{"id":14342,"date":"2020-06-08T08:25:47","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T08:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spartacus.gayguide.travel\/blog\/?p=14342"},"modified":"2020-06-23T06:57:40","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T06:57:40","slug":"football-homophobic-hate-because-of-black-painted-fingernails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spartacus.gayguide.travel\/blog\/football-homophobic-hate-because-of-black-painted-fingernails\/","title":{"rendered":"Football: Homophobic hate because of black painted fingernails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Faggots in my team, no thanks&#8221;: Borja Iglesias, who plays for the Spanish first league club Betis Sevilla, wanted to set an example against racism. Then it also became a sign against homophobia in football.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, training photos appeared showing the footballer with black-painted fingernails. In a Twitter post he later clearified: they are a sign against racism, a sign of solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. Some &#8220;fans&#8221; misunderstood the action &#8211; and so it became an additional demonstration of everything that still has to change in football.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter user Raul Granado collected some of the negative reactions:<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Un, presunto, aficionado del Betis se extra\u00f1a mucho de esta imagen de Borja <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yjEL5N4WQz\">pic.twitter.com\/yjEL5N4WQz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Raul Granado (@Raul_GranadoOCR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Raul_GranadoOCR\/status\/1268255760745725953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What the hell is this?&#8221;, an alleged fan asked after the photos turned up. Another one just posted that he was screaming inside. Under tweets like &#8220;Fags in my team, no thanks&#8221;, one could find a lot of approval in posts that unanimously called Iglesias a faggot.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Y claro llegan las respuestas&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ypCc0mWRD7\">pic.twitter.com\/ypCc0mWRD7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Raul Granado (@Raul_GranadoOCR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Raul_GranadoOCR\/status\/1268255767301365763?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One &#8220;fan&#8221; even demanded that the club terminate the contract and kick Iglesias out. Further reactions were: &#8220;Yuck&#8221; or &#8220;I can&#8217;t believe it&#8221;. Another one rushed in allusion to the Madrid scene quarter Chueca:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oh Borjita, you look so thin. First it was the drugs, today you can be seen in Chueca&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Te lo explico yo, que no hay problema. <br \/>Es una forma de concienciarme y luchar desde mi posici\u00f3n contra el racismo, pero creo que tambi\u00e9n me viene bien contra lo homofobia. <br \/>Adem\u00e1s tengo que admitirte que me gustan.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Borja Iglesias (@BorjaIglesias9) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BorjaIglesias9\/status\/1268239512595021830?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Iglesias explained his painted fingernails later on Twitter:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a way to raise awareness and fight against racism from my position, but you can see that it also works well against homophobia. Besides, I have to admit I like them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately there were positive reactions. Many fans thanked Iglesias for his work against racism and homophobia. Some even joined in and adopted the symbolic idea &#8211; they also painted their fingernails. Among them a proud father and his son, who shared a photo:<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Bon dia, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BorjaIglesias9?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BorjaIglesias9<\/a>!<br \/>Mi hijo me puso al d\u00eda sobre tu curr\u00edculum deportivo. Y coincidimos: no va a ser lo \u00fanico por lo que tenerte en cuenta. Gr\u00e0cies \ud83d\ude0a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LxxCykoTMk\">pic.twitter.com\/LxxCykoTMk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; andreu i tal (@andreugiralt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andreugiralt\/status\/1268495180707086343?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Faggots in my team, no thanks&#8221;: Borja Iglesias, who plays for the Spanish first league club Betis Sevilla, wanted to set an example against racism. 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