New survey indicates rampant homophobia a staple of Australia’s sports culture

While openly gay athletes in the United States are encountering a slow, grudging but increasingly accepting environment on the field for their skills, Australian athletes, especially those in the hypermasculinized world of rugby, face a unique degree of homophobia, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. “In the largest survey of its kind, Out on the Fields…

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Australian gay rugby team, the first to play as part of a professional sporting match

Australia’s first gay rugby union team (the Sydney Convicts) will make history when they become the first gay rugby team in the world to play as part of a professional match. In fact, it’s only the second time in the world that a gay team has been invited to play a curtain raiser ahead of…

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