Not Much Pride in the AFL’s LGBTQI+ Efforts The Australian Football League (AFL) has struggled with LGBTQI+ issues for far too long.
While homophobic slurs on the field are an obvious problem, they are a symptom of a deeper issue: the league's failure to genuinely embed inclusivity into its culture.
The focus is no longer on educating the masses but rather on why some players still feel empowered to spew hate. The 2017 same sex marriage postal survey result showed that 61.