5 Feet of Fury

UK: ‘Now it’s the turn of [football] fans who sing homophobic songs to face prosecution’

Duleep Allirajah writes:

We’ve all heard gay taunts at football. Brighton fans are regularly serenaded with choruses of ‘Does your boyfriend know you’re here?’ or ‘We can see you holding hands’. During the Championship play-off semi-final, Crystal Palace fans chanted ‘Stand up, cos you can’t sit down’ and ‘Brighton take it up the bum’.