In Mexico, talking about sexual preferences is still a Taboo, particularly in the sports field, where many athletes are singled out after declaring themselves openly gay, a situation that for Janelly Farías it should end.
“Labels shouldn’t matter, but I think it is necessary to use them because this is how we are going to change and break stereotypes. When people ask me how I identify I do not like having to say ‘I am gay’ but I know it is necessary, I do it in the hope that one day it will be unnecessary to say ‘I am gay’ and it will be enough to say ‘I fell in love’ “, stated for Telemundo.
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“It is important that people recognize that at this moment there are many people who are suffering because they cannot be themselves, I give myself that responsibility to be that voice that I know that many people need, that’s why in everything I do I try to be transparent so that people see that it pays to be yourself, “he said.
Too Stephany Mayor, player of Women’s Tigers, experienced firsthand the reproach of some of his followers, who sent him messages in which they reproved his relationship with his teammate and current partner, Bianca Sierra.
“We have never received so many hate messages, it was a bit of a shock, but then the nice messages followed and we were left with that knowing that we are not doing anything wrong to anyone,” he explained to change.org.
Mayor considered that these difficulties are mainly due to machismo in Mexico, since it is difficult for both men and women to accept their homosexuality without fear.
“It is part of the machismo that exists in Mexico, going out into a society where they are always judging it is difficult for one as an athlete to openly say that you are homosexual and football more,” he said.
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