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13 June 2013
US: Major League Soccer teams up with anti-discrimination campaign 1 The football league representing the highest level in the US, Major League Soccer (MLS), has announced that it is upping efforts to tackle anti-LGBT discrimination by joining up with the You Can Play Project.
5 June 2013
Robbie Rogers: Football in the UK is ‘more homophobic’ than in the US 4 Openly gay professional US football player Robbie Rogers, has spoken in an interview to say that he thinks the football industry in the UK is "a bit more homophobic", than in the US.
1 June 2013
US: NFL player Andrew Luck: If coming out as gay makes a teammate happy, I have no problem 1 Prominent NFL offensive player Andrew Luck, has spoken out to say that, if it makes a teammate happy to come out as gay, "they should do it", and that he has no problem with it.
29 May 2013
US: First college men’s basketball player to come out: ‘You’ve got to be comfortable with who you are’ 5 Following the lead of other professional athletes to come out and continue playing in a US professional team sport, a Kansas college men's basketball player, appears to have become the first to come out during a college career, and said: "If you are comfortable with yourself, you can do anything."
28 May 2013
Robbie Rogers to gay athletes: Coming out is ‘not going to hurt your career’ 3 Openly gay LA Galaxy football player Robbie Rogers, has sent a message of hope to gay athletes who may be hesitating to come out, as he said "it will not hurt your career".
27 May 2013
Robbie Rogers makes US football debut in LA Galaxy 4-0 win 4 Having returned to professional sport after a short retirement, openly gay player Robbie Rogers is with US team LA Galaxy, coming back to excellent support and a win in his debut game.
27 May 2013
Gay footballer Robbie Rogers cleared to return to play in the US 3 Robbie Rogers, the former Leeds United player who retired from football earlier this year, is set to return to play Major League Soccer in the United States, at David Beckham's former team.
25 May 2013
Former Leeds player Robbie Rogers slated to return as first openly gay footballer 13 Robbie Rogers, the former Leeds United and Stevenage player who retired from football earlier this year, is set to return to play Major League Soccer in the US.
5 May 2013
Eight professional footballers reputed to be out to PFA, but won’t go public for fear of fan reactions 21 At least eight professional footballers have come out as gay within the Football Association, but most say they fear going public because they anticipate a massive backlash.
1 May 2013
Sky Sports News host accidentally calls FIFA President Sepp Blatter ‘queer’ 11 A Sky Sports News presenter was left embarrassed when he accidentally referred to FIFA President Sepp Blatter as “queer”.
1 May 2013
Former Leeds footballer who came out as gay in February may return to play in the US 3 Former Leeds United footballer Robbie Rogers, who came out as gay in February shortly after retiring from the sport, may return to play, as he resumes training with a US team.
30 April 2013
John Amaechi: The NBA is light years ahead of British football when it comes to dealing with gay players 8 British football still has a long way to go in accepting gay players, retired basketball star John Amaechi has said.
22 April 2013
Video: German Football fans unite in demonstration against homophobia 5 Fans of a German football team coordinated efforts at a recent match, and demonstrated against homophobia in professional sport.
3 April 2013
Brighton and Hove Albion fans report homophobic abuse to the FA 8 Two Brighton and Hove Albion fan clubs have reported cases of homophobic abuse to the Football Association, and have said that fans were subjected to homophobic abuse at more than half of the team's games.
30 March 2013
Clare Balding: Fans of men’s football are ‘racist and homophobic’ 19 Television sports presenter Clare Balding has hit out at men's football, has said its fans are "racist and homophobic", and that male footballers fake injuries, unlike their female counterparts.
29 March 2013
Ex-Leeds player Robbie Rogers: There’s no way I could have stayed in football after coming out as gay 23 Robbie Rogers has explained why coming out as gay meant he had to retire immediately as a professional footballer, saying: "I don't think I would have been able to go training the next day".
27 February 2013
Rugby star Ben Cohen: ‘I think there is a bit of a witch hunt to find a gay footballer’ 9 Rugby star Ben Cohen has exclusively told PinkNews.co.uk that he believes the continuous media debate surrounding the absence of an openly gay professional footballer in the UK can amount to a "witch hunt".
25 February 2013
Football v Homophobia toolkit backed by West Ham and England manager 9 The Football v Homophobia campaign has sent out a document to FA clubs giving guidance on tackling homophobia and supporting LGBT fans and players.
25 February 2013
Comment: The loss of Robbie Rogers should shame football into action 6 Fears for the wellbeing of an out gay footballer may be overrated, but Robbie Rogers' retirement shows we've been spectators to bigotry and stupidity for too long, writes Adrian Tippetts for PinkNews.co.uk
21 February 2013
American football star Tim Tebow backs out of speech at anti-gay Dallas church 16 New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow has cancelled a speech he was due to make at a controversial anti-gay church in Dallas.

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