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1 March 2012
Video: Footballer’s Spanish ad ‘showed black men as animalistic homosexuals’ 38 A Spanish insurance company has pulled an advert after accusations it was racist in its depiction of black people as 'stupid, backward, animalistic homosexuals'.
28 February 2012
FA charges three on alleged anti-gay Twitter comments + Three footballers have been charged by the FA over homophobic comments allegedly posted on Twitter.
23 February 2012
Downing Street hosts summit on homophobia and racism in football 14 The Prime Minister hosted a summit yesterday aimed at tackling homophobia in football in a week which has seen the FA fine Ravel Morrison £7,000 for a homophobic tweet and the former Chelsea coach José Mourinho severely criticised for using a gay slur.
23 February 2012
Video: Ex-Chelsea coach Mourinho under fire for gay slur 21 Football coach José Mourinho has prompted outrage after being filmed using a Spanish gay slur ahead of a game at a Russian stadium.
23 February 2012
FA fines Ravel Morrison £7,000 for gay slur tweet 38 New West Ham player Ravel Morrison has been fined £7,000 by the FA after he sent a tweet earlier this month which included a gay slur.
22 February 2012
Comment: It’s time to put vulnerable people ahead of religious interests, Mr Gove 30 For at least five years, no decision-maker in education could fail to be aware of the epidemic proportions of homophobic bullying in UK schools, Adrian Tippetts writes, and now it is time for serious action.
21 February 2012
FA launches new anti-homophobia initiative 6 The Football Association launched a new initiative yesterday to promote inclusiveness for gay, bi and trans people in football.
16 February 2012
Lee Steele fined £200 for Gareth Thomas tweet 15 Footballer Lee Steele has been fined £200 for the comment he posted on Twitter about Gareth Thomas which led to him being sacked.
15 February 2012
Australian rules footballer: ‘Sick fascination’ with gay players 12 An Australian rules football player has said society is developing a "sick fascination" with players' sexuality and the culture of the game has changed to one of "great acceptance".
8 February 2012
New West Ham midfielder’s gay slur tweet deleted 51 Footballer Ravel Morrison has been criticised after a violently-worded message appeared on his Twitter page with a gay slur this week.
7 February 2012
Roland Martin’s Beckham crack ‘about soccer, not gays’ 28 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 2012
Comment: 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 2012
Premier 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.
24 January 2012
Michael 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.
20 January 2012
Joey 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 2012
German 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.
16 January 2012
Lee 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.
30 August 2011
German football captain Philipp Lahm says gay players should not come out 38 Gay footballers should stay in the closet, German football captain Philipp Lahm has said.
11 August 2011
Steven Gerrard voted hottest footballer by gay fans 26 Gay football fans have voted Liverpool and England midfielder Steven Gerrard the hottest premiership player.
1 July 2011
FIFA criticises Nigeria’s football coach over ‘lesbian ban’ 16 The governing body of football, FIFA, has criticised the coach of the Nigerian women's football team for saying she had forced out lesbian players.

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