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It was non-stop.Last month, researchers at cybersecurity firm BackChannel found a post on a hacking forum where a member shared a Google Drive full of OnlyFans adult-themed content with other members on the forum. Everything was nasty there was a woman a couple of rows down and he was talking about the size of her breasts, I turned around in disgust and it was “f*cking lesbians” this and that. “A couple of years ago, I was in the Matthew Harding End, and there was a guy right behind me who was vile. She says things are much better at the ground now than they were – but very unpleasant incidents can still occur. I know what my own fans are capable of. I’ve had homophobic abuse directed at me, I know what it’s like.”īrown is now 43 and has been going to Stamford Bridge since she was 16. "I don’t like hearing about my own fans getting in trouble. I cringe when Chelsea are abroad, and what is going to be said. They need to work together to say enough is enough. “Every club needs to say, 'we all want the same thing'. If away fans cannot behave themselves, then you need to start reducing numbers. "It gets smaller and smaller until fans realise there are certain things that cannot be said, which isn’t banter. If you go to a ground and you’ve got 3,000 away fans and consistently they’re singing derogatory songs, obviously it’s hard to remove 3,000 fans, but next time, reduce the number of fans allowed to come. “This is where you need the FA and other governing bodies to stand up. "Governing bodies and the law need to change, so that if there is homophobia within the stands, you can actually be prosecuted and banned in just the same way as you can for racism. “You’ll always have problems with fans, you can’t change the mindset of everybody, but education is the key. So what needs to be done? Brown says tougher measures need to be taken, both within a football context and with possible criminal prosecutions. "If I was a Chelsea male player, walking out onto the pitch and all I hear is that, I wouldn’t want to come out. Manchester United will sing it for the whole two halves.
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If you’re at a men’s game, a Chelsea game, you’ll hear the Chelsea rent boys chant. “Go to a women’s game, very rarely will you hear homophobia. At this rate, someone is going to leak the story rather than a player coming out.
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She says of a Chelsea player coming out: “I feel sorry for that person, who they will be. It makes Brown immensely uncomfortable, and while it continues to be sung, she cannot see how LGBT+ fans of the club can be persuaded to attend matches – let alone for a gay player to come out. The ‘Chelsea rent boys’ chant is a common homophobic slur used by supporters of rivals clubs when visiting Stamford Bridge, and has been co-opted by many Blues fans by way of defiance. We want to be able to work with everybody people are more likely to say to the Shed End guys, 'why are you working with them?' That’s where education comes in.” “It’s important going forward we have that. We didn’t want for me to be the only woman and a load of white male LGBT guys, that’s not diversity. If we looked and it was all white men aged 50-plus, we wouldn’t stand for that. “We realised we need to have a committee that is exactly what we would want from a company or a boardroom. Having allies within our committee means as we grow, we have them beside us, and it shows everyone is working with the club. "As much as I can scream about the 'rent boys' chants, they’re the ones who can say no and it will make a big difference. “We’re doing work with We Are The Shed, the die-hard Chelsea season ticket holders, and they are fantastic allies. “We’re working with Chelsea Women’s Supporters’ Group, and we’ve taken two of their members and added them to our committee so we have a connection with the women’s game in our committee. Speaking exclusively to Goal, she says: “When we’re coming out of lockdown, I want to make sure we’re connected with not just our own LGBT+ community, but we are combining with other fans.
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