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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 84 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 2012Group fears ‘undesirable gays’ at Olympics event 33 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 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 22 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. -
18 January 2012Gareth Thomas in ‘£7m shandy takeover’ 15 Gay rugby icon Gareth Thomas has reportedly taken over a Welsh drinks company along a former team-mate after deliberations about his career. -
17 January 2012Unwitting British teen joins rainbow protest at Australian Open 12 Rising British tennis star Laura Robson inadvertently found herself party to controversy surrounding a flag-waving protest at the Australian Open yesterday. -
16 January 2012Germany captain: Society cannot accept gay footballers 61 Bayern Munich and German football captain Philipp Lahm does not believe society is ready to accept gay professional footballers, saying: “The football stadium is rarely politically correct. -
16 January 2012Call for rainbow flags as Australian Open starts 4 As the Australian Open began today, a group is calling for fans to raise rainbow flags to protest in a "peaceful, non-disruptive" way against anti-gay comments made by former tennis champion Margaret Court. -
16 January 2012Lee Steele apologises for ‘tongue-in-cheek’ Gareth Thomas tweet 16 Sacked footballer Lee Steele has apologised for his comment about gay rugby star Gareth Thomas in a statement issued by his new club, Nantwich Town FC, but has been charged by the FA for bringing the game into disrepute. -
11 January 2012Oxford City dismisses player for Gareth Thomas tweet 57 Oxford City FC said today it had released Lee Steele from his obligations to the club after the player posted a comment on Twitter which was "seriously contrary to the ethos of the club".
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9 January 2012Oxford City player misses match after Gareth Thomas tweet 67 Lee Steele holds the record for the fastest-ever goal by a Leighton Orient player, managing to score in 12 seconds while playing for the club in 2004, but waited until the following day to delete his tweet about the gay rugby star.
