{"id":2286,"date":"2011-04-17T16:54:32","date_gmt":"2011-04-17T20:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/crcl\/?p=2286"},"modified":"2016-11-17T00:25:31","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T05:25:31","slug":"gay-brazilian-athlete-harassed-by-crowd-but-supported-by-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/crcl\/gay-brazilian-athlete-harassed-by-crowd-but-supported-by-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Gay Brazilian Athlete Harassed by Crowd but Supported by Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This story is not law-related in any way, but it&#8217;s truly heartening nonetheless.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Santos, a middle blocker from Team\u00a0V\u00f4lei Futuro in Brazil, was subjected to waves of verbal slurs during a recent match. \u00a0As he served, the crowd chanted\u00a0kept screaming \u201cBicha! Bicha!\u00a0Bicha!\u201d which means \u201cfaggot\u201d in English (you can watch the horrific scene <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hyGlYGSLknU&amp;feature=player_embedded\">here<\/a>). \u00a0As a result, Santos publicly came out and acknowledged his sexuality.<\/p>\n<p>But the story doesn&#8217;t end there. \u00a0His team rallied behind him, and a week later the team\u00a0wore pink warmup shirts to show support for their teammate, and the team\u2019s libero\u00a0wore a rainbow jersey during the match.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/crcl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2011\/04\/V\u00f4lei-Futuro_Team.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2287\" title=\"V\u00f4lei Futuro_Team\" src=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/crcl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2011\/04\/V\u00f4lei-Futuro_Team-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The team&#8217;s fans unveiled a huge banner that read,&#8221;V\u00f4lei Futuro Against Prejudice.&#8221; \u00a0They even brought\u00a0thundersticks emblazoned with Michael\u2019s name to turn the stadium pink. \u00a0It&#8217;s hard to imagine a group of American sports fans rallying behind a gay athlete in the way that\u00a0V\u00f4lei Futur&#8217;s fans have . . . but it&#8217;s great to see this type of behavior happening in Brazil, nonetheless.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/crcl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2011\/04\/V\u00f4lei-Futuro_Crowd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2288\" title=\"V\u00f4lei Futuro_Crowd\" src=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/crcl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2011\/04\/V\u00f4lei-Futuro_Crowd-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/crcl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2011\/04\/V\u00f4lei-Futuro_pink.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2289\" title=\"V\u00f4lei Futuro_pink\" src=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/crcl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2011\/04\/V\u00f4lei-Futuro_pink-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>* Credit to the Asterisk blog, which reported on the story <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mattalgren.com\/2011\/04\/brazil-stadium-turns-pink-after-faggot-chants-shock-community\/\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This story is not law-related in any way, but it&#8217;s truly heartening nonetheless. 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