El 19 February Is celebrated the International Day against Homophobia in Football. The fecha pays homage to Justin Fashanu born an 19 from February of 1961 and that was the first elite footballer who rehe publicly met his homosexuality in 1990. Justin was expelled from his team, he received the jokes of coach, teammates and fans and he did not become a coNecessarily treated by no other club. After being falsely accused of rape he fell into a depression he would not get out of and He ended up committing suicide in 1998.
Perhaps Justin's story justifies the fear some players feel of coming out of the closet. The atmosphere in the locker room continues to be clearly homophobic and statements like those of Fabio Capello about whether Atlético de Madrid were a violent team, Capello replied “Atleti is not a violent team. Football is not for ladybugs ", now, he had the quick response of two Atletico players, Saúl and Raúl Jiménez, who showed off in the next match the laces with rainbow colors in the boots.
Every year from the LGBTI entities the message is launched that the football fields, stands and changing rooms are spaces without violence or discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. This year the Generalitat de Catalunya by Direcció general d'Igualtat and General Secretary of l'Esport, with the support of Federació Catalana de Fútbol, join to spread the campaign "Stop LGTBI discrimination in football and everywhere " and extend it in the field of sports and specifically in the world of football, to guarantee the rights of all people to enjoy a sport practice free of any type of discrimination based on sex and sexual orientation.
They want to encourage all sports entities linked to the world of football and sports in general to participate in this campaign and denounce any type of aggression, insult, threat, blackmail or incitement to violence or discrimination on the playing fields and in the stands of sports facilities.
In this International Day against Homophobia in Football we miss that the great teams of Spanish football, like the Real Madrid and Fútbol Club Barcelona among others, show clearly and firmly, as it has for a long time Rallo Vallecano, your position in front of the extreme homophobia that lives inside and outside the pitch. What are the most powerful clubs afraid of?
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