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Australian fights homophobia in sport with World Gay Boxing Championships
Sydney after the nation’s governing body threw its support behind the proposal.Boxing Australia has endorsed efforts by World Gay Boxing Championships (WGBC), a not-for-profit founded by local boxer Martin Stark to build inclusivity and combat homophobia and transphobia in the sport, to launch the first such LGBTQ+-friendly tournament.Stark, who has lived with Addison’s disease since 2006, took up boxing two years ago while learning self-defence at his local martial arts centre.