AFL Players Stand Up Against Homophobia (But The Brits Stay Sitting Down)

Australian Football League players including Brad Sewell, Neil Balme, Joel Selwood and Brownlow medallists Jimmy Bartel and Adam Goodes have shown their support for a fight to end homophobia in sport by signing up to take part in a campaign to fight against homophobia in the sport.

Making up part of a group of nearly 30 players and coaches, the Players’ Association project is entitled “inclusion and diversity” campaign and has been timed to coincide with May 17th International Day Against Homophobia.

Seen as hugely positive step forward following research by Victoria University that Australian rules is seen to be the sport that most gay men feel too threatened to play, the campaign sees players and coaches photographed with handwritten signs calling for great acceptance, and is a follow on from a campaign by gay-oriented rugby union club, the Sydney Convicts who teamed up with Australia’s national rugby union team, the Wallabies in the fight for great acceptance.

A similar campaign was planned for English football, however it apparently failed because our football players weren’t big enough or clever enough to want to participate.

Thanks boys.