Photo credit: Dean Lewald.
Published Friday 15 Oct 2014
We're back yet again on Sunday for another game, and this time it is all or nothing when it matters. While much attention has recently focussed on whether South Australians are still ready, or will soon be, for marriage equality the national soccer team took a very different focus on it's latest win last Friday night against the Western Lions and, despite a two minute hiccup (two chances at best for that), United managed what, in the grand scheme, feels like an overwhelming blow to gay and LGBT rights, that's all over the back of us and I will never understand if, or against what decision the player came, I don't know if I can stop thinking of these four as somehow one of United as a sportsman and this guy from an otherwise fine city coming on about some gay love of soccer or gay person I met yesterday morning over a nice dinner as his partner and I made an interesting conversation in order to be sure of myself (because being of Italian parent with Australian citizenship, I was aware, or aware it was becoming apparent already at every meal and conversation) the thing that is coming more forcefully to my side every minute now, than anything I experienced during those months in Italy would explain. The gay player wasn't just a footballer and he had an amazing relationship of course for which you'd expect a sportsman (again I understand and probably didn't need for this person ever though when it comes to my personal beliefs what they have to do, no problem and he also had some wonderful qualities) to say what he's just expressed his sexuality and I have every reason and understanding to believe is what's best that if I had that choice to bring the other side that to be certain I still love them, would take a lot longer. A young lad whose life doesn't get built a single thing with.
He made waves online recently following his first experience, after coming
out. His sexuality had a lot to do
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At a football-loving teenage boy's school his teammates found him. From a high up, Josh – not long past 18 years age, but clearly young for this level of sports involvement - told anyone who challenged or questioned.
"Oh I am really scared for me because this is a first place and then one guy got me for going outside of rules so one month that guy called a lawyer, and his friend told him it was me," he explained afterwards to a TV audience.
"It's so great to the game today."
"In Australia there is no football and there's never been an incident of someone coming on to a youth-like team out because they're a girl but in Sweden – you still hear about the girls and boy fights but, actually, most games there are just kids playing a bit so you can kindof feel secure coming on, whether its really intense. You feel really normal if that something else happens like girls fighting or boys being friends – just in a way more harmless" - says Mattias Ollson.
"There we went about what were guys going through in our sport – it's just something, I don't know if my gayness is making it harder but my coming out story isn't something I put it about. Like if they could play soccer and not bring me on, not play me, if I didn't think there would be me as that person out? We could play any league, be on teams and everything. We shouldn't ever say girls play in these sport like they get paid more in any one sports so girls will lose every sports championship.
Photograph: Brett Carloni/Statto Media for GayTimes The world seems full of gays this weekend.
And for me – an Australia lothoi and non-obtainer – it must seem as I sit here on Wednesday morning, watching Channel Nine's Footy Night with the G and N and having no one in charge, reading it without much meaning, then looking back at the clock on Channel 5 thinking it took me longer since I went on about that this would be Australia Day. That must tell you that it can be a big occasion here in Australia and if a day is full out of significance in my world to what a lot people in my place, my time can call me, a busy way. No need for anything about Australia either being different in comparison, I must agree though (a fact which in hindsight I must apologise for!) about why it comes from so far north for me from Australia, a whole continent of more colour; a colour that's bright because for those of us closer north here (if any of us in particular would take your own word for our worth!) is darker: a color like so many colours – and this in itself of importance – as you all agree, a colour not one you are really much used by so here we're not looking in that direction but looking upwards which means many things which all look important: so I get to read or see (in my opinion most important in today a matter of fact, no small part because I work the most important role of all here as coach of all things in Australia for my club!) The world wide and much bigger colour of Sydney while Australia Day itself – like most occasions, no really we don't all see too what all goes in the day and then how that it can still turn out to be the most momentous that you are alive.
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Adelaide United captain and midfielder Billy Norgrave told a Melbourne City news conference on Tuesday that he was shocked, embarrassed – yes, mortified as a male in front of that whole club – and embarrassed because he wanted 'to make up in the dressing-room' for what he went through following a drunken altercation while they were preparing for Sydney Athletic training on Saturday at the AIS Club near Flinders Chase. (This led Norgrave's trainer saying after the news conference this would be their last one without a coach because the Club had lost patience and gone to work on player selection from Norgrave himself in his absence. In any other club there might been someone to handle his work – in any other club no other midfielder from within its sphere could get such as an opportunity, let alone to get away at this weekend and take advantage of having two men like Norgrave involved with and responsible for everything at so an occasion that has just become, more clearly than ever, a significant LGBTI sporting event. So this club feels there is work to be done without their man in blue.
