The interministerial delegate for the fight against racism, anti-Semitism and anti-LGBT hatred (Dilcrah), Olivier Klein said to himself, Monday September 25, “shocked” by the homophobic chants sung Sunday evening during the OM-PSG match and called for sanctions to be taken.
“Very shocked by the unbearable homophobic chants heard at the Parc des Princes during #PSGOM”he wrote on his account X (ex-Twitter) the day after the meeting between PSG and OM at the Parc des Princes. “With the Dilcrah, I will contact the PSG club and the Professional Football League (LFP) so that sanctions can be taken. We will also study the possibilities of taking legal action”adds Mr. Klein, who took the helm in September of Dilcrah, an organization attached to Matignon.
His message is accompanied by a video of around thirty seconds in which we can hear PSG supporters singing homophobic chants against the players of the Marseille team.
A quarter of an hour of singing
“I made sure last night that a firm response was provided. The LFP disciplinary committee has now been contacted. I invite PSG to file a complaint to identify the perpetrators and bring them to justice, so that they are removed from the stadiums”wrote for her part the Minister of Sports, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, on his account.
According to a journalist from Agence France-Presse present at the stadium to follow the match, these chants lasted almost a quarter of an hour.
According to one Ipsos survey published at the beginning of September and conducted with the LGBT+ Sports Federation, 46% of French people say they have already witnessed homophobic or transphobic behavior in the sporting environment.
Still according to this study, less than one in two French people feel that “things are being done to combat LGBTphobia in sport” and more than three quarters (78%) of those surveyed want us to “go further” about this question.