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Contents:
- JOZI CATS: SOUTH AI'S FIRST GAY AND CLIVE GBY CLUB
- JOZI CATS: AI’S FIRST GAY GBY TEAM TACKL HOMOPHOBIA
- AI’S FIRST GAY GBY TEAM: JOZI CATS
- JOHNSTONE: FORMER ALL BLACK GBY PLAYER OUT AS GAY
- DISMANTLG STEREOTYP: 10 INSPIRG GAY RUGBY PLAYERS AND PERSONALI
JOZI CATS: SOUTH AI'S FIRST GAY AND CLIVE GBY CLUB
Queen. Fairy. Pansy. Pillow Ber. Ai’s first gay gby team, Jozi Cats, ref the homophobic sults a provotive marketg mpaign. * south african gay rugby player *
Ai’s first gay and clive gby club has lnched a provotive mpaign featurg homophobic slurs a bid unrme new recment drive featur posters of team members acpanied by words such as “queen”, “fairy” and “pansy” Cats club chairman and player Tevhan Kuni said: “We are a small club wh no budget, so we thought we’d lnch a recment mpaign that might get picked up by a few lol publitns, pecially the LBGTQI muny. ”Kuni said many gby players don’t feel they n be both openly gay and play the sport petively.
JOZI CATS: AI’S FIRST GAY GBY TEAM TACKL HOMOPHOBIA
Ai’s first gay gby team is tacklg stereotyp as seeks to rec new members, g a provotive advertisg mpaign which has sparked a bate about homophobia sport. * south african gay rugby player *
In June 2014 an anonymo German footballer pated a grim picture of his treatment by his team-mat after he revealed to them he was gay. ‘Ready for a gay Sprgbok’Though attus towards homosexualy vary greatly om untry to untry, the suatn is particularly cril on the Ain ntent, where 38 untri still crimalise while South Ai has a famoly clive nstutn that protects the rights of s gay cizens, an Aobarometer survey recently found that 21% of South Ains “aren’t tolerant” of homosexuals, wh rrective rape of women and hate crim agast gay men, pecially ral muni, ntug to pose a ser is hopeful that the Jozi Cats n go some way to changg attus, and hop the day will soon e when players feel fortable talkg about their sexualy.
AI’S FIRST GAY GBY TEAM: JOZI CATS
Former All Black prop Johnstone says he’s cid to e out to help remove the stigma of beg gay the hyper-mascule world of gby. * south african gay rugby player *
“I thk if you look at other players who have e out, then y, fely we’re ready for a gay Sprgbok. He says the Cats are hopg to reprent South Ai at the global Gay Rugby Champnships, and are aimg to eventually reach the Gay Gam, a global tournamentA versn of this article first appeared on the Daily Maverick. Gay gby team lnched South Ai.
JOHNSTONE: FORMER ALL BLACK GBY PLAYER OUT AS GAY
In the macho world of sports, ’s not easy to be openly gay – and sults like the make difficult to e out the locker room.
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Formed this year, Johannburg-based Jozi Cats is Ai’s first gay gby team – and s provotive marketg mpaign has had a greater impact than s members ever dreamed possible.
DISMANTLG STEREOTYP: 10 INSPIRG GAY RUGBY PLAYERS AND PERSONALI
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