Rolling gays in sport changing things up thread

Gareth Thomas, high five!

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matt mitcham ftw

the article where he explains his decision.

lesbianism is way less of a stigma but big-ups to them too

(and I'm pretty feminist, but this is undoubtedly true)

gay or lezza, they deserve a high five. fuck what millwall fans (or their many equivilents across the globe) think.

wonder who the first outed gay cricketer will be (n.b. i cannot think of one and i know everything about cricket iirc)

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never forget

richie benaud obv xpost

aw now don't impugn

Tentatively suggesting a de-indexing on this thread before the lawyers of some very rich people start rubbing their hands in glee.

this is a thread about outed gays, not gay speculation

(altho the title cd do with alteration)

ok yes sorry the dude known for putting mobile phones up his bottom is not a homosexual.

dude as somebody studying libel law i can confirm that ur doing urself 0 favours

Also, yeah, threads NEVER get derailed ever.

I'm not sure the mere suggestion is libellous any more, actually - the test for libel is something like 'would it lower one's reputation in the minds of right-thinking people?', and I reckon right-thinking people have moved on in the last few years.

It'd be better not to be the test case though, so agree with the title change (even though Sam is obviously meaning that they can't admit it because they aren't). A quick google for 'libel', 'gay' and 'england' reveals that there is one litigious fellow in particular whom it might be safer not to mention.

also right thinking ppl don't read ilx

Hence de-indexing. I reckon a "lol gays in sport" thread might be like a fucking batsignal to idiots with access to google.

do people on message boards often get sued for libel?

it's not 'lol', it's 'wahey wd'

its not a lol gays in sport thread. or it wasnt supposed to be. its a yay gays in sport.

It's happened once or twice - there was a case where a contributor to a financial message board (i.e. not just the board itself) got collared for spreading rumours about (I think) a company's solvency. The point is that if you post here you're still publishing, even if it's really small-scale.

well then change it. btw i love fatty sol for his playing ability and the many spurs lols, dont give a toss about certain rumours.

I know it's "wahey wd", but, y'know, not everyone sees it like that, or else Gareth Thomas coming out wouldn't be a big deal. I was just thinking about bolting the door shut before people googling come across this thread and contribute in a less well-reasoned manner, especially given the title...oh, never mind, I'm just being over-sensitive (have seen this happen on another board, where a "talk about celebrities who are gay" turned into a "name-celebrities-you-assume-are-hiding-in-the-closet" thread). Was just a suggestion.

btw the entire millwall squad is gay

Oh, and wahey wd Gareth Thomas, obviously. It's shit that it's still a thing though.

yeah its shit that its still a thing. wd means well done, right?

yeah. the one problem with this kind of thread is that it does turn homosexuality into something akin to a zoo. 'we got another one! ooh isn't it cute'. shouldn't need this thread, imo

yeah but we also shouldn't be in a position where the only known homosexual footballer killed himself.

true, which is why i'm pro this thread for now.

and plus noone treats i dunno jackie robinson and laurie cunningham like zoo animals to be stared at anymore. nothing wrong with tracking the brave folks willing to change peoples perceptions.

there just need to be more of them! pull a finger out, uh, [controversial etc]

there has been a few cases of soccerballers around europe snogging in the lolheatofthemomentcelebrations but theyve all come out with :(werenotgay,honest press releases after

I think the fact that the first high-profile gay in football was a really troubled individual with problems outwith his sexuality didn't really help anything think "you know what, I'll be the next one", because I suspect there are way more people than I want to think there are who would be all "lol you just like Justin Fashanu".

um, anyone, not anything.

the day max clifford dies will be a joyous fucking occasion.

Dónal Óg O Cusack, Cork GAA goalkeeper.

The cancellation of the Football Foundation's future funding of community projects, revealed here yesterday, has already had a negative impact on grass-roots issues in football. The Gay Football Supporters Network has been told that the base funding it was expecting to receive from the foundation's budgets, which would have permitted it to incorporate formally as a charity, will now not be available. After football's clumsy handling of an anti-homophobia video campaign that was postponed in February, that is a second major setback to the game's gay community in recent months.

Last year four fans were given three-year banning orders and five others were handed police cautions for homophobic chanting at Sol Campbell. With the Football Association and Premier League cutting their contributions to the foundation by £4m a year – although the government remains committed to the full £15m – the want of £80,000 a year in grant funding from somewhere in football means gay players' sole defender remains the publicist Max Clifford.

Well if ever there was a time for this to be announced, it would be the night of Sol coming back to Spurs in an Arsenal shirt. ffs fa.

still haven't changed this thread-title, i notice

perhaps if someone had maybe made a mod request for title changing or deindexing, it would have happened

recent FB site, something like 'Lets throw dildos on the pitch when Sean Og plays Tipperary' or some such shite. boggers...

i had never considered that gay men would use them until this very instant tbh

Asked if he had ever encountered a gay footballer, he replied: "No. Fortunately, only healthy people play football."

The gay groups Kontra and Iskorak have now said via their websites that they will sue Markovic in Croatia and report him to Uefa, saying his remarks violate Croatian and international laws.

Markovic apologised for his comments today, saying that he was "sorry for a clumsy interpretation. It was not my intention whatsoever to insult or hurt anyone. I have nothing against members of any minority, least of all against those of same-sex orientation."

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FUCK THIS GUY AND THIS NASTY ASS TEETH

landmark day yo. also plz change thread-title. but yeah, well done steve davies, worcestershire's finest cricketing product in decades and now the first active pro cricketer *ever* to come out, progress bein' made

Textbook example of a thread title that destroys the good intentions of the thread itself. Yeah I'm going to change it.

Yeah thread title a bit off, even if those two are gay then I hardly think mocking the fact they're closeted sits well. Speculation about people's sexuality isn't good for anyone.