The PSOE proposes to stop the games for five minutes when there are homophobic shouts

The PSOE will defend this Tuesday in the Culture and Sports Commission of the Congress an initiative that seeks to the Government promotes a campaign against LGTBIphobia in sports in general and, especially, in football, and to this end it states that matches or sporting events are interrupted for five minutes when shouting or homophobic attitudes are recorded.

The socialists justify the presentation of this proposition not of law before the “great hostility” that they assure that It exists in sports in general, particularly in football, towards the presence of visible LGTBI people among the fans, technical teams, managers and sports.

Specifically, they state that studies on the LGTBI population reveal that at least 6% of the European population considers themselves a member of this group, which, according to their calculations, would mean that “in Spain around 1.3 million LGTBI people would practice sports and 270 of the 4,453 high-level athletes that the Higher Sports Council had cataloged in 2017 would belong to this group “.

“Very few” professionals recognize their homosexuality

And, by disciplines, they calculate that there would be “slightly more than 42,000 federated LGTBI footballers”, according to official data from 2016, of which 142 would do so as professionals. However, they regret that “very few” athletes have acknowledged belonging to this group.

For this reason, with its proposal, the PSOE intends that the Sports Superior Council promote a campaign of awareness, training and the fight against LGTBIphobia, which could also include the fight against racism, xenophobia and violence for reasons of hate , and that it would be aimed at athletes, fans, managers, technicians, specialized media and society in general.

Specifically, it suggests modifying the Action Protocol for the restoration of normality in sports competitions, events or events referred to in article 15.2 of the Law against racism, xenophobia and intolerance in sport.

And also violence against women

That article notes that the referee or sports judge may temporarily suspend the sports event when there is violent, racist, xenophobic or intolerant behaviorAnd the socialists want “intolerant” acts against the LGTBI community or violence against women to be included in this relationship. “

The PSOE's proposal also calls on the Government to promote, within the framework of its powers, courses for managerial, technical and sports personnel, respecting diversity and, in general, and the reality of LGTBI people in particular, in the manner of the taught by the Sports and Diversity association in the Community of Madrid.