A badly judged joke from two former Spanish international players is a reminder of the work that football still has to do over LGBTQ matters. twoht
No-one really wants to be here again, do they? It seems unlikely that Iker Casillas or Carles Puyol will have welcomed the attention brought by their attempt at a ‘joke’ on social media, and the LGBTQ community won’t be happy at such high-profile individuals laughing at their very existence.
In the first place, there was a flood of support for Casillas on social media. But the ramifications were also clear in the replies to his ‘joke’. For every message of support, there were others expressing anger or disgust at what he’d said. The homophobes had been awakened, and were pretty determined to make their point. And the subsequent retraction and desultory apology don’t seem to have silenced them.
‘Casillas and Puyol joking and making fun out of coming out in football is disappointing. It’s a difficult journey that any LGBTQ+ ppl have to go through. To see my role models and legends of the game make fun out of coming out and my community is beyond disrespectful.’ But there will also be players who would like to be completely open about exactly who they are without a torrent of the opinions of others. It seems unlikely that the latter of these two categories of player will feel particularly emboldened now, having seen what has happened as a result of Casillas’ message.
This is all the more dispiriting, because ‘the game’ itself has at least given the impression of trying to make itself more inclusive in recent years. Gay pride flags have flown from corner flags and the roofs of stands, while the rainbow laces campaigns have been ongoing. The growth of women’s football over the last decade has come with a substantial number of LGBTQ players, and the issue is completely normalised.
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