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All posts tagged "soccer"
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Activists call for head of French Football Federation to resign for anti-gay chant order
Noël Le Graët has advised referees not to stop matches when fans are shouting anti-gay slurs or chants
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Lesbian soccer player Megan Rapinoe would beat Trump in 2020, poll finds
Rapinoe, a vocal Trump critic, refused to visit the White House following her World Cup win
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Lesbian soccer player refuses to sing national anthem to protest Donald Trump
Megan Rapinoe stood still during the national anthem at the Women's World Cup in France
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Major League Soccer player Collin Martin comes out as gay
Martin came out publicly on Twitter prior to Minnesota United's Pride Night
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ESPN’s Body Issue features same-sex couple on cover for first time
Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird bared all for ESPN's iconic Body Issue
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FIFA fines Mexico Football Federation $10,000 over anti-gay chant at World Cup match
FIFA, the global governing board of soccer, has fined the Mexico Football Federation, or FMF, $10,000 after Mexican fans uttered “discriminatory and insulting chants” during...
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Moscow police arrest British gay rights activist as World Cup begins
Activist Peter Tatchell was arrested for protesting Putin's silence on gay men being kidnapped and tortured in Chechnya
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Anti-gay slur chanted by soccer fans during LA Galaxy’s Pride Night
Fans started chanting "puto" during the team's LGBTQ night
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LGBTQ fans warned not to “publicly display sexuality” at World Cup in Russia
LGBTQ soccer fans planning to travel to Russia for the 2018 FIFA World Cup are being “strongly” warned not to “publicly display sexuality” in public,...
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FIFA warns gay World Cup soccer fans of possible “danger” in Russia
FARE, a network that advises FIFA, the international governing body for soccer, has issued warnings to LGBTQ soccer fans and people of color of the...
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NCAA pulls seven sports championships from North Carolina over HB 2
The NCAA has pulled seven collegiate championship events from North Carolina and will relocate them to other states in protest of the Tar Heel State’s...
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FIFA fines 5 Latin American countries for homophobic chants
FIFA, the governing body for world soccer, on Wednesday announced it has imposed fines against the various football associations of Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Peru and...
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Robbie Rogers disappointed other closeted athletes have not come out
— Out soccer star Robbie Rogers, who plays for LA Galaxy, speaking with GQ. Rogers expressed his disappointment with fellow sports stars who’ve refrained...
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Game On: The welcoming leagues of United Social Sports
Robert Kinsler's United Social Sports focuses on building social communities through sports
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Obama proud of gay soccer player Robbie Rogers
President Obama salutes gay soccer player Robbie Rogers.
