A week after volleyball player Michael Pinto dos Santos was harrassed at a match by an entire arena and decided to publicly came out of the closet to speak against homophobia in sports, his team Vôlei Futuro backed his decision to come out by putting together a demonstration against prejudice. With pink balloons waving all over the arena, a massive flag with a message against prejudice, and even rainbow colored uniforms, Vôlei Futuro made history this past Saturday in the fight against homophobia in Brazil.
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I think Michael did a great job in reverting a extremely disgusting situation into something like this. So kudos for him. An example to all the little kids out there.
Posted by: Matt | 04/11/2011 at 10:53 AM
this is a good message ...its 2011
Posted by: Corve | 04/11/2011 at 01:56 PM
This is absolutely awesome, I love it!
Posted by: Thiago | 04/11/2011 at 02:38 PM
In the end they won the championship, the guy was hailed as hero and justice was made; I believe things are changing quickly from now on.
Posted by: Lucius Vorenus | 04/12/2011 at 09:38 PM
Very good response from the team! Brasil has much to be proud of!
Posted by: Sami in Vancouver, Canada | 04/13/2011 at 02:19 AM
Beautiful!!
Posted by: MW09 | 04/19/2011 at 11:29 AM