Toulouse FC Player Benched After Refusing to Wear Rainbow Jersey for Anti-Homophobia Campaign

Zakaria Aboukhlal, a regular starter, is not playing because he refuses to wear the LGBT-colored jersey, reports La Dépêche du Midi. The Egyptian Mostafa Mohamed (Nantes) also made the same choice. Aligned, Logan Costa and Farès Chaïbi also refused to wear the anti-homophobia rainbow jersey. On Saturday, the Senegalese defender of Guingamp Donatien Gomis had refused to play the Ligue 2 match in Sochaux in order not to participate in the campaign against homophobia.

"On the occasion of the International Day Against Homophobia on May 17, Toulouse Football Club and all of professional football are mobilizing against homophobia throughout this 35th day of Ligue 1 Uber Eats. However, players from the professional squad have expressed their disagreement with the association of their image