Qatar has moved to reassure the gay Atralian footballer he should not be aaid to vis the untry, where homosexualy is illegal
Contents:
- JOSH CAVALLO: ONLY OPENLY GAY TOP-FLIGHT MALE FOOTBALLER SAYS FIFA’S ‘ONELOVE’ ARMBAND BAN HAS MA HIM FEEL ‘EXCLUD’
- NFL CLAR “FOOTBALL IS GAY”
- RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB ANNOUNC HE’S GAY, AN N.F.L. FIRST
- NFL SAYS: ‘FOOTBALL IS GAY. FOOTBALL IS QUEER. FOOTBALL IS ACCEPTG.’
- ‘NOBODY FEELS UNSAFE HERE’: GAY FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO TOLD HE IS WELE AT QATAR WORLD CUP
JOSH CAVALLO: ONLY OPENLY GAY TOP-FLIGHT MALE FOOTBALLER SAYS FIFA’S ‘ONELOVE’ ARMBAND BAN HAS MA HIM FEEL ‘EXCLUD’
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.” * football lgbt *
“It don’t matter if you’re lbian, if you’re gay, ’s for everyone. Homosexualy Qatar is illegal and punishable by up to three years prison.
But there have been mixed msag wh a World Cup ambassador and former footballer Khalid Salman sayg earlier this month that homosexualy was “damage the md, ” an terview wh German broadster ZDF. He is a regular at England ternatnals and was once the victim of a homophobic asslt, he says, at Wembley four years ago, ahead of England’s match agast Spa 2018, when he had an altertn wh another fan. 'FIFA have ma me feel exclud:' Sole gay top flight player hs out on Qatar armband ban.
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.
NFL CLAR “FOOTBALL IS GAY”
The Rairs fensive leman me out a statement posted to his Instagram acunt on Monday, beg the first active player the league to publicly intify as gay. * football lgbt *
The Alai Uned midfielr and former Atralian youth ternatnal ma headl last year when he me out as gay.
RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB ANNOUNC HE’S GAY, AN N.F.L. FIRST
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Other ments aimed at clubs supportg the mpaign read, “Crystal PalGay, ” “SouthGay FC, ” and “Why are they [Premier League clubs] forcg to be homosexuals?? Whereas a number of sports and untri, gay athlet have been happy to be open about their sexualy, that hasn’t been the se English football.
At the time of wrg, the Premier League there’s not a sgle gay player, who has ma his sexual orientatn public. “In male sport there is a real absence of openly gay or bi men – we have to create a better environment that is tly LGBT clive at all levels, ” he told CNN Sport.
NFL SAYS: ‘FOOTBALL IS GAY. FOOTBALL IS QUEER. FOOTBALL IS ACCEPTG.’
Two ach who are gay - one workg the Southern League, and one womens and girls football - jo a referee whos transgenr to discs their experienc * football lgbt *
This month the Premier League and Stonewall, have llaborated on the ‘Rabow Lac’ project — to try and stomp out homophobia the game.
‘NOBODY FEELS UNSAFE HERE’: GAY FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO TOLD HE IS WELE AT QATAR WORLD CUP
While the ‘Rabow Lac’ mpaign was gog on there were two cints of homophobia at Premier League grounds December.
Everton is currently vtigatg claims of alleged homophobic chantg s home w agast Chelsea, while Brighton threw out two visg Wolv fans for homophobic abe.
Pl Cal, Brighton and Hove Albn’s Head of Media and Communitns, nmned any form of homophobic abe and lled “ridiculo” that someone should be ostracized om the game simply bee of their sexualy. Historilly, homophobic chants were very mon a Brighton’s away gam, acrdg to Cal. He acknowledged that while thgs had improved, there was still a long way to go and said there were still “massive overton” of homophobia on social media.