LGBTQ Plus or Minus?
Recent events in the football world which I can say I am quite current in has caused me and some others to raise some eyebrows. I don't know which came first, but there was some news about some Qatar hotels that has said they will not entertain people in the LGBTQ community. This had lead FIFA to say that they will not patronise such hotels. That is understandable, since the hotels offer services, and it is up to the customers to either accept their terms and conditions.
Recently, a player of PSG football club decided not to wear a jersey that supports the LGBTQ+ community. Since the jersey was worn during a football game, that means the player inadvertently missed the game in question. Now, this is understandable, as I have seen cases players decided not to take the knee before the start of a football game as a protest against racism. So, I guess this applies as long as the team doesn't suffer from your absence I guess.
What baffles me in this particular case is that the football federation of the country/league had asked the player to apologise to the LGBTQ+ community, not the club he didn't play for, but the community his faith does not support. Of course I have read somewhere that this 'punishment' was metted to him because he is African. That is not for me to say.
While reading an article by Deeepensiverse earlier titled Is Indifference To The LGBTQ Community Being Homophobic?, I had a lot to say about my countrymen. You see, anything under the umbrella of LGBTQ+ is heavily frowned upon in my country. In fact, there is a jail term for homosexuals, so even though there are such people in every society (mine included) they usually do their thing in their own secretive way.
Personally, I am indifferent about the whole situation as I really do not think how anyone else chooses to live their life is my business, as long as I am not affected and neither is anyone I care about. I won't be wrong or saying too much if I said that most Nigerians are homophobic. This made me think about a Venn diagram, wherein all homophobic individuals are. Also, the subsets of this universal set are various reasons why people are homophobic. Although one person can be a member of two or more subsets (i.e they are homophobic for more than one reasons).
These subsets can be explained as:
Those who are homophobic because their religion frowns upon it;
Those who are homophobic because their culture and tradition frowns upon it;
Those who are homophobic because other people are and they wouldn't want to be the ones who were different from the rest;
Lastly, those who are homophobic because they don't understand why people have different taste from them, thus, the best way to deal with the darkness is to accept everything bad about being gay.
A friend once told me that until we all indulge in homosexual relations, we shouldn't say for a fact that we do not like it, or that we are not homosexuals 😅. Well, I can see the logic behind his statement, but I don't always have to try something before ascertaining that it is not good or that I don't like it.
I believe everyone is free to believe in what they want or live how they want to as long as they are not affecting others in the process. Also, my beliefs shouldn't be forced on another simply because those persons don't accept it for one reason or the other and I do.
My eyes are starting to shutdown, and I am having a hard time staying awake because I've had a long day and I am very tired too, so I'll just draw the curtain here and maybe do great justice to this topic another time.
Feel free to leave a comment and tell me how you feel personally about the LGBTQ+ community and whether or not you accept it or you are indifferent like I am.
Thank You For Reading 🖤🖤
I also read about the Guy's case on the the sport site. Whatever someone's faith does not agree with, shouldn't be forced on him. I think they need to respect his belief. As it stands, even if he is to apologise, its only to psg and not the other.