The Brazilian football federation (CBF) have released a statement reassuring gay and LGBTQ+ footballers that they have the right to self-expression. This vocal commitment to fighting prejudice came after they were criticised for not allowing one player to play with pink hair. Yan Couto, a player with the Brazil national soccer team who will play […]

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A bisexual student has pleaded with Pope Francis to stop using offensive language about LGBTQ+ people, after the religious leader was reported to use a homophobic slur on two separate occasions. The pontiff has been accused of twice using “frociaggine” – a pejorative word in Italian which roughly translates as f****t – during behind-closed-door meetings […]

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