Homophobia in Football

dead_soft · May 10, 2015

Robbie Rogers calling for bigger bans on homophobic abuse. It does shock me that it's still so acceptable in sport. What can be done to combat it?

This research poll is quite shocking, "
The Out on the Fields international study, the biggest of its kind, reveals 85% of UK participants believe an openly gay, lesbian or bisexual person would not be safe in the stands at a sporting event and almost two thirds believe homophobia is more common in sport than the rest of society"

http://www.theguardian.com/football...ers-homophobia-sport-out-in-the-fields-survey

Boss_Blue · May 10, 2015

Fancy a bum?

Username · May 10, 2015

How do people at the match know your gay like? Unless you wear a sign or possibly drag then i'd have extreme difficulty in identifying amongst the many thousands of people in the stands on match day so i don't really understand the problem.

jaycee · May 10, 2015

From reading the report it states that openly gay people feel uncomfortable,what does openly gay actually mean?
If your mincing up and down the walkways then obviously people will comment,I find that sport and football in particular
is used as a vechicle to jump on as a means to push issues forward,I cant say I have noticed any rampant homophobia
at the match in fact I havent noticed any gays at any games mainly because I am not looking out for them,nor have any
interest in what people sexuality is

scratchnsurf · May 10, 2015

I've been mincing down the steps to my seat, twirling my feather boa above my head all season. Not had one single problem.

tim gabbott · May 10, 2015

Boss_Blue said:
Fancy a bum?

Pm me

Boss_Blue · May 10, 2015

tim gabbott said:
Pm me

Passionately molest you?

*windmills

RFUS · May 10, 2015

jaycee said:
From reading the report it states that openly gay people feel uncomfortable,what does openly gay actually mean?
If your mincing up and down the walkways then obviously people will comment,I find that sport and football in particular
is used as a vechicle to jump on as a means to push issues forward,I cant say I have noticed any rampant homophobia
at the match in fact I havent noticed any gays at any games mainly because I am not looking out for them,nor have any
interest in what people sexuality is

It does seem a bit odd. The whole point of equality is you know, things being equal. Homosexuals being 'openly' homosexual is very strange, as a concept. What on earth constitutes the equivalent; being 'openly straight'? Are you meant to have sex with a woman at the match? Or pay to get your Tinder profile up on the big screen at half time?

That said, could you imagine if a Prem footballer came out as gay? He would be abused by crowds to no end. It is a huge issue, and I agree that it is worse than it is in average day society. And in my opinion, given the influence football has, it should promote higher degrees of tolerance than the norm, rather than dip below it.

jaycee · May 10, 2015

RadioFriendlyUnitShifter said:
It does seem a bit odd. The whole point of equality is you know, things being equal. Homosexuals being 'openly' homosexual is very strange, as a concept. What on earth constitutes the equivalent; being 'openly straight'? Are you meant to have sex with a woman at the match? Or pay to get your Tinder profile up on the big screen at half time?

That said, could you imagine if a Prem footballer came out as gay? He would be abused by crowds to no end. It is a huge issue, and I agree that it is worse than it is in average day society. And in my opinion, given the influence football has, it should promote higher degrees of tolerance than the norm, rather than dip below it.

But football fans as a rule will single out anything about the opposition to deride them be it a big nose ginger hair,whatever,I mean Beckham used to get abuse for sleeping with one of the spice girls FFS,I just dont get that "openly" part as you stated

RFUS · May 10, 2015

jaycee said:
But football fans as a rule will single out anything about the opposition to deride them be it a big nose ginger hair,whatever,I mean Beckham used to get abuse for sleeping with one of the spice girls FFS,I just dont get that "openly" part as you stated

That is not an okay excuse. You can apply the same logic to racial abuse, but do you think that's okay?

What about when Kopites mocked Lee Carsley for his Downs Syndrome children?

jaycee · May 10, 2015

RadioFriendlyUnitShifter said:
That is not an okay excuse. You can apply the same logic to racial abuse, but do you think that's okay?

What about when Kopites mocked Lee Carsley for his Downs Syndrome children?

Im not saying its an ok excuse,what im implying is that the chants wouldnt mean that they are openly homophobic,in the same way i dont think footballers should be held up as role models i also dont think football fans should be seen as the vanguard of every crusade against phobias

SNova · May 10, 2015

I don't care about a players sexual orientation, just get on with the game.

TheFinnFan · May 10, 2015

From a behavioral scientists perspective team sports are civilized way of waging war. Goal celebrations with mates are actually a sexual acts in the heat of the war.
Team spirit is enhanced and maintained with casual touches into shoulders and even into bum area.

We ....are....all....gay...in...a...way

* and that just rhymed

RFUS · May 10, 2015

jaycee said:
Im not saying its an ok excuse,what im implying is that the chants wouldnt mean that they are openly homophobic,in the same way i dont think footballers should be held up as role models i also dont think football fans should be seen as the vanguard of every crusade against phobias

Not being homophobic isn't being a vanguard of anything. It's merely not being an awful person.

No one's asking football fans to start marching for gay rights. Rather, they should just not abuse people for not being heterosexual.

If you see something as simple as not being a racist or not being a homophobe as being on a "crusade" then that's pretty worrying.