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Around the Stonewall

June 30th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized by

The anniversary of the Stonewall Riots has been noted already in Lib Dem circles, and today Tristan Mills draws attention to a rather depressing reaction from a town in Texas.

ugandaAlas more examples of mindless homophobia from other continents speckle our media, and I’ve noticed two solely around the issue of football.

So yes, this is another football post. And there will be more.

The first of these sorry tales was reported in the Indie last week – a Turkish referee has been hounded out of the eastern town of Tabzon for having the temerity to favour sleeping with men.

Now today I read that Uganda’s national team boss Bobby Williamson is being pressured into supporting a code of conduct that condemns homosexuality.

Both stories tell us more about the regions of the world they occur in than the sport itself (allegedly homosexuality is illegal in Uganda). However, homophobia continues to linger in football throughout the world, with a notable lack of openly gay players even in the English game.

To end on a brighter note, stand-up comedian Doug Stanhope has a typically acerbic rant on the subject of gay marriage. His view: marriage shouldn’t even be legal per se. Take a butcher’s, here – click.

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