An Effort to Make Football Less Homophobic

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        An Effort to Make Football Less Homophobic
    The Union of European Football Associations has launched the #EqualGame campaign to highlight the fact that football/soccer is open and accessible to all people. 
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An Effort to Make Football Less Homophobic

The Union of European Football Associations has launched the #EqualGame campaign to highlight the fact that football/soccer is open and accessible to all people.

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An Effort to Make Football Less Homophobic

The Union of European Football Associations has launched the #EqualGame campaign to highlight the fact that football/soccer is open and accessible to all people.

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The Latest

The city of Orlando has also scheduled a meeting in which the public can view the memorial plans.

The American political leaders addressed the issue on a panel about women's rights at the Munich Security Conference.

The actress opened up in a vulnerable Valentine's Day post.

The gold medalist is addressing fans who say her boyfriend was "stealing her moment" when he proposed.

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Most Popular

The shooter's history includes a Nazi tattoo and amplifying far-right conspiracy theories online.

Guillaume Cizeron and his ice dancing partner Laurence Fournier Beaudry have been mired in controversy since the start of the Milano Cortina Olympics.

This is a sapphic emergency!

The protest, organized by the Gender Liberation Movement, took place Tuesday at Health and Human Services headquarters.

The bill would have designated restrooms in public buildings according to sex assigned at birth, allowing for fines and lawsuits agains people who use the "wrong" facility.

Jackson was the first person to mention gays and lesbians in a national convention speech, and he marched on Washington for LGBTQ+ rights.