England's Football Associatn (FA) will vtigate alleged anti-gay chantg durg FA Cup tie between Manchter and Everton on Friday.
Contents:
- EVERTON PAIR ON REACTN IF PLAYER REVEALED HE WAS GAY
- TARON EGERTON CLARIFI HIS SEXUALY THE WAKE OF SPECULATN THAT HE’S GAY
- ANOTHER WEEK, ANOTHER ANTI-GAY SLUR ENGLISH SOCCER
- TARON EGERTON: ‘AT 14 OR 15, I HAD A PERD OF THKG I MIGHT BE GAY’
- FA TO VTIGATE ANTI-GAY CHANTG AT MAN UNED-EVERTON CLASH
EVERTON PAIR ON REACTN IF PLAYER REVEALED HE WAS GAY
Everton pair Richarlison and Lus Digne sist the football muny would unndnally support any active player who me out as gay. There are no openly homosexual players the Premier League or Football League and the sport has tradnally wrtled wh the issue of how would react to a player announcg he was gay.
Former Everton midfielr Thomas Hzlsperger waed until retirg before publicly revealg he was gay. But current first-team stars Richarlison and Digne – speakg advance of this weekend’s Liverpool Pri, which featur a seri of events aimed at elimatg LGBTQ+ discrimatn – are adamant a player g out as gay would be unanimoly backed by his teammat.
TARON EGERTON CLARIFI HIS SEXUALY THE WAKE OF SPECULATN THAT HE’S GAY
“I don't thk would be a problem here or anywhere else [if a player me out as gay].
“I read a letter sent to the prs by a gay Premier League athlete, sayg the suatn he liv affects his mental health and that he’s aaid to tell his teammat, for fear thgs will get even worse. Everton has an LGBT supporters group, Rabow Toffe, and the Club’s unn wh Stonewall, Europe’s leadg chary for lbian, gay, bi and trans equaly, will strengthen s mment to the LGBT+ muny.
ANOTHER WEEK, ANOTHER ANTI-GAY SLUR ENGLISH SOCCER
“We would react normally, we would not have any problem at all wh this [a player clarg he was gay], ” Digne told.
Taron Egerton Clarifi His Sexualy the Wake of Speculatn That He’s Gay"We are all secure who we are. Egerton has now given an official answer, tellg Rad Tim per Metro, “One of the lads was at my London flat and I Instagrammed a picture of him and said ‘Look at this cutie’, and a ln outlets reported I was g out as gay…I’m not gay but two of my mat me out when I was 15 and was a joy to support them bee, as a group, we are all secure who we are.
TARON EGERTON: ‘AT 14 OR 15, I HAD A PERD OF THKG I MIGHT BE GAY’
Before the World Cup Qatar, a untry which male homosexualy is banned, Premier League clubs and players are set to take part the Rabow Lac a season, officials, broadsters and players at all levels are enuraged to show their support for LGBTQ+ equaly and Paris Sat-Germa, Everton’s new signg Idrissa Gueye did not take part siar mpaigns, promptg ntroversy that led to terventns om policians France and his native Athletic looks at the suatn after the return of Gueye to Everton om happened France last season? He tweeted: “Homophobia, transphobia, biphobia strike, discrimate, reject. L'homophobie, la transphobie, la biphobie appent, discriment, rejettent.
— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) May 17, 2022Valerie Pecrse, the lear of the Paris regnal uncil, lled for Gueye to face “a sanctn” for refg to “jo the fight agast homophobia” Direct, an associatn that mpaigns agast homophobia sport, add: “Homophobia is not an opn. Meanwhile, former prime mister Abdoul Mbaye said: “He is not homophobic. He do not want his image to be ed to promote homosexualy.
FA TO VTIGATE ANTI-GAY CHANTG AT MAN UNED-EVERTON CLASH
Homosexual acts are emed illegal Senegal and n rry prison sentenc of up to five years. People get attacked and arrted for beg gay. ”Everton’s engagement team have sce held talks wh Rabow Toffe, wh the latter clg to ment when ntacted by The Athletic also nsulted Stonewall, Europe’s leadg LGBTQ+ chary, and Pri Football but both anisatns preferred not to release statements on the Roks is a gay woman who is part of the club’s fan advisory board and ns Han’s Tours, a supporters group and ach-travel said she had already discsed potential issu — cludg any participatn Rabow Lac — arisg om Gueye’s arrival wh club officials.
“People fet but was only my lifetime that gay marriage beme legal the UK. In 2017, reported that 12ln people saw the mpaign, leadg to the number of people aged 18-24 who thought homophobic language was acceptable droppg om 23 per cent to 15 per has aimed to e the Premier League’s global reach “to put the mpaign ont of more than one billn people 200 terrori worldwi, supportg our wir ternatnal mpaigns”.