Josh Cavallo, the only openly gay top-flight male soccer player the sport, has told CNN that FIFA’s cisn to ban players om wearg “OneLove” armbands at the Qatar 2022 has ma him feel “exclud.”
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- FIFA VTIGATG: MEXI BOOTED OM THE WORLD CUP AS FANS CHANT A GAY SLUR QATAR
- REFEREE ENDS USMNT ROUT OVER MEXI EARLY AMID ANTI-GAY CHANTS
- JOSH CAVALLO: ONLY OPENLY GAY TOP-FLIGHT MALE FOOTBALLER SAYS FIFA’S ‘ONELOVE’ ARMBAND BAN HAS MA HIM FEEL ‘EXCLUD’
FIFA VTIGATG: MEXI BOOTED OM THE WORLD CUP AS FANS CHANT A GAY SLUR QATAR
Wilkson, an out gay athlete, helped New Zealand to s first-ever WWC w, all ont of a home crowd. * gay soccer goal *
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. 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.
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.
REFEREE ENDS USMNT ROUT OVER MEXI EARLY AMID ANTI-GAY CHANTS
Mexi gave up the elimatg goal jt sends after their fans chanted the gay slur yet aga. FIFA is now vtigatg. * gay soccer goal *
When the match rumed, the officials add 12 mut of stoppage time, but they only got through seven of them before the referee cid to stop the match early after another loud stallment of the homophobic chant (see highlight qued up to the fal whistle).
JOSH CAVALLO: ONLY OPENLY GAY TOP-FLIGHT MALE FOOTBALLER SAYS FIFA’S ‘ONELOVE’ ARMBAND BAN HAS MA HIM FEEL ‘EXCLUD’
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. * gay soccer goal *
Conf official has jt told me that the match HAS NOT been abandoned bee of homophobic chant spe fishg 4 mut before the 12 mut of stoppage time were up.