Game lands are often hostile territories for LGTBIQ+ people : In competitions with high sports, there are hardly referents, the locker rooms are usually a problem, and it was normalized that it was offended by the stands from the scream “FAG”. And, as a result, for many years Athletes should have been suppressed to matchOutside and inside the field.
“LGTBI people in general have never been suitable refusal“Says David Ortis, a rugby – play in the Madrid titans. Hiding personality is a way to remain unnoticed, as well as avoid Offective commentsThe field is not easy to say to the heterosexual team of the university: “Hey, I am a fag, and you must respect me,” says the young man.
Area, area of sports, where Homophobic insults The order of the day. “I do at school I have always received a lot of insults from “Marikon”“Marika”, “Budzharra” … ”, explains Pablo Santella, a rugby -player in the same team.” When I played football, At football stadiums “Pedic” shouted When he took from the goalkeeper. It was all the time homophobia from all sides“Recalls Adrian Delgado, responsible for the football site in Agores Torremolinos.
Even in SeparationBeing visible as a person of the team, wears views and comments. “There were changes in the relationship And you said: “I am the same before knowing that you were treated with me,” says Christina Sol, the Grogues Pantres runner. ” We must fight more and not fall into this myth of Marimacho, “You are good only in sports, because you are a lesbian or bowling,” says Olala Fernandez.
A place, locker rooms, which is even more difficult to enter if you do not identify any of the two genres. “Many people have not even heard the term“ not -bar ”.
With the courage and head on Sarah Pelaes, his departure from the closet 20 years ago. She He naturally showed that he is a lesbianAlthough doubts about whether they can harm him. “It was more difficult for me to hide than to make myself It was proposed to hide your orientation Sexual: “When I wasted on this other step, which is the Spanish Federation, where you begin to start with this semi -professional or professional basketball.”
This is in this sports elite, where Lack of referents Invisibilizes the rest. “Gestures matter, they are not just symbols… In the end, they release reports of adherence to equality and diversity, ”says Paula Iglesias, president of Felgtbi+.
If you have these mirrors in order to feel reflected, the story of women as Sayd Gonzalez would be different: “I would have managed to control my emotions more and what I felt at that time, and I would help me continue with My professional career, I had to stop“He complains. Background races, truncated by a very difficult obstacle to overcome: the inability to be yourself.
