Homophobic chants at football matches could soon become illegal
manchestereveningnews.co.ukfootball has ‘long had a problem’ with homophobia and there was ‘the need for a reset’.The report said that barriers needed to be broken down to allow gay football players to feel comfortable in coming out and speaking openly about their sexuality.One suggested step would be to make homophobic chants at football matches illegal as part of the Football Offences Act 1991. “It is essential that steps are taken to understand what barriers stand in the way of gay footballers, and how much of the responsibility lies with clubs and how much with fans,” the report stated.“To that end, we plan to continue the work by our predecessor Committee in looking at opportunities to amend the Football Offences Act 1991 to make homophobic chanting illegal.”MPs.
