DJ AND PRESENTER Stephen Byrne’s Reality Bites documentary, Playing Straight, aired on RTE 2 last night.
The documentary explored the issue of homophobia in football, and the conflict Stephen felt being a gay man and a massive football fan.
He was honest about the constant messages the game, the media, and the fans delivered to him on a daily basis.
I love the game, but the game made me hate myself. It provided a constant backdrop of homophobia that drove me further into the closet.
It was heavy watching, with a multitude of evidence to how homophobic the game is, but not much of a resolve
But people were thankful the conversation had been started
Many didn’t like what they were seeing at all
It should be shown in the UK next, where the football culture is most rampant
It exposed the core of the sport to be to blame, not just the fans
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It’s not that there are no gay players, they just feel like they can’t come out.
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It was plain to see that the slurs couldn’t just be written off as banter
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Most agreed that Stephen’s dad was the hero of the whole thing
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