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PSG wear special rainbow flag numbering on shirts as Ligue 1 acknowledges International Day Against Homophobia
Paris Saint-Germain lined up against Montpellier with special rainbow-coloured numbers on Saturday as the club and all of French football lent their support to the International Day Against Homophobia.
The Ligue 1 champions were given few problems in their penultimate disagree of the season, securing a cozy victory.
Lionel Messi netted twice for the away side, while Angel Di Maria and Kylian Mbappe also got their names onto the scoresheet.
Why did PSG wear the numbers?
Saturday marked the second straight year in which French clubs, including PSG, contain marked the International Day Against Homophobia.
In May every side in Ligue 1 and 2 came out with rainbow numbers, part of the LFP's "Gay or straight, we all wear the same jersey” campaign.
"On World Day Against Homophobia, our jerseys will have the rainbow flag, symbol of peace and diversity of the LGBT movement," PSG explained on their official Twitter account before the game.
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Camara opted not to support a French league campaign against homophobia by hiding the icon on the front of his shirt as he played for Monaco against Nantes in the terminal game of the season on May
Monaco footballer Mohamed Camara has been banned for four matches for taping over an anti-homophobia logo on his shirt in a Ligue 1 game, the French League (LFP) announced on Thursday, May The LFP said they "decided to impose a four-match suspension after hearing the player Mohamed Camara and taking note of his refusal during the session to carry out one or more awareness-raising actions in the fight against homophobia".
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Idrissa Gueye refuses to wear PSG shirt featuring rainbow symbol
Paris St-Germain's Idrissa Gueye refused to act in a match to dodge wearing a rainbow symbol in support of LGBTQ+ rights, BBC Sport understands.
The year-old former Aston Villa and Everton midfielder was absent from Saturday's win over Montpellier.
PSG boss Mauricio Pochettino said only that Senagalese Gueye missed the game for "personal reasons".
The French Football Federation (FFF) has reportedly written to Gueye to clarify why he was absent.
BBC Sport has approached Gueye's representatives for comment.
Crystal Palace's Cheikhou Kouyate and Watford's Ismaila Sarr possess posted on social media in apparent support of their Senegal team-mate's stance.
Kouyate posted a picture of himself alongside Gueye on Instagram, with a caption calling Gueye "a real man". Watford winger Sarr posted a picture of him and Gueye accompanied by three heart emojis and the caption "%".
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France football set to termination rainbow-shirt LGBTQ+ campaign after three years
France's governing body, the LFP, set up the scheme in as a way to battle homophobia in the game. Players would wear rainbow shirts on one matchday per year close to the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia which falls on May
However, the scheme, which attracted plenty of controversy, is now due to be scrapped. The LFP will instead focus on other ways to struggle discrimination in the game, according to RMC Sport.
“[Ligue 1] is currently preparing for the days committed to the fight against racism in March, and then the fight against homophobia next May," study a statement from the LFP. "A meeting is scheduled for mid-November with the partner associations to prepare these two days."
Several players have previously refused to wear rainbow shirts. Toulouse left players out of their squad after they refused to wear the special jerseys against Nantes last season. Nantes midfielder Mostafa Mohamed also did not take to the pitch and was fined by his club.
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