Swans and Hawks to feature in pride game?

[Big Al]

Re: Swans and Hawks to feature in pride game?

There is nothing more divisive than putting a label on any group of people.

I hate Stereotypes... All the people who stereotype are all weird looking and they smell funny.

[GongSwan]

With Sydney overtaking San Francisco as the gay capitol of the world, they might wanna have the game at Homebush as we mioght pull a big crowd with a game labelled as such

[DamY]

Swans and Hawks to feature in pride game?

There is nothing more divisive than putting a label on any group of people.

Sorry, I don't really understand where you're coming from. Do you mean like having sub categories, such as L@SS? Black Swans?

[Wazza]

There is nothing more divisive than putting a label on any group of people.

So your saying i shouldnt use "feral Collingwood supporters" ? maybe they are feral proud

Cheers

waz

[Velour&Ruffles]

Why does the AFL hate disabled people so much? We have rounds for women, for gays, for traditional rivals and for indigenous Australians. Not having a handicapped round seems like a calculated insult to me. You bastards.

[dimelb]

Why does the AFL hate disabled people so much? We have rounds for women, for gays, for traditional rivals and for indigenous Australians. Not having a handicapped round seems like a calculated insult to me. You bastards.

You are forgetting Richmond.

[ScottH]

So your saying i shouldnt use "feral Collingwood supporters" ? maybe they are feral proud

Cheers

waz

OK. Some groups deserve the labels they are given.

[goswannie14]

Why does the AFL hate disabled people so much? We have rounds for women, for gays, for traditional rivals and for indigenous Australians. Not having a handicapped round seems like a calculated insult to me. You bastards.

What about a round for hetrosexual anglo-saxon males?

[Big Al]

What about a round for hetrosexual anglo-saxon males?

Don't we do enough for minorities already??

[R-1]

Re: Swans and Hawks to feature in pride game?

Why does the AFL hate disabled people so much? We have rounds for women, for gays, for traditional rivals and for indigenous Australians. Not having a handicapped round seems like a calculated insult to me. You bastards.

There isn't much for footy to say specifically on that front. Whereas homophobia, sexism and racism are all things which are issues within footy.

[Primmy]

There is nothing more divisive than putting a label on any group of people.

That's my point but better and more concise. Thanks for the insights everyone, and some of the more weird observations. Noteworthy is the fact that redandwhiters haven't said 'no' to the idea, at least out loud (don't hang me, a few of you would know what I mean).

[Xie Shan]

You are forgetting Richmond.

Nice one

[DamY]

Swans and Hawks to feature in pride game?

That's my point but better and more concise. Thanks for the insights everyone, and some of the more weird observations. Noteworthy is the fact that redandwhiters haven't said 'no' to the idea, at least out loud (don't hang me, a few of you would know what I mean).

I don't see how having a round highlighting or commemorating something is so offensive or divisive. What is the AFL's connection to war, these days? Why commemorate ANZAC? Just a question. Don't get me wrong, I think our armed forces do a lot for us civilians but as much as football is "like" war, it really isn't. These feature rounds are common in sport, I personally don't mind celebrating women's and indigenous involvement in AFL but that's just me lol

[Yuri H]

As a red-and-whiter of somewhat pink persuasion (don't get me started on how much I hate the colour pink; I think Eastern Europe does it better with considering light-blue the 'gay' colour for some reason) I'm glad to hear about this - even if it means dragging myself out to ANZ (grumble grumble).

I know in an ideal world there'd be no labels, no need for subcultural/ethnic/gendered 'prides', but we're a far way off from an ideal world. And while I have never, ever felt less than welcome or ever felt looked at 'differently' by RWOers here or in person - always been treated as just another fellow pathologically-Swans-obsessed fanatic, there have been moments at games when I've been reminded of the attitudes of a significant (albeit shrinking, we hope) segment of society when I hear really hurtful homophobic words being used to 'taunt' the opposing team on the field shouted virtually into my ears from a row or two back. And hearing the beyond-teasing outright hatred in the tone of the words used, believe me I felt very very uncomfortable.

So yeah, I've had times of feeling distinctly unwelcome (or conveniently invisible) at the SCG or ANZ. It does mean a lot to me to have the Swans (well, yeah, and the Hawks and AFL in general) take a moment to go out of their way to make me & my friends & fellow tribesfolk feel like we're just as much a part of the supporter base as everyone else.

Most importantly, we'd better win the game.

[DamY]

Swans and Hawks to feature in pride game?

As a red-and-whiter of somewhat pink persuasion (don't get me started on how much I hate the colour pink; I think Eastern Europe does it better with considering light-blue the 'gay' colour for some reason) I'm glad to hear about this - even if it means dragging myself out to ANZ (grumble grumble).

I know in an ideal world there'd be no labels, no need for subcultural/ethnic/gendered 'prides', but we're a far way off from an ideal world. And while I have never, ever felt less than welcome or ever felt looked at 'differently' by RWOers here or in person - always been treated as just another fellow pathologically-Swans-obsessed fanatic, there have been moments at games when I've been reminded of the attitudes of a significant (albeit shrinking, we hope) segment of society when I hear really hurtful homophobic words being used to 'taunt' the opposing team on the field shouted virtually into my ears from a row or two back. And hearing the beyond-teasing outright hatred in the tone of the words used, believe me I felt very very uncomfortable.

So yeah, I've had times of feeling distinctly unwelcome (or conveniently invisible) at the SCG or ANZ. It does mean a lot to me to have the Swans (well, yeah, and the Hawks and AFL in general) take a moment to go out of their way to make me & my friends & fellow tribesfolk feel like we're just as much a part of the supporter base as everyone else.

Most importantly, we'd better win the game.

Well said