I was not expecting the crowd at the Canada v. Australia to be yelling the Portuguese equivalent of "fagot" at my goalkeeper.
I was quite simply unprepared.
Yes she's an openly gay female athlete....but newsflash: A whole heap of female athletes are gay whether they're open or not. I promise you at least one of the women wearing the Brazilian jersey is same gender loving.
In no way would it be okay to yell a slur at any athlete in the US. That awful example of humanity would be thrown out of any of our arenas in the US for any sport. Specifically, US WoSo is a safe space for all of the LGBT+ crowd. We're lovely in the US.
Apparently, in Brazil, its perfectly fine to shout disrespectful and degrading words as a collective at a woman you don't know.
Brazil is such a disappointment.
Canada wasn't. Even though she didn't have a stellar performance, the group defending one player down made sure that Steph walked away with a clean sheet AND the win.
Steph's my goalkeeper.
She plays for my club team.
She's our #1.
This is personal.
I'm behind you Steph.
We all are.
#WeWill
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