FA to vtigate anti-gay chantg at Man Utd-Everton clash - ESPN

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. “I don't thk would be a problem here or anywhere else [if a player me out as gay].

TARON EGERTON CLARIFI HIS SEXUALY THE WAKE OF SPECULATN THAT HE’S 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. “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. 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.

ANOTHER WEEK, ANOTHER ANTI-GAY SLUR ENGLISH SOCCER

Meanwhile, former prime mister Abdoul Mbaye said: “He is not homophobic. He do not want his image to be ed to promote homosexualy. 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”. We’re one week to 2023 and an anti-gay slur has been chanted by English Premier soccer fans twice already.

TARON EGERTON: ‘AT 14 OR 15, I HAD A PERD OF THKG I MIGHT BE GAY’

Whether those g know or not, the term has homophobic nnotatns that are timately nnected wh Chelsea’s queer history. After the most recent chant, Man U’s LGBTQ support group, the Rabow Devils, nmned the chant, tweetg, “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.

Rocketman star Taron Egerton has opened up about his own procs of sexual disvery, revealg he “had a perd” of thkg he might be be gay after iends of his me out at school. The Welsh actor, who plays Sir Elton John the upg mcial bpic, said that while he’ll never be able to fully relate to the experienc of LGBTQ people, he has “some unrstandg” of what might be like to have to e to terms wh beg gay after qutng his own sexualy durg his teenage years. “When I was 14 or 15, I had a perd of thkg I might be gay and I spoke to my mother about , ” Taron says as he pos for an eclive shoot by Damon Baker Attu’s June issue, available to download and to orr globally.

The Kgsman star says he only agreed to play the role of Sir Elton  Rocketman after cidg the story was one the gay muny uld feel “a sense of ownership over”, and reveals that he also drew on his experience of helpg a close iend e to terms wh beg gay.

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

While last year’s Osr-wng micial bpic Bohemian Rhapsody was cricised by many for ‘straight-washg’ Freddie Mercury’s story, Taron sists that Rocketman do not shy away om Elton’s sexualy, and that that he feels “privileged” to be takg on the role of one of the world’s most famo gay men, spe intifyg as straight. “It’s easy for me to s here as a whe heterosexual man and say I should be able to play a part I want, but I pletely unrstand why a gay actor would feel that this an opportuny for which they would be better sued, ” he says.

I am proud and privileged to be playg this person who happens to be gay. Gay.