Turkish football’s alternative side
June 18th, 2009 by why be athletic | Posted in footie, Gen. Discussion, soccer | 56 viewsISTANBUL (AFP) – The fledgling homosexual movement in Turkey has ventured into the roughest of fields—the macho world of football—after a referee “came out” on television, dropping a bombshell in this football-mad country and leaving authorities confused.
Already stripped of his refereeing licence, Halil Ibrahim Dincdag, 33, vows to fight on to restore his career and, if need be, go as far as the European Court of Human Rights.
“I have not committed a crime, I have not defamed my profession. I’m only a homosexual,” he told AFP from Istanbul, where he was on “self-exile” after leaving his home in Trabzon, a conservative bastion on the Black Sea coast.
Not going to make a comment here since we at JockJoose are tolerable of all sexual preferences, but thought this was worth reading.
This is worth seeing too.
June 18th, 2009 at 10:09 am
that is the gayest referee ive ever seen. is this allowed in the mls?
June 18th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
If you asked me, the ref appears more BI than straight up gay.