More than a game, the German football players support the "out of the closet"

GERMANY, July 22 (The Moment). - The German Football Federation (DFB, for its acronym in German) support gay footballers
'out of the closet', seeking to break that taboo in sports. "Football and Homosexuality" is the title of a pamphlet
published on its website, the DFB, for that purpose.


The booklet, 27 pages and under "More Than a Game" includes recommendations and addresses that concern, in case you
need help.

The responsibility for the contents is the recognized expert in fan behavior and violence in stadiums, Günter A. Pilz.

The booklet covers the strategy to deal with this issue, from the early conversations with trusted colleagues, the coach
and other levels to combat the stigmatization of homosexuals to the amateur, in stadiums or team-mates.

Niersbach now embraces the initiative launched by his predecessor Theo Zwanziger, who took this subject as sport pending
against other sectors of public life, including German politics, where homosexuality is no longer a taboo. .

Homosexuality in football is a thorny issue and so far no senior player in Germany has broken that taboo, despite many
 rumors pointing to one or the other big names.

A mere statement by Mario Gomez international women's magazine Bunte, in 2010, inviting who was gay or lesbian to come
out fired comments about his alleged homosexuality. Gomez raised just why he could not be assumed to be normal
homosexuality in the sport in a country where the foreign minister, Guido Westerwelle, and the mayor of Berlin,
 Klaus Wowereit are gay.