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No. What does 'get over it' mean? Get over what?

What does 'get over it' mean?

The concerns surrounding coming out. If you think that Justin not being worried about coming out is the reason any gay footballer should come out, again I'd suggest naivety on your part. Justin may or may not (irrespective of what his 'biographer' said) have been concerned about the grief he...

OK thanks.

Bearing in mind this is an international issue... http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/05/17/quarter-of-gay-people-have-been-attacked_n_3290689.html

People 'come out' generally into a supportive environment. Can football provide that? I'm not sure, but am happy to have my head turned on that. According to the earlier post, there are 29 league clubs who have signed up to the FvH campaign. There are others who sign up to general...

I think the two are inter-twined. We might be a bit more enlightened down here, but that doesn't necessarily follow for the rest of football. If you believe that merely 'showing resilience to hostile songs' is all that's required, this would have happened long ago. However, in real life...

What naive, make-believe world do you live in to think the garden is that rosy? Do you not hear the choruses from opposing supporters at Brighton matches? That is no exaggeration. That happens, week in, week out. They're aimed at thousands, knowing it won't hurt them. That will be as nothing in...

Two players have come out - a 3rd division Swedish player, and a player who 'retired' before making his announcement from America. No-one is saying the obstacles are insurmountable, but a player coming out with a further change in attitude will almost certainly suffer from backward-thinking...

Until such time as homophobia is dissipated to a greater degree than it is now, there won't be any players coming out. Racism took years - no, decades - to dissipate. While homophobia will dissipate much quicker, there will still be players judged on their sexuality rather than their ability...

:lolol: Was that deliberate?

Could you say that about the people who live in Brighton's 'theatrical quarter' - as your aunt used to euphemistically put it?

Homophobia as an issue is always there; I'm only reacting to it, not creating it. Similarly, ignoring it runs the risk of allowing it to be considered acceptable. Maybe. If we were talking about an individual footballer's sexuality in isolation, we'd be pretty much in agreement - it's no-one's...

An individual's sexuality is not my concern - but for some it is. But well done once again for wrongly telling me what I'm thinking. What is my non-job BTW?

A fact or a perception? I don't hear stories of gay social alienation in my workplace.

Fair enough, though it's often understood that 'straight' is a default setting, and therefore presumed, until informed otherwise. Meanwhile, do you want to let us know your thoughts on why, if an individual's sexuality is, as you put it, none of your business, it's still an issue to some on a...

Which 'lessons' did you have in mind?

Indeed. But I was after individual Brighton fans' views rather than FSF - or any organisation's - views.

We have a guest on this week's show, Louise Englefield, representing the organisation Football v Homophobia. In order to get a snapshot of fans' view - specifically Brighton fans' views, seeing as we seem to be the target of this kind of thing - can I ask... to what extent do you think...