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Out and proud Australian soccer player Josh Cavallo has shared his concerns about soccer’s World Cup being held in Qatar. Homosexuality is illegal in the Middle Eastern country, and can see people jailed for three years. Muslim offenders face the death penalty under Sharia Law. The 22-year-old play shared that he has fears for his […]
Tags: Football, josh cavallo, qatar, Soccer, World Cup
3 Jul 2022 /
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Adelaide United FC player Josh Cavallo has shared an emotional video this week, sharing with the world that he is a gay man. The video, released on Adelaide United’s Facebook page, features Cavallo urging others to feel comfortable in themselves, after making history himself as the only openly gay man in professional soccer. Cavallo’s coming […]
Tags: ACON, adelaide united, Erik Denison, Football, josh cavallo, pride in sport, Soccer
28 Oct 2021 |
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Former professional soccer player Thomas Beattie has revealed he is a gay man, becoming the first UK star to come out as LGBTIQ+ since Justin Fashanu in 1990. The 33-year-old played for the youth squad of Hull FC, taking his skills around the world to the US, Singapore and Canada for more than a decade. […]
Tags: andy brennan, Football, justin fashanu, Soccer, thomas beattie, UK
26 Jun 2020 |
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Soccer player Héctor Bellerín says the sport is not yet ready for a gay player at the professional level. The Arsenal player recently quit social media because he was receiving too much online abuse, but speaking to The Times he said the abuse is heard from the crowd at games as well. Bellerín said soccer fans had […]
Tags: Fashion, Football, Héctor Bellerín, Homophobia, Soccer
16 Sep 2018 |
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A new organisation has officially launched that aims to promote LGBTIQ participation in football (soccer) and advocate on issues affecting the LGBTIQ sports community. Pride Football Australia will support the development of grassroots LGBTIQ football clubs, help make existing clubs and associations more inclusive, and work with the sport’s governing bodies to address ongoing issues […]
Tags: Alicia Rich, Football, Pride in Football, Soccer
27 Jul 2017 |
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US soccer star Abby Wambach has wed her partner Glennon Doyle Melton. Wambach shared the news of her weekend nuptials over Instagram. Wambach is a two time Olympic gold medalist and FIFA Women’s World Cup champion. In 2012 she was named FIFA World Player of the Year and she holds the record for the most goals […]
Tags: Abby Wambach, gay, Lesbian, LGBT, LGBTI, LGBTIQ, Marriage, queer, Soccer, Wedding
17 May 2017 |
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The head of the Italian Football Federation has denied being racist and homophobic after he was recorded making comments deemed to be racist and homophobic. The comments from Carlo Tavecchio were said to be recorded during an interview for website Soccer Life, they were later published in an Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera. Tavecchio reportedly […]
Tags: Carlo Tavecchio, Italian Football Federation, Soccer
3 Nov 2015 |
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An online betting website in the UK is facing major criticism for encouraging users to place bets on which English footballer will be the first to come out as gay. The site Win Cash Live listed a selection of players and odds in light of a report from The Mirror that two Premier League stars […]
Tags: betting, Football, gambling, Soccer, Sport, thierry henry
29 Oct 2015 |
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Many Russian fans were disappointed by the country’s early exit from the 2014 World Cup Tournament, but one Russian Orthodox Priest has written expressing his gratefulness that his country will no longer be participating in the tournament. Father Alexander Shumsky wrote in his column on the Christian website Russian Peoples’ Line that players wearing brightly […]
Tags: Alexander Shumsky, homosexual abomination, Russian Orthodox Priest, Soccer
8 Jul 2014 |
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Ugandan religious leader Joseph Sserwada, chairman of the Born Again Churches in Uganda, has called for the administrator of the national soccer team to be declared stateless. The call comes after a local newspaper proclaimed that the administrator Chris Mubiru was gay. The newspaper published graphic images of Mubiru and alleged that he had […]
Tags: Chris Mubiru, gay, Soccer, Uganda
16 Jan 2013 |
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