Heard of the Steelers? No, not them, the gay gby team om London - ESPN

Contents:

• WORLD RUGBY SIGNS HISTORIC AGREEMENT WH INTERNATNAL GAY RUGBY
• JOG THE WORLD'S FIRST GAY GBY TEAM CHANGED MY LIFE. SO I MA A FILM ABOUT
• HEARD OF THE STEELERS? NO, NOT THEM, THE GAY GBY TEAM OM LONDON
• WORLD’S FIRST GAY GBY CLUB TURNS 20: ‘NO-ONE HAD SEEN PLAYERS LIKE BEFORE’

WORLD RUGBY SIGNS HISTORIC AGREEMENT WH INTERNATNAL GAY RUGBY

The Memorandum of Unrstandg outl a mment between the two anisatns to work together to te and elimate homophobia gby.

World Rugby and Internatnal Gay Rugby (IGR) have signed an historic agreement to llaborate on the ntued promotn of equaly and clivy gby. The agreement, signed at World Rugby Hoe Dubl this week, outl a mment between the two anisatns to work together to te and elimate homophobia gby.

the mon goal of cln and the elimatn of homophobia gby.

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

World Rugby and IGR will nsult on issu of importance to members of the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr (LGBT) muny and the game of gby by:. providg tnal tools to World Rugby member unns to support the elimatn of homophobia gby.

"We look forward to llaboratg wh Internatnal Gay Rugby to promote clivy, equaly and iendship as gby ntu to reach out, engage and spire more men, women and children than ever before. Internatnal Gay Rugby Chairman Jeff Wilson said: "This is a momento ocsn for LGBT athlet, supporters, officials and admistrators and the people who support them the game of gby. World Rugby is a trail-blazer as a global erng body mtg to actively elimate homophobia om any sport.

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

The former Wallabi prop scribed a moment when he was drivg recklsly, the feelg of “ath felt preferable to anybody disverg [he] was gay. Not jt any gby club, the world’s first gay gby club, the Kgs Cross Steelers London.

Here, queer people were reclaimg their place on the pch – an arena they grew up beg told they didn’t belong Israel Fol began postg “hell awas homosexuals” on social media I realised I had to tell the story of the club – and my own story. Photograph: One Man Band MediaIn fact, om this sgle club, there are now 80 gay and clive gby clubs around the world cludg five Atralia. There was the ocsnal homophobic sledge, but over time the Steelers won the rpect of the straight burly Brish men bee not only did they beat them on ocsn, they showed them that we’re all pretty much the forward to me takg my mera to Amsterdam to film the club at the Bgham Cup, the world cup of “rabow” gby.

WORLD’S FIRST GAY GBY CLUB TURNS 20: ‘NO-ONE HAD SEEN PLAYERS LIKE BEFORE’

It was only when Israel Fol began postg “hell awas homosexuals” on social media that I realised I had to tell the story of the club – and my own like Dan Palmer, I too have Fol to thank small part.

His pennt documentary Steelers: the World’s First Gay Rugby Club is cemas across Atralia now. 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.

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