Australian Sports Commission (ASC) Chief Executive Simon Hollingsworth today congratulated the Bingham Cup Sydney 2014 Organising Committee on finalising a draft anti-homophobia framework for the Australian Rugby Union, National Rugby League, Australian Football League, Football Federation Australia and Cricket Australia.
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“This is an important milestone for sport in Australia as the Bingham Cup 2014 will serve as a catalyst for change across the four major football codes and cricket regarding discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation,” Hollingsworth said.
“We want to see gay, lesbian and bisexual players, coaches, administrators and fans welcomed in our sports and want them to participate fully and freely in those sports.
“The ASC was keen to assist the Bingham Cup Sydney 2014 Organising Committee in finalising the draft.”
Play by the Rules is a collaboration between the ASC, Australian Human Rights Commission, all state and territory departments of sport and recreation, all state and territory anti-discrimination and human rights agencies, the NSW Commission for Children and Young People and the Australian and New Zealand Sports Law Association.
The Bingham Cup is a three day international biennial rugby world cup tournament for gay and gay friendly rugby clubs that will be held in Sydney in August 2014. The tournament was established in 2002 with eight teams. There were 40 teams from 17 nations at Manchester in 2012.