Failure to wear the LGBT+ armband for the French team: behind the controversy, the patronizing silence of Marie Barsacq
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Women's Euro 2025 dossier
Sjoeke Nüsken (Germany), Lia Wälti (Switzerland), and the Blues Grace Geyoro and Sakina Karchaoui. (F.Coffrini. A.Tarantino. B.Szabo/AFP. AP. REUTERS)
In top-level football, gender equality is a long road with no end in sight. Before the Qatari World Cup and even during it, France's captain, Hugo Lloris, came under heavy fire during his numerous media appearances over France's refusal to wear an LGBT+ armband, which other teams, such as the German and Dutch national teams, were all the more willing to adopt in a country where homosexuality is a criminal offense.
On Saturday, the Blues completed their journey to the quarter-finals of the Swiss Euro ( elimination against the Germans, 1-1 and 5-6 on penalties ) without wearing an armband that nine teams out of sixteen – including the five Nordic countries, as always – had chosen.
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