'Embraced by Football': Mexican Soccer Stars Back New Anti-Homophobia Campaign Alistair Kitchen - Star Observer
go to original March 30, 2016

Abrazados por el fútbol (Selección Nacional de México)

The Mexican Football Association launched a campaign designed to combat homophobia in the soccer community.

The campaign, called Abrazados Futbol – or Embraced by Football in English – is the most vocal condemnation of homophobia yet made by the country’s peak body for soccer.

“Embraced by Football is a collective effort that includes the whole family of Mexican soccer to promote respect for others and rejection of physical and verbal violence,” the campaign website reads.

A number of Mexican players are featured in the video, including Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez, former Barcelona defender Rafael Marquez, and PSV Eindhoven’s Hector Moreno.

“To us, differences are no obstacle. To us, we don’t discriminate. To us, we respect everyone’s opinion,” the players said in a YouTube video.

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