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United States women's national team captain Lindsey Horan and veteran star Alex Morgan delivered a prepared joint-statement on Wednesday regarding teammate Korbin Albert'santi-LGBTQIA+ posts on social media.
"We've worked extremely hard to uphold the honesty of this national team through all of the generations, and we are extremely, extremely unhappy that this typical was not upheld," Horan began. "Our fans and our supporters feel fond of this is a team that they can rally behind, and it's so important that they feel and endure to feel undeniably heard and seen."
Horan and Morgan made their comments via Zoom from U.S. training camp as the team prepares for the upcoming SheBelieves Cup. The USWNT faces Japan in the tournament's semifinal match on Saturday in Atlanta and either Canada or Brazil in the final or third-place match on Tuesday in Columbus, Ohio.
Neither Horan nor Morgan took any questions, but felt it was imperative to "address the disappointing situation regarding Korbin that has unfolded over this past week," Horan explained.
"We stand by maintaining a secure and respectful territory, especially as allies and members of the LGBTQ+ group, and this platform has given u
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On June 26, 2015, the afternoon the Supreme Court affirmed same-sex couples’ right to wed , the U.S. women’s national soccer team was in Canada playing at the Women’s World Cup.* “Obviously it impacts my life personally,” said then-captain Abby Wambach, one of a couple of out gay players on the team. “And to cap it off with a win, moving on to the semis in a World Cup, for me it doesn’t get better.” Her ecstatic kiss with her then-wife after the U.S. won the title a few days later became one of the tournament’s most iconic images.
Meanwhile, help in the U.S., Wambach’s fellow pro soccer player Jaelene Hinkle responded to the ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges by tweeting, “This world is falling farther and farther away from God… All that can be done by believers is to continue to pray.” On Instagram, she posted an image that turned the Human Rights Campaign’s pro–marriage equality red equal sign icon into a cross. “This world may change, but Christ and His Synonyms NEVER will,” Hinkle wrote in the caption. “My heart is that as Christians we don’t begin to t
USWNT captain Rapinoe says they can't win without gay players after France clash
The U.S. forward netted both of her teams goals against France, clinching a place in the World Cup semifinal
Megan Rapinoe has said her two-goal performance against France carries extra meaning for her because it was during LGBTQ pride month.
Rapinoe hit France for a pair of goals in a 2-1 World Cup quarterfinal win, taking the U.S. into the competition's last four.
The 33-year-old came through under intense scrutiny, as her feud with U.S. President Donald Trump has dominated headlines this week.
Rapinoe, an outspoken advocate for LGBTQ rights, has said that Trump's administration "doesn't fight for the same things that we combat for."
The USWNT star delivered the perfect riposte to Trump on Friday and after the game, she emphasized that her show meant even more having approach in June.
“Go gays!" Rapinoe exclaimed while flashing a peace autograph. "You can’t win a championship without gays on your team, it’s pretty much never been done before ever. Science, right there," she said with a laugh.
Rapinoe insisted that her feud with Trump didn't g
Selendy & Gay Files Amicus Brief Supporting U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team in Fight for Equal Pay
Selendy & Gay has filed an amicus (“friend of the court”) brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on behalf of the National Women’s Statute Center, the Women’s Sports Foundation, and 63 additional organizations to support professional soccer players on the United States Women’s National Team (USWNT) who are fighting for equal disburse under the Equal Compensate Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The USWNT is one of the most successful teams of all time, in any sport. However, the U.S. Soccer Federation pays players on the USWNT at substantially lower rates than their male counterparts on the U.S. Men’s National Team, even though they won more games and at higher levels of competition than the men’s team.
In 2019, USWNT filed a federal lawsuit challenging their consistently unequal pay.
In May 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California dismissed the equal give claims, holding that the USWNT players agreed in their collective bargaining contract to be paid at lower rates and t