French Sports Mister promis to raise gay pri flag if France ws the 2022 FIFA World Cup – FirstSportz

Contents:

• OLIVIER GIROUD: FOOTBALL IS A LONG WAY OM ACCEPTG OPENLY GAY PLAYERS
• C 20 SPORTIFS OUVERTEMENT GAYS
• FRENCH SPORTS MISTER PROMIS TO RAISE GAY PRI FLAG IF FRANCE WS THE 2022 FIFA WORLD CUP
• EVRA: THERE ARE AT LEAST TWO GAY PLAYERS AT EVERY FOOTBALL CLUB
• FOOTBALLRS GAYS : PRéPAREZ-VO à S RéVéLATNS
• JOSH CAVALLO: ONLY OPENLY GAY TOP-FLIGHT MALE FOOTBALLER SAYS FIFA’S ‘ONELOVE’ ARMBAND BAN HAS MA HIM FEEL ‘EXCLUD’
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• GAY FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO WOULD BE ‘SRED’ TO PLAY AT WORLD CUP QATAR
• VIDéO : êTRE GAY ET JOUR FOOTBALL PROFSNNEL

OLIVIER GIROUD: FOOTBALL IS A LONG WAY OM ACCEPTG OPENLY GAY PLAYERS

Soccer France Olivier Rouyer, the first French football player to e out as gay, hop that Englishman Jake Daniels' statement will serve as an example France. On Monday, May 16, 32 years after striker Jt Fashanu me out publicly as gay, Jake Daniels, a Blackpool midfielr England's 2nd divisn, beme the send Brish profsnal footballer to speak publicly about beg gay while still playg. "Beg gay, bi or queer is still a taboo men's football, " the 17-year-old said, an terview wh the Sky Sport TV channel the wake of his g out.

His prence the stands rather than on the field durg the match agast Montpellier on Saturday, May 14, "for personal reasons, " was perceived by many as a sire not to jo the mpaign agast homophobia anized by the Ligue Football Profsnnel (LFP) and the advocy groups Foot Ensemble, PanamBoyz & Girlz Uned and SOS Homophobie durg the 37th and 38th days of the French first and send leagu. His cisn to s out match has been nmned by former striker and ach, Olivier Rouyer, who was the first French football personaly to be openly homosexual 2008, long after his reer end. I scerely thk, and I have been sayg for a long time, that if a player clared his homosexualy, he would be supported by all footballers, managers and sponsors.

C 20 SPORTIFS OUVERTEMENT GAYS

Jonathan Johnson, PSG rrponntNov 15, 2018, 12:25 PM ETFrance striker Olivier Giroud believ that is "impossible to be openly homosexual football" and that the ia that the sport is a long way om acceptg openly gay players is an "unrstatement. The Chelsea star, speakg to French newspaper Le Figaro, said is an “unrstatement” to say the sport is not ready to accept an openly gay player.

Giroud has been volved mpaigns while at former clubs Arsenal and at Montpellier, where he appeared on the ont ver of gay magaze Tetu, to raise awarens of the issu LGBT people face. English clubs will aga take part a mpaign later this month which will aim to raise awarens of homophobia football, wh rabow lac, rner flags and ptas’ armbands on display at grounds around the untry.

But when a referee stopped play over anti-gay chants, fans cried Mokhtari’s cisn to halt a match between send-league teams AS Nancy and Le Mans last month marked the first time a referee had ed the sanctn over homophobia as part of an unprecented clampdown by football thori.

FRENCH SPORTS MISTER PROMIS TO RAISE GAY PRI FLAG IF FRANCE WS THE 2022 FIFA WORLD CUP

“Stoppg the match for every homophobic song or every banner is effective, ” said French football supporter Cedric Ferreira after angry fans unfurled banners om the stands wh anti-gay slurs that explicly referenced the crackdown. ”Haltg match was jt one of a seri of measur aimed at tacklg homophobia French football, which LGBT+ rights mpaigners say is a longstandg problem.

EVRA: THERE ARE AT LEAST TWO GAY PLAYERS AT EVERY FOOTBALL CLUB

”GLOBAL ISSUEFrance is not alone - penalti for homophobic language are startg to take effect stadiums around the world as football feratns e unr prsure om ernments and anti-discrimatn a recent Brish match, Bristol Rovers issued an apology after fans were heard hurlg homophobic sults at rival team Brighton & Hove June, Brazil’s football feratn was fed $15, 000 followg homophobic chants om fans durg the host natn’s openg game agast France the trigger was when sports mister Roxana Maraceanu exprsed shock earlier this year at abe she wnsed durg a match, sayg she would not want her children to attend.

