Tag: football
Professional Footballer: “It’s The Media Who Keep Gay Players In The Closet”
We’re not the homophobic neanderthals that we’re made out to be, and David Preece know that if anyone did come out he would have no problem whatsoever. But the media scrum that would follow would be a different matter…
Stonewall challenges footballers to back gay players with national rainbow laces campaign
Stonewall today teams up with leading bookmaker Paddy Power to challenge players to show their support for gay footballers by wearing rainbow coloured boot laces.
FIFA ignores Russian Homophobia and signs Putin deal
Russia’s gas company Gazprom has become an official partner of competitions organised and held by FIFA (International Federation of Association Football).
Changing attitudes among young footballers towards gay teammates
Young footballers on the verge of becoming professionals are now much more likely to be supportive of gay teammates than a decade ago, according to new research from sociologists at the universities of Kent and Winchester.
Serenity Security Solutions team up with Just a Ball Game?
Serenity Security Solutions have become the first company from within the security industry to support LGBT campaign organisation Just a Ball Game? by becoming a partner organisation.
FIFA wants anti-gay clarification
FIFA has asked authorities in 2018 World Cup host Russia for “clarification and more details” about a new anti-gay law, joining the International Olympic Committee in seeking answers from Moscow.