“I very much doubt that there is only one gay on the pitch,” declares the star of the French XV, referring to the only French professional rugby player to have declared his homosexuality, Jérémy Clamy-Edroux.
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He wants to break the clichés of “virility” For “simply help stop homophobia” in rugby. The star of the XV of France Antoine Dupont commits to the front page of the quarterly Stubborndedicated to LGBT+ issues, in its summer edition to be published Wednesday June 19. “We must achieve that there are no more taboos or shame”he says, in an interview posted online on Monday.
The Stade Toulouse scrum half talks about his hope of a medal at the Paris Olympic Games with the French sevens rugby team, but above all his commitment to the fight against homophobia. “Even if rugby can be seen as macho, we are very open-minded, and today I think we are all capable of accepting each other’s sexual orientations, he emphasizes. So we really have to repeat it, communicate it, so that everyone definitely feels at ease.”
Referring to the only French professional rugby player to have declared his homosexuality, Jérémy Clamy-Edroux (Rouen), the Blues star affirms: “I very much doubt that there will be only one gay person on the pitch! So the goal is for all players to feel good about their sexuality and accepted.”
