It was classless and immature for Spanish soccer legends Iker Casillas and Carles Puyol to suggest they are gay as a joke in a pair of Tweets on Sunday, writes nrarmour
last season, two more than in 2019-20, the last season with fans, and second only to racial abuse.LGBTQ+ people can be imprisoned, even stonedIt was in this environment that Casillas and Puyol thought it was OK to make a joke of being gay, reportedly as a means of deflecting the obsessive attention over Casillas’ personal life since his divorce.
“I think the gay community has become used to being a punching bag. And we’re used to stupid stuff like this,” Cyd Zeigler, the co-founder of Outsports.com, told USA TODAY Sports. “I want to get to a place where being gay, particularly in sports, is such a non-story that this isn’t even offensive,” Zeigler added. “I want us to not feel upset about this, that this is just another dumb joke and we are in a place in society where we can hear and laugh at those jokes. We aren’t quite there yet. Particularly in Qatar, we’re definitely not there yet.”
Zeigler said, for him, the Tweets by the cornerstones of the Spain team that won the 2010 World Cup weren’t as offensive as an athlete saying he hates gay people or calling an opponent a slur. But anything that contributes to making gay athletes feel unwelcome, anything that emboldens people to attack or marginalize others for being their authentic selves, needs to be called out.
A person's sexual orientation – or race or gender – is nothing to make light of. Doing so can lead to psychological damage and, in some parts of the world, physical harm. Casillas and Puyol shouldn't need to be reminded of that.Follow USA TODAY Sports columnist Nancy Armour on Twitter @nrarmour.
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