Sports Clubs Think Homosexuality Is ‘Wrong, Unnatural’
Homophobia and transphobia continue to ail Australia’s sports clubs, and a new study reveals that nearly half of the players, coaches and staff in these clubs believe to varying degrees that homosexuality is wrong or unnatural. Conducted by the Faculty of Education, Monash University and VicHealth the study looked into how the hosting of the Pride Cup has impacted attitudes towards LGBTQI communities.Around half of the clubs who were part of the survey said they strongly disagreed that ‘homosexuality was wrong or unnatural’.