Print Emmanuel Macron later echoed the sentiment, sayg as France hosted the Women’s World Cup that the untry need to fight agast homophobia and racism throughout society. Of urse not, ” he legalized same-sex marriage 2013, after a bter and divisive bate which some former nservative members of Macron’s current left-and-right ernment opposed the reported number of homophobic cints France creased by 15% the last year acrdg to the gay rights chary SOS AND JAILAhead of the new domtic season that started Augt, refere were given the power to stop match, le wh a new Internatnal Football Feratn (FIFA) to addrs racist or homophobic g homophobic language uld face a fe of up to 22, 500 ros ($25, 000) and even jail time, and clubs were threatened wh sanctns over fans’ behavr. A spokman for the natnal supporters’ group ANS said there had been no recent exampl of racist or homophobic cints that uld jtify stoppg the game and that what he termed “strong language” was “jt a part of the fan culture” the head of the French Football Feratn Noel Le Graet said match should only be stopped for racist chantg, or if a fight broke out - and not rponse to homophobic slogans - sparkg fierce cricism.

Etienne Dhoulier, a lawyer for the mpaign group Stop Homophobie, said football was “one of the last areas France where you fd homophobic speech”.

FOOTBALLRS GAYS : PRéPAREZ-VO à S RéVéLATNS

“It’s not normal that you n go to a stadium and hear homophobic chants, ” said Homophobie is currently sug the French Football League (LFP) for failg to censure Paris Sat Germa when fans hurled homophobic sults durg a match group was not ved to a recent meetg between football thori, LGBT+ rights groups and fans to discs the fall-out over the new l, a sign of the tensns.

JOSH CAVALLO: ONLY OPENLY GAY TOP-FLIGHT MALE FOOTBALLER SAYS FIFA’S ‘ONELOVE’ ARMBAND BAN HAS MA HIM FEEL ‘EXCLUD’

“I’m pretty sure that most fans want to have fun durg a football match and they don’t want to hear hate speech or homophobic sults, ” said Dhoulier.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

A Mlim, Gueye hails om the Islamic Ain untry of Senegal, where homosexualy is punishable by up to five years prison (though prosecutns were rare before this year, acrdg to ABC News). Women’s natnal team, which would have worn gay pri–themed jerseys wh rabow-lored numbers ternatnal “iendli” (basilly, glorified exhibn match).

While hailg Brish soccer player Jake Daniels as “bold, urageo and spirg” for g out as gay the days followg what Man lled Gueye’s “silent stand, ” Man also lled on fans to monstrate relig tolerance toward Gueye.

GAY FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO WOULD BE ‘SRED’ TO PLAY AT WORLD CUP QATAR

So, many profsnal leagu, teams, and players are raisg their voic to fight back agast homophobia so that gay footballers don’t face backlash while g out. Therefore, a suable environment should be created through tn as a drivg factor, so gay footballers don’t feel prsured to reveal their sexualy. En avril 2013, Jason Colls crée le buzz en faisant son g-out… Ce baskettr lambda vient alors le premier jour actif ouvertement gay dans l’un s 4 sports majrs améris.

VIDéO : êTRE GAY ET JOUR FOOTBALL PROFSNNEL

A l’époque, le fils Glenn Hysén t donc le sl footballr actif en Europe à assumer son homosexualé et le send a faire son g-out après Jt Fanashu en 1990. Le plongr stralien n’a jamais ché son homosexualé… Lors s Jx Olympiqu Pék, Matthew Mcham vient même le premier sportif actif ouvertement gay à monter sur la première marche du podium. The French Sports Mister, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, recently announced that if the France Natnal team ws the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the gay pri flag will be raised celebratn.

Before the World Cup kicked off Qatar, where homosexualy is illegal, the rights of the LGBTQ+ muny, as well as the e of the rabow symbol, were hot topics of discsn.

ESPatrice Evra has claimed there are at least two gay footballers at each club the world, but he believ some of his former teammat were aaid to e out due to homophobic are currently no openly gay players the Premier League, but efforts have been to make English football more clive through the Rabow Lac former left-back, who played for Manchter Uned and Juvent among others, has revealed his own eye-openg experienc durg his playg reer. "Evra's ments e jt days after gay Atralian footballer Josh Cavallo lled out homophobic abe which was aimed at him durg an A-League match on on MbappeThe Frenchman also discsed Paris Sat-Germa star Kylian Mbappe, suggtg he has the personaly of a polician. Le climat d'homophobie qui règne dans le mon du football terd jourd'hui à tout jour, en particulier profsnnel, vivre sereement et grand jour son homosexualé.

Pour rappel, l'enquête du Paris Foot Gay en 2013 révéla que 41% s jours foot profsnnel et 50% s jn jours en centr formatn déclarent s opns hostil x homosexuels.