STOP CHANTG A GAY SLUR. WILL US SOCCER FOLLOW S OWN POLICY AND BAN MEXI?
* soccer chant gay *
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.
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: ANTI-GAY LAWS PROMOTE VLENCE, DISCRIMATN ST. VCENT
The newt MLS expansn team is already warng s new fans agast a popular chant that what some say is a gay slur. * soccer chant gay *
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.