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Bulgarian Soccer Players Expelled for Gay Sex
By
Cyd Zeigler jr.
Outsports.com
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Read the translation of the article, which includes a goat!
The
Sofia (Bulgaria) News Agency and 7 Dni Sport are reporting that four
soccer players have been expelled from their club in Varna,
Bulgaria, for having sex in the team locker room.
Officials with the
MAX club discovered the four having sex with one another in the
locker room. Coach Georgi Dimov has confirmed the expulsion with 7
Dni Sport, saying that the homosexual players were kicked out for
damaging the club's reputation. According to SNA, MAX is presently
trying to woo sponsors and enter professional soccer.
According to The
International Lesbian and Gay Association, Bulgaria has some gay
anti-discrimination laws. However, according to their
World Legal Survey, "The Bulgarian Penal Code prohibits
"scandalous homosexuality", homosexuality in public, and activities
which may "lead to perversion" (whatever that is supposed to mean).
Violation of these laws can be punished with 1-5 years imprisonment
and/or "social disgrace"."
Early reaction from
soccer fans on the
SNA Web site range from outrage that gay players would be kicked
off of a team to understanding that sex in the workplace, gay or
straight, is unacceptable.
The
original story can be found at the
7 Dni Sport
Web site. Any help translating this story is greatly
appreciated, as it's all Bulgarian to us.
More on this story
as it breaks.
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