Sport
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8 February 2012
New West Ham midfielder’s gay slur tweet deleted
Footballer Ravel Morrison has been criticised after a violently-worded message appeared on his Twitter page with a gay slur this week.
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7 February 2012
Roland Martin’s Beckham crack ‘about soccer, not gays’
A US political commentator has apologised for causing any offence after sending a tweet during Sunday's Super-Bowl which suggested "smacking the ish" out of a man who enjoyed David Beckham's H&M advert.
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3 February 2012
Comment: Football needs a culture change, not a gay role model
While football may be dragging itself into the 21st century, Amal Fashanu only scratched the surface.
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2 February 2012
Premier League clubs sign anti-homophobia charter
The twenty football clubs which make up the Premier League have signed the Sports Charter aiming to tackle homophobia and transphobia in sport.
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1 February 2012
Gay EuroGames will mark ‘the end of the world’, politician fears
The leader of the Hungary's minority Jobbik nationalist party has reportedly described the gay EuroGames in the country's capital this summer as the "end of the world".
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1 February 2012
John Amaechi: London will see through ‘undesirable gays’ rhetoric
Clapham resident and Pride House ambassador John Amaechi said the idea of the event turning Clapham Common into a "den of iniquity" during the Olympics showed the group who opposed the move were "out of touch".
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31 January 2012
Gay footballers film boosts BBC3 audience by 50%
Britain's Gay Footballers, the BBC3 documentary shown last night examining the lack of openly gay players in the British game, drew 2.8% of the viewing audience.
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30 January 2012
Preview: Britain’s Gay Footballers
A documentary by the niece of the late gay footballer Justin Fashanu examines tonight why he remains the only professional footballer in the UK to have ever come out.
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30 January 2012
Interview: Greg Louganis on gold medals, HIV and Matthew Mitcham
He won his first Olympic medal at the age of 16.
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25 January 2012
Margaret Court maintains stance on gay marriage
Margaret Court has caused controversy once again by repeating her views on marriage and the "choice" people make to be gay.
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24 January 2012
Group fears ‘undesirable gays’ at Olympics event
A Clapham residents' group lodged an objection to the gay Pride House event at this year's Olympics saying it is "highly likely" to become a "magnet for undesirable elements of the gay community".
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24 January 2012
Michael Ball fined £6,000 for anti-gay Antony Cotton tweet
Leicester City player Michael Ball has been fined £6,000 by the FA for anti-gay comments he made on Twitter.
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23 January 2012
Gareth Thomas favourite to win Celebrity Big Brother
Gay rugby player, Gareth Thomas has been named as the favourite to win Celebrity Big brother according to the odds on several online bookmakers.
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20 January 2012
Joey Barton: Gay footballers would face discrimination
Central midfielder and Queens Park Rangers captain Joey Barton attributed gay professional footballers' fear of coming out to managers' discrimination.
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18 January 2012
German FA head: Gay players should have ‘courage’ to come out
The head of the German Football Association has again urged gay professional football players to come out.
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8 February 2012New West Ham midfielder’s gay slur tweet deleted 49 Footballer Ravel Morrison has been criticised after a violently-worded message appeared on his Twitter page with a gay slur this week.
7 February 2012Roland Martin’s Beckham crack ‘about soccer, not gays’ 27 A US political commentator has apologised for causing any offence after sending a tweet during Sunday's Super-Bowl which suggested "smacking the ish" out of a man who enjoyed David Beckham's H&M advert.
3 February 2012Comment: Football needs a culture change, not a gay role model 42 While football may be dragging itself into the 21st century, Amal Fashanu only scratched the surface.
2 February 2012Premier League clubs sign anti-homophobia charter 7 The twenty football clubs which make up the Premier League have signed the Sports Charter aiming to tackle homophobia and transphobia in sport.
1 February 2012Gay EuroGames will mark ‘the end of the world’, politician fears 83 The leader of the Hungary's minority Jobbik nationalist party has reportedly described the gay EuroGames in the country's capital this summer as the "end of the world".
1 February 2012John Amaechi: London will see through ‘undesirable gays’ rhetoric 16 Clapham resident and Pride House ambassador John Amaechi said the idea of the event turning Clapham Common into a "den of iniquity" during the Olympics showed the group who opposed the move were "out of touch".
31 January 2012Gay footballers film boosts BBC3 audience by 50% 55 Britain's Gay Footballers, the BBC3 documentary shown last night examining the lack of openly gay players in the British game, drew 2.8% of the viewing audience.
30 January 2012Preview: Britain’s Gay Footballers 27 A documentary by the niece of the late gay footballer Justin Fashanu examines tonight why he remains the only professional footballer in the UK to have ever come out.
30 January 2012Interview: Greg Louganis on gold medals, HIV and Matthew Mitcham 6 He won his first Olympic medal at the age of 16.
25 January 2012Margaret Court maintains stance on gay marriage 85 Margaret Court has caused controversy once again by repeating her views on marriage and the "choice" people make to be gay.
24 January 2012Michael Ball fined £6,000 for anti-gay Antony Cotton tweet 34 Leicester City player Michael Ball has been fined £6,000 by the FA for anti-gay comments he made on Twitter.
23 January 2012Gareth Thomas favourite to win Celebrity Big Brother 16 Gay rugby player, Gareth Thomas has been named as the favourite to win Celebrity Big brother according to the odds on several online bookmakers.
20 January 2012Joey Barton: Gay footballers would face discrimination 21 Central midfielder and Queens Park Rangers captain Joey Barton attributed gay professional footballers' fear of coming out to managers' discrimination.
18 January 2012German FA head: Gay players should have ‘courage’ to come out 24 The head of the German Football Association has again urged gay professional football players to come out.
