04 Jun This incredible video shows how sport is changing with celebration of gay athletes
YouTube has revealed a new inspiring video on gay athletes showing the tide is turning in sport.
With parent company Google, the first and third most visited websites in the world have launched a campaign hoping to end anti-LGBTI bias.
The video, featuring athletes like Michael Sam, Tom Daley and Jason Collins, is hoping to inspire others to create their own videos about LGBTI sports issues over the next month.
A YouTube spokesperson said: ‘Sports bring together people from all backgrounds and experiences through a shared passion, and YouTube shares that spirit of connecting diverse communities to make a difference.
‘In celebration of the upcoming World Cup in Brazil and LGBT Pride month, we’re honoring the LGBT athletes, their supporters, as well as the YouTube Creators who stand up for diversity in sports and elsewhere-all of whom help create an equal and inclusive playing field for everyone.’
Collins, a NBA player for the Brooklyn Nets, said: ‘Proud to play means to me someone who is proud of all the things that makes them who they are, whether it be your race or religion or sexual orientation, heck…your height!
‘It’s important to be proud of who you are.’
And Robbie Rogers, one of the two out gay professional soccer players, said: ‘As more people come forward and are proud of who they are, and compete and do well, I think that will really change everything.
‘I’m proud to play because I know I’m helping people. I know that there is young gay men and women out there, athletes who now have someone they can look up to in the sports world.’
Watch the video here.
Source: Gay Star News