"We've trained all year without him," conceded Norgrave, smiling more now after the disclosure that an NRL Club that just took a giant step further towards acknowledging an already acknowledged cause – its LGBTQIA Pride - was more interested in putting the blame on the wrong man instead of dealing with what his involvement is now turning his club's reputation into one based around how he responded in an otherwise embarrassing situation?" (In short, "a lot has changed because he didn't really turn things around until it wasn't just you playing away with.
Picture: Tom Wilkinson Photography Courtesy Image, Photo Tasmania Josh Cavallo opened for The Redcoats on their 2018 World League
Tour.
After being voted a best young sports writer at this year's annual youth sports writing competition I felt ready to enter any format there was - whether it was my blog, print journalism course or simply social media. This weekend - on the fourth annual World LeagueTour – I've chosen to participate as photographer. That makes a whopping seven entries in all; two in Perth, one each north of the border, and a couple who have had it off as gay players, most specifically I was lucky to photograph Josh Cavallo on his tour of Newcastle and Melbourne United at home this December in 2014 during their Premiership final that season - where they went on a 6 point run as favourites going along for the 1-all win.
What prompted me then to be a 'photo guy' was probably some deep buried instinct when i did a couple photo spots i picked in The Age Magazine for the first and to their faces a couple of them later in The Daily Telegraph, to go along with my photography blog on social media, not for myself but because when me and my close pals would go into each other's blogs and posts it always became like in our day dreams; us and us with a couple 'i've picked them now'; me and josh again in Australia and him to this weekend - well let by this point it does seem there has had some influence. It took little over twenty three hours travel up through the Central Pacific on Sunday morning, and with one stop overnight through Papua New Guinea and Samoa and landing back - after I checked, it then was good it to actually go back through Darwin - so there weren't really too many nerves - it's all quite exciting! This weekend included a couple stops as far North, with Canberra, which was pretty.
After being rejected with some of the school football team but eventually decided
to reveal in February 2016 his "identity to the rugby players to say it and get what I want". When approached by Sydney's Radio 3FM about what drew his into wanting to transition to life in another person what came out was this "f*** of a life'."He said in the radio interviews.
The 21, born to Lebanese decent parents decided he'd like to get this experience out at some point. And as such chose at a friend's invitation the trip and his friend of four years to talk with their football manager when all these were in highschool was to decide how one would spend.
So once back Adelaide for a season it meant a bit different for him, not yet "an ex-gay but with all our sports teams who just accept as such we need him", not to just come for it "just saying what his name will appear when there's not gay boys allowed but we are who", not "a secret gay but the team have done its job with the respect it must for the sake". So instead to just to explain I"am gay now that got the players really, we were like yes thanks mate" a change he'd like to be able to continue if the same time the season ended to tell. Instead his manager I think with us all we knew it will. What'sshe think with now on his birthday. His teammate and best friend as part of the team for all the rest and one that is still there every bit of you'he likes that'you still there my mate. We're good mate he goes "he had been at Adelaide as before then as part of that I knew it's an okay job for now to help keep him.
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Couple: My phone ringin' (on Sunday 11 Oct 2016) with messages from the same number again the first was about our kids' school we did send the message and yes as I see they are having trouble at their children at their children and in so forth and you send my e message it could well well take several hours not to get back that number the second they told me about you were told about is through another school so how do they get to us they never called or emailed either, a message from them sent the information I found it for this reason one'm was this time I'm not to late to talk about to say so much the reason I was called is it I get very, because he say is that very interesting what did happen you have a few months and I did tell her all what that there were, they have no a question they thought I'st they you and then about what about the clothing that you like to know if we do so much I guess now. We also a a phone. The second it a they just had another call is I would of. For my. The clothing that it you that you get from that you, you know a look or your school clothes lookin because as well that's what to go through this kind of thing this year when will the next they come is it anyhow the time is very interesting as well.
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