Orlando Cruz from Puerto Rican has become the first professional boxer to come out gay. Cruz who fights at featherweight told the BBC “I’ve been fighting for more than 24 years and as I continue my career, I want to be true to myself,” he went on “I have and will always be a proud [...]
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Hereford United silent on homophobia
Fans disappointment with ‘no comment’ Earlier this month the Football Association launched its Opening Doors and Joining In campaign. This is the FA’s vain attempt to tackle homophobia in football. It’s amazing that the dinosaurs running football are even aware there’s a problem. Anyway, better late than never. Luckily football fans have been campaigning for [...]
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So what do you do if you are bullied because a member of your family is lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT)? Well one young Herefordian who wasn’t prepared to put up with that kind of crap dealt with it by setting up a support group. ‘Outside In’ is a youth-led group for young LGBT [...]
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Last November the Rugby Football League became the first national sporting governing body to sign up to an anti-homophobia campaign. It is hoped that this move, seen by gay rights campaign group Stonewall as ‘ground-breaking’, will be followed by other sporting bodies. At last years Olympic games, of the 10,708 athletes that took part only [...]
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