Moved Thread Should the AFL have a full pride round?

[Dynamics]

Depending on your definition of transitioning, between 3% and 0.15% of people who transition regret transitioning.

Regret after Gender-affirmation Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Prevalence - PMC

Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text.

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

I acknowledge that this still leaves a subset of the population that regrets their transition, but 3% of what is already a small percentage of the population (39 from 10,000 individuals) is much lower than the binary you're proposing as equal.

That examples exist does not entail that those examples are representative of a wider population.

Thanks for the link, I'll have a read.

 

[Pie eyed]

Yep. She’s the very definition of a bigot, actually.

If you want to be truly tolerant, you have be intolerant of intolerance. Of course, many people can’t get their heads around that.

To understand a man you must stand under him!

 

[KGBeast]

Aesthetically rainbows are terrible.

 

[Cmarsh]

Seeing alot of AFL cheersquads incorporate rainbow colours into their flags each week. Seems to have more and more acceptance.

 

[Gethelred]

Seeing alot of AFL cheersquads incorporate rainbow colours into their flags each week. Seems to have more and more acceptance.

That - and that alone - is the reason for the almost 2 year old thread bump?

 

[Cmarsh]

That - and that alone - is the reason for the almost 2 year old thread bump?

Is it within the forum rules?

 

[Gethelred]

Is it within the forum rules?

Sure. I'm curious, though.

 

[Cmarsh]

Sure. I'm curious, though.

Glad to have that cleared up then.

 

[Cmarsh]

Sure. I'm curious, though.

To my understanding, SRP is a forum for observation and comment on societal matters. My comment is an observation relevant to the thread topic.

 

[ElectricG]

Sure. I'm curious, though.

He made an observation so he went to the relevant thread and posted it there.

 

[evolved2]

Seeing alot of AFL cheersquads incorporate rainbow colours into their flags each week. Seems to have more and more acceptance.

Some (possibly most) AFL clubs have their own LGBT supporter groups.

 

[Gethelred]

He made an observation so he went to the relevant thread and posted it there.

Sure. Wish more people did that, rather than starting a new thread to house their current cause célèbre.

It's a novelty, someone doing the right thing.

 

[dumb]

Without getting myself reported...
I have zero issues with the idea of pride round and i think it's a great move to celebrate diversity and make people feel welcome in the sport

however
you can't just keep making gimmick rounds up every week
otherwise there will be a different Guernsey every week

old post, but that's generally something factored in i would imagine. you can bank on plenty of people paying for any scrap of fabric associated with their team of choice. i mean, there's no real reason for an away jumper at the end of the day but here we are.

 

[Cmarsh]

Some (possibly most) AFL clubs have their own LGBT supporter groups.

There definitely seems to be grassroots support amongst fans at club level for LGBT issues.

However unlike the AFLW, the AFL has yet to take the step of a pride round.

They may have been deterred by the experience of the Manly NRL side who attempted to incorporate rainbow piping to its game day jumper, only to be met by a backlash from about half a dozen of its own players on religious grounds whom elected to sit out the match under the guise of "not being consulted".

However it is of note that the Saints and Swans in the AFL have incorporated rainbow colours in its jumpers for years.

 

[the_interloper]

Pride round? Does this mean kicks to the head are allowed to a grounded opponent?

 

[Cmarsh]

It's AFLW Pride round time again.

Heart on sleeve: Every club's Pride Round guernsey so far

Every AFLW club will take to the field in a specially designed Pride-themed guernsey this week. Check out every club's design as they are revealed

www.afl.com.au

Still highlights the huge contrast in willingness to visually and openly acknowledge the LGBTQIA+ community compared to the AFL.

 

[Cmarsh]

Revisiting this considering the Swans vs Essendon pride match is thos coming weekend.

The AFL still has no openly gay past or present players. I believe if more clubs openly and visibly acknowledge this issue with support, this situation could change.

 

[Mitchell Madness]

Revisiting this considering the Swans vs Essendon pride match is thos coming weekend.

The AFL still has no openly gay past or present players. I believe if more clubs openly and visibly acknowledge this issue with support, this situation could change.

There's a former swan that is openly gay, cant remember is name.

I do know of one player who was told not to come out in 2012 by the swans, dont know if it was the same player

I think the majority of men who are gay give the game away at an early age. Culturally things are changing though

 

[Cmarsh]

There's a former swan that is openly gay, cant remember is name.

I do know of one player who was told not to come out in 2012 by the swans, dont know if it was the same player

I think the majority of men who are gay give the game away at an early age. Culturally things are changing though

I think if your claims were true then it would be alot bigger story, especially the allegation that the Swans covered up.

 

[Mitchell Madness]

I think if your claims were true then it would be alot bigger story, especially the allegation that the Swans covered up.

The issue with this is that it relies on the player coming forward and making the allegation public.

I know its true as the player is friends with my brother (who is a leader in the LBGTIAQ+ community due to his work in the 90s promoting safe sex during the kids panic)

 

[evolved2]

The AFL should have a heterosexual pride round.

 

[CM86]

The AFL should have a heterosexual pride round.

Can you explain what that would look like?

 

[Underarm]

The AFL should have a heterosexual pride round.

Not before white pride round.

 

[evolved2]

Can you explain what that would look like?

Straight flag - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Socks and jumpers with the straight flag in a position of prominence.

 

[evolved2]

Not before white pride round.

For disclosure, I'm LGBT and I don't want a pride round on my behalf.

It's idiotic.

 

[Ghost Patrol]

For disclosure, I'm LGBT and I don't want a pride round on my behalf.

It's idiotic.

When did they elect you as a spokesperson for heterosexuals?