Soccer Player: 'I Hate Gays'

Neal Broverman

Neal Broverman is the Editorial Director, Print of Pride Media, publishers of The Advocate, Out, Out Traveler, and Plus, spending more than 20 years in journalism. He indulges his interest in transportation and urban planning with regular contributions to Los Angeles magazine, and his work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He lives in the City of Angels with his husband, children, and their chiweenie.

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A Polish-born soccer star who plays for the Danish team FC Midtjylland has written an autobiography that includes a passage about his hatred for gays.

"I hate gays. I really do," writes goalkeeper Arek Onyszko in his book Fucking Polak. "I think it's so fucking gross to hear them talking together, as if they were girls. I cannot be in the same room with someone who is gay. See them kissing each other. It is nauseating. I have never met any gays on a soccer team. It is not possible."

There's been no comment from Onyszko's boss, FC Midtjylland's managing director Claud Bertelsen.

According to pridenews.dk, Onyszko was sentenced this year for beating his wife.