A project to combat homophobia in football will be launched in Germany so that professional players who wish to do so can publicly reveal their sexuality without suffering consequences.
Football is still very contaminated by the most serious defects of society such as racism and the homophobia. However, there are those who try to fight it and change it.
In Germanywith a project created by Marcus Urbana historic footballer who declared himself homosexual and now leads a project that aims to have several footballers also publicly recognize their sexuality.
“May 17 is an offer”said. “A quote you could use as a guide and meet as a group”he assured.
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The clubs that support Marcus Urban’s project on homosexuality
The initiative expects several players to “come out of the closet” next month, according to reports Sport Bible. In addition, he will have the support of other players, coaches and referees.
And not only that, but the clubs involved will also support the project for the sexual freedom of their footballers. Borussia Dortmund, Union Berlin, St. Pauli, Freiburg and Stuttgart They are some of the clubs that support the project financially.
Group coming out is known as “Sports Free”and it is a planned announcement in which both players and coaches can reveal their sexuality through a platform that will be online in the next few weeks.
A sports psychiatrist was interviewed and addressed the topic: “In professional football there is still the custom that the sport is associated with very masculine characteristics: fight, dominance, strength, aggressiveness.”
“It is no coincidence that homosexuality remains a great taboo in men’s professional football, while it has always been part of women’s professional football”hill.
Source: Ambito
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