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Italy national soccer stars: ‘Too difficult’ for a lgbtq+ player to come out
23 Feb Italy national soccer stars: ‘Too difficult’ for a gay player to come out
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Two players for Italy’s national soccer team have spoken out on the taboo of homosexuality in football.
Mattia Perin, a 21-year-old goalkeeper who has played in friendly matches for Italy, says it would be incredibly difficult for a gay player to arrive out.
Many football pundits, and gay fans of the game, predict 2014 will be the year when a top soccer luminary will reveal their sexuality and continue to play.
The world of soccer came to support former German national Thomas Hitzlsperger after he came out slow last year.
‘Compared to other sports, our one, especially in Italy, is very conservative,’ Perin told Italia 1.‘I think it would be too difficult for someone to declare their sexuality at this time.’
But 31-year-old striker Alberto Gilardino says he would include no problem playing alongside a gay teammate.
‘I would have no problem having a gay teammate,’ he told Corriere dello Sport. ‘They are very normal people
TV presenter Alessandro CecchiPaone claims there are queer players in Italy’s 30-man provisional World Cup squad.
The journalist who is currently running for office in the European Elections has previously suggested there were several gay players in Serie A who were keeping their sexuality a secret.
TV presenter Alessandro CecchiPaone claims there are gay players in Italy’s 30-man provisional Earth Cup squad.
The reporter who is currently running for office in the European Elections has previously suggested there were several gay players in Serie A who were keeping their sexuality a secret.
Today he told IBTimes that “unfortunately the football world is a very homophobic universe, a place where machismo has to be exhibited.
“I can assure you that within the locker rooms the sexual orientation of players is known and accepted.”
Cecchi Paone was asked whether there were any gay players of the current 30-man provisional Planet Cup squad.
“Yes, there are. Don’t ask me for names, because they are covered by privacy laws and it would also be in awful taste.”
Italy provisional World Cup squad
Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Mattia Perin (Genoa), Salv
Cassano 'not normal in the head'
The director of Italy's FIFA World Cup establish labelled Parma striker Antonio Cassano "not normal in the head" on Wednesday.
Cassano's career has been pockmarked by controversy with the Bari-born forward having regularly clashed with coaches and club presidents, while at Euro 2012 he argued he would prefer no gay players to be in Italy's squad.
According to the director of the Portobello Safari Resort in Mangaratiba, Italy's base just outside Rio de Janeiro, Cassano maintained his reputation for crazy outbursts at the World Cup in Brazil.
"Cassano was out of control," he told Sport Mediaset.
"The cleaning lady went up there to spotless the room, which is necessary, and he shouted in her face.
"He's not normal in the head."
Cassano came off the bench in Italy's two defeats in Brazil.
The owner of the resort also cast doubt on the team spirit within Cesare Prandelli's squad, with Italy having been eliminated in the group stages of the World Cup after defeats to Costa Rica and Uruguay.
"Everyone in the staff agreed there was a lack of World Cup spirit," he said.
"Maybe it would've been different without the families, as they could've b
Gay New York: An Interview with Musician Nicholas Buffon
This year, Poets House honors the 200th birthday of Walt Whitman—one of New York’s great gay poets—and celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, widely considered to own inaugurated the up-to-date LGBTQ liberation movements, with Gay Recent York: Walt Whitman to the Submit, an exhibition of artwork by Nicholas Buffon, on view through November 30. In sculptures and paintings, Buffon depicts landmarks, venues, and bars as essential sites of community-building.
This body of labor, begun in 2015 with a model of the Stonewall Inn, responds to our current political moment by framing LGBTQ contributions to art and tradition as central to American literary history. Buffon memorializes over 30 historic and contemporary locations in New York Urban area and elsewhere—including Pfaff’s Beer Cellar (Whitman’s favorite bar), an HIV testing van in Cleveland, and the High Line’s monumental installation of Zoe Leonard’s poem “I want a President”—placing Whitman’s legacy in conversation with contemporary queer voices of resistance. The following is an interview with Buffon conducted by Valentine Conaty of Poets House.
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GianluigiBuffon has offered his opinion on the recent spate of ‘territorial discriminatory’ chants that have blighted Serie A.
Several sides, including Juventus, have seen sections of their stadium closed this season due to chants against southern clubs.
GianluigiBuffon has offered his opinion on the recent spate of ‘territorial discriminatory’ chants that have blighted Serie A.
Several sides, including Juventus, have seen sections of their stadium closed this season due to chants against southern clubs.
But the goalkeeper has insisted that fans are not acting in hatred, but just urging to be heard.
“Racism is an important issue,” he told Gazzettadello Sport. “I believe that human beings try to find the difference between themselves and another race.
“Or, if in Italy, themselves and a citizen of another region. I think that the comparison can assist us fight it though.
“I don’t think the fans are acting out of hatred – I just reflect the goal is to be heard and emphasize the dissent.
“I realize the spirit in which they are made. I used to be one of those fans.
“I think it’s fair to severely punish for some forms of intolerance. I do not presume to fully unde