Articles about Homophobia In Sport

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6 December 2012
Football needs a gay ‘champion’ says rugby referee Nigel Owens 4 Rugby referee Nigel Owens is backing a campaign to tackle homophobic attitudes in sport and says football would benefit from having a gay “champion” in the same way Gareth Thomas took up the mantle for rugby.
14 November 2012
Brendon Ayanbadejo thanked by rival NFL players for his support of equal marriage + NFL player, Brendon Ayanbadejo, said he was congratulated by members of a rival team, during a match on Sunday, for his advocacy of equal rights, in particular his efforts in the recent battle over equal marriage.
31 October 2012
UK: Gay sport stars lend support to NUS campaign 2 England and Surrey cricketer Steven Davies, the sports first openly gay player, is backing the National Union of Students' (NUS) campaign to tackle homophobia in sport, along with gay rugby star Gareth Thomas.
8 October 2012
US: Openly gay NBA basketball player to give lecture about equality 1 Former NBA basketball player, and the first to ever come out, John Amaechi, will speak at a university in Massachusetts about the need for equality in professional sport.
18 September 2012
Canada: Baseball player took to the field with a homophobic slur on his face 6 Suspension or a fine have been suggested as punishment for a Canadian Major League Baseball player who participated in a game, with a homophobic slur written on his face.
11 September 2012
Footballer says UK gay players ‘frightened’ to come out due to ‘media’ pressure 10 York City FC player Clarke Carlisle has given an exclusive interview to the Gay Football Supporters’ Network (GSFN) where he discusses homophobia in the sport and the possibility of gay players coming out publicly.
11 September 2012
Australian amateur gay footballer comes out and starts pro-gay petition 4 Aussie Rules player Jason Ball has begun a campaign on Change.org to have a ‘No to Homophobia ad’ aired during the AFL Grand Final.
10 July 2012
Liverpool FC to march in city Pride parade 18 Liverpool Football Club has announced it will be the first Premier League club in the country to be officially represented at a Pride event, although no footballers have been announced as taking part.
28 June 2012
Scotland: Six in ten LGBT people have seen homophobia in sport, report says 3 A report into levels of homophobia and transphobia in Scottish sport and recommendations to tackle the problems have been formally unveiled today.
9 May 2012
Man who received anti-gay Twitter abuse from footballer puts on charity match 3 A man who received homophobic abuse on Twitter from a footballer at his club has organised a charity match to draw attention to homophobia in the game.
28 March 2012
US footballer suspended and fined for homophobic tweet 11 Colin Clark, the Houston Dynamo midfielder who was heard using an offensive homophobic slur against a ball boy, has been suspended for three games and given an undisclosed fine by Major League Soccer.
24 March 2012
American footballer apologises for gay slur 14 Colin Clark, the midfielder for Houston Dynamo, has apologised for using a homophobic slur against a ball boy, who refused to throw the ball back to him during Friday’s game with the Seattle Sounders.
19 March 2012
Groups’ caution over John Fashanu claims brother ‘was not gay but wanted attention’ 81 Groups have warned that the late footballer should not be "put back in" the closet and ensure that support is on hand for anyone in a similar situation.
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.
17 June 2011
Lesbian couple ‘told to stop kissing at baseball game’ 54 A lesbian couple say they were told off by a security guard for sharing a brief kiss at a Minnesota Twins baseball game.
25 May 2011
Online football forums ‘filled with anti-gay hate’ 93 Internet forums for football fans contain shocking attitudes towards homosexuality, a study suggests.
5 May 2011
Blackburn Rovers fans charged over racist and anti-gay chants + Two Blackburn Rovers fans have appeared in court charged with shouting racist and homophobic abuse at players.
23 June 2010
Daily Mirror journalist says there is ‘no chance’ of English football players coming out 24 Daily Mirror sports jounalist John Cross has stated in an interview with an anti-homophobia in sport website that he cannot see any English footballers coming out in the near future as "our sport has created a dangerous taboo".

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