Homophobic Chanting At Football Games (EDM1265)

Homophobic Chanting At Football Games

EDM number 1265 in 2012-13, proposed by John Leech on 15/04/2013.
Categorised under the topics of Equality, Human rights and Sports.

That this House welcomes the report from the Brighton and Hove Albion Supporters' Club (BHASC), along with the Gay Football Supporters' Network (GFSN), that details evidence and a log of the level of homophobic chanting at both home and away matches; recognises the extent of the problem when Brighton fans have been subjected to homophobic abuse by at least 72 per cent of opponents they have faced this season; agrees with the report that, although chants range from what would be considered to be mild to much more offensive, if these words relating to a person's sexuality were replaced with words relating to someone's race or skin colour, appropriate action would be taken; further recognises the good work both the BHASC and the GFSN have done in highlighting this problem; and calls for the clubs, the football authorities, the police and relevant authorities to work with them to eradicate this abuse.

This motion has been signed by a total of 27 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
John Leech	15/04/2013	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Kelvin Hopkins	15/04/2013	Luton North	Labour	Seconded
Caroline Lucas	15/04/2013	Brighton, Pavilion	Green	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	15/04/2013	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Stephen Williams	15/04/2013	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Mike Weatherley	15/04/2013	Hove	Conservative	Seconded
Mark Durkan	15/04/2013	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
John McDonnell	16/04/2013	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	16/04/2013	Gower	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	16/04/2013	Sheffield South East	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	17/04/2013	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Ward	17/04/2013	Bradford East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	17/04/2013	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dobbin	17/04/2013	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	17/04/2013	Islington North	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	17/04/2013	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Cryer	18/04/2013	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Mary Glindon	18/04/2013	North Tyneside	Labour	Signed
Ian Lavery	18/04/2013	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	22/04/2013	Birmingham, Hall Green	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	22/04/2013	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Mulholland	22/04/2013	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	22/04/2013	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Naomi Long	23/04/2013	Belfast East	Alliance	Signed
Sandra Osborne	23/04/2013	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	24/04/2013	North Down	Independent	Signed
Mike Gapes	24/04/2013	Ilford South	Labour	Signed

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