When he scored a goal against Germany in an international friendly on Wednesday, Frenchman Olivier Giroud grabbed teammate Mathieu Debuchy and thanked him for the assist with a big, wet kiss on the mouth (video below). Giroud was asked about it after the game, telling Le Parisien (and I’m sorry for the rough translation): “No, [...]
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Yet still more ‘fag’ soccer tweets. The Football Association takes more action.
Two more players have been brought up on charges by the Football Association for sending out homophobic tweets on Twitter. Are these guys ever going to learn? Federico Macheda (right) is a hot little number who is with Queens Park Rangers, on loan from Manchester United. We couldn’t find his original anti-gay tweet (he probably [...]
Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho is latest footballer accused of homophobia: ‘maricones’
Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho doesn’t like somebody. On a snowy Monday this week, a camera caught him saying (video after the jump): Y esos maricones…no dicen con que balon se juega? Which translates to: “And those faggots…they don’t say with what ball to play?” He then asks for an orange ball and walks away…with [...]
Football Association launches anti-homophobia campaign as Amaechi, critics blast them
The Football Association in England has launched a new campaign to end homophobia in soccer. The program, called ‘Opening Doors and Joining In,’ is aimed at making football more inclusive of both players and fans. It clearly shows the FA wants to get serious about the issue (though some question whether it will have much [...]
Another soccer player, Manny Smith, tweets homophobia at gay fan
We’ve seen plenty of athletes toss around gay epithets at presumably straight people, but this is one of the rare occasions when an athlete has the balls to target an openly gay fan. Walsall FC defender Manny Smith got into an exchange with Kevin Paddock last Friday and had some choice words for the Walsall [...]
English soccer teams blasted for failure to support anti-homophobia campaign
Homophobia is alive and well in English soccer, where only 16 of 160 clubs in seven divisions reacted positively to an initiative to support gays in the sport, the Independent reports. This comes at the start of a weeklong international imitative, Football vs. Homophobia. The campaign wrote to every professional English club asking them to [...]
Exeter City FC fights homophobia this Saturday as part of ‘Football v. Homophobia’
Can you imagine several San Diego Chargers standing outside their stadium before a game handing out pamphlets against homophobia in sports? Or how about Vincent Jackson and Shaun Phillips showing up to coach San Diego’s gay flag football league? Yet Exeter City FC is doing exactly that: Players have already had a coaching session with [...]
Italian soccer players for Dolce & Gabbana underwear (photos, video)
Wow, how did we miss this one? Dolce & Gabbana had previously tapped Italian ruggers and Italian swimmers to appear in their underwear campaigns. Somehow we failed to notice that in 2010 they featured five Italian soccer players for their Calcio collection until I stumbled across it at ATV this week. There are more photos [...]
Ravel Morrison charged with rules violation by the Football Association after ‘faggot’ tweet
The Football Association has charged Ravel Morrison with a violation of FA Rule E3 “for use of abusive and/or insulting words including a reference to a person’s sexual orientation.” Morrison recently Tweeted the word “faggot” at a fan. Rule E3 of the FA states: A Participant shall at all times act in the best interests [...]
Vancouver Whitecap Lee Nguyen tweets ‘fagggggggg,’ teammate Jay DeMerit is an ally
You’ve got to wonder why some people in the public eye bother to get on Twitter. So many of them can’t control themselves. Our second report today on a homophobic tweet comes from Gays4soccer and features Vancouver Whitecap midfielder Lee Nguyen (right) calling teammate Brad Nighton a (and I quote) “fagggggggg.” This was the same [...]
Graeme Le Saux says soccer needs to create safe space for gay players
Former English soccer player Graeme Le Saux, who says his career was damaged by false rumors that he is gay, tells the BBC that gay players need support that is not there now. “The important thing isn’t whether or not there are gay players in professional football,” Le Saux told BBC Radio Jersey. “The point [...]
English soccer player Ravel Morrison sends homophobic tweet to fan
Soccer player Ravel Morrison, formerly of Manchester United and now with West Ham of the English Premier League, is in hot water after sending a homophobic tweet to a fan. From Goal.com: Morrison’s tweet, which has since been deleted, read: “crack head ? Go suck out u little faggot your a guy that talks if [...]
Fired Belmont soccer coach Lisa Howe gets new gig at Chamber of Commerce
Belmont University fired soccer coach Lisa Howe a year ago because she came out to players on her team. She’s been out of work since then, but she’s landed a great new job at the Nashville GLBT Chamber of Commerce: “Lisa Howe knows first-hand how it is to come out in the work place and [...]
All 20 clubs in Premier League sign Sports Charter to tackle homophobia and transphobia
All 20 soccer clubs in the English Premier League have signed the government’s Sports Charter to tackle homophobia and transphobia in sport. From the UK government’s Web site: Premier League Chief Executive Richard Scudamore said: ‘The Premier League and our member clubs believe that everyone should be able to participate in, watch and enjoy sport [...]
David Testo models swimwear in Miami
Photographer West Phillips met David Testo soon after the pro soccer player came out publicly last autumn. Test was in Miami for a warm respite from the media circus that had erupted after his big announcement. The two hit it off and Testo agreed to jump in front of Phillips’ camera. I caught up with [...]
English Premier player Joey Barton says soccer needs to embrace a gay player
Joey Barton plays for the Queens Park Rangers in the English Premier League, one of the top soccer leagues in the world. In a BBC documentary on gays in soccer, Barton reveals that he has a gay uncle and implores his sport to embrace a gay player. There is no doubt in my mind that [...]
David Beckham’s Super Bowl H&M underwear ad and America’s Fear of the bulge
You don’t have to wait for the Super Bowl to see soccer hottie David Beckham’s underwear commercial for H&M. Whether you see it on TV or YouTube (after the jump), one thing you won’t see is Beckham’s famous bulge. There’s been a long-standing fear of the bulge in American culture. Why do so many American [...]
BBC explores lack of openly gay athletes in British soccer
Amal Fashanu, niece of Justin Fashanu, the only professional British soccer player ever to come out of the closet, has worked with filmmakers to put together a documentary exploring why no gay soccer players have come out since her uncle. Not surprisingly, she found the fans pointed fingers at the establishment, the establishment pointed fingers [...]
Anton Hysen says he will play in Major League Soccer at some point
Openly gay Swedish pro soccer player Anton Hysen talked with Gay4soccer recently and had a bold prediction: Not only does he very much want to play professional soccer in the United States, he will at some point: Noting “I like everywhere; it’s still America,” where he plays isn’t much of an issue, he just wants [...]
Openly gay David Testo elected to U.S. Soccer Athlete Council
Openly gay professional soccer player David Testo has been elected by his peers to one of 18 open positions on the U.S. Soccer Athlete Council. Testo is the first publicly out man to serve on the council; He has been elected to a two-year term. His election is a testament to where the world of [...]