Thursday, April 14, 2011

Sports Committee: The Professional Football ignored homosexuality

At a public hearing of the Bundestag's sport committee on "Homosexuality in Sports" is a step forward in dealing with the stated theme, but also the continuing supply of taboos has been criticized. Tatjana Eggeling, who researches in this field for years, said in Berlin on Wednesday: "Unlike in other areas of society there is no sport in the open and relaxed attitude to homosexuality.

Lesbians and gays have to hide their sexual orientation. "Partly external to the attitude towards homosexuals, even in a strong homophobia, one with ignorance, intolerance, open rejection, discrimination and even physical attacks affiliated lesbian and gay hostility. Especially in football in the high-class leagues of the men was an anti-gay attitude spreads, also featured Michael Gabrie of the coordination center fan projects Frankfurt, and Mark Urban fixed.

The former footballer had been outed as the only footballer with his book "Hide Player". "The increased social tolerance for homosexuality is an advance that has not arrived in football," said Gabri. The majority are still dominant, "a strategy of prevention". Urban wants to involve the German Olympic Sports Federation (DSB) in action against homophobia and for equality of sexual orientations.

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