U.S. Soccer follows Mexico in the fight against anti-gay chant. What other national teams have done the same?

It was announced that U. S. Soccer will ban anti-gay chants, following in Mexico's footsteps, to fight against this problem in the stadiums. But they are not the only ones because other national teams have done the same.

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The issue has become so serious that today, the North American organization decided to adopt a zero-tolerance policy for anti-gay chants, as well as a plan to implement FIFA's three-step protocol in all matches "promoted or controlled by U.S. Soccer".

In this way, the highest authority in U.S. soccer has initiated a fight to combat this type of violence in stadiums, but what other national teams have taken action in this regard?

Mexico

As one of the countries most sanctioned for this problem, the Mexican soccer federation has taken various measures, including the adoption of the FIFA protocol to combat these chants.

This protocol consists of 3 steps: if homophobic chants start to be heard in the stadium, the local sound system will invite the fans to stop chanting them.

In step 2, if the chants continue to be heard in the stadium, the match is stopped for a few minutes; and step 3 is that, if the chants continue, the referee may send the teams to the locker room. 

United States

Following in Mexico's footsteps, as of today, U. S. Soccer will make it mandatory to comply with FIFA protocol in the matches it sanctions, with the same 3 steps that are carried out in Mexico. 

Peru

Another country in the American continent that has taken measures against discrimination in Peru, which since 2015 decided that its Ministry of Culture would launch the "Alert against racism" campaign. 

Through this campaign, they have tried to fight against any kind of discrimination, including homophobia, through awareness workshops to referees and first division officials.

In addition to this, they have generated an Anonymous Monitoring System against Racism in soccer matches, so that this type of act can be reported anonymously to the corresponding authorities. 

Argentina

In 2021, the Argentine government launched an awareness program that was supported by its local clubs, in a campaign aimed at making everyone aware of the story of Justin Fashanu, a footballer from the 1980s at Norwich City. 

This player spoke openly about his homosexuality and as a result, he was harassed and suffered violence and discrimination for being gay, which drove him to commit suicide. 

With this story, the Argentine Football Association joined the Day for the fight against homophobia in sport, which was established on February 19, the date of Fashanu's birth. 

Therefore, on this date in 2022, San Lorenzo carried out a campaign in networks to promote the issue and the Argentine Football Association arranged that all teams that went out to the field on this day would do so with allusive posters. 

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