The revelation that the head of the Nigeria Women Professional League (NPWL) has been actively discriminating against suspected lesbian footballers has unleashed a storm of protest including a petition to FIFA which has so far gathered nearly 50,000 signatures. Equality campaigners AllOut.org have launched a campaign called ‘FIFA: Give the red card to homophobia’ [https://www.allout.org/en/actions/fifa-taf]….
The revelation that the head of the Nigeria Women Professional League (NPWL) has been actively discriminating against suspected lesbian footballers has unleashed a storm of protest including a petition to FIFA which has so far gathered nearly 50,000 signatures.
Equality campaigners AllOut.org have launched a campaign called ‘FIFA: Give the red card to homophobia’ [https://www.allout.org/en/actions/fifa-taf].
On their campaign page they write: “FIFA’s taken steps already, largely because of the pressure of All Out members and other equality-supporters worldwide. A few days ago they wrote a private letter to Nigerian officials – but it’s not enough.”
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