Manly and the NRL have been urged to 'lift your game' after failing to consult with stakeholders, leaving Pasifika and LGBTIQ+ community groups shattered after the club's pride jersey saga.
Manly and the NRL have been urged to"lift your game" after failing to consult with stakeholders, leaving Pasifika and LGBTIQ+ community groups shattered after the club's pride jersey saga.
"Sadly this poor management and project management caused significant confusion and disappointment and pain for many people, in particular those groups whose human rights we were in fact attempting to support," Hasler said. Professor Ravulo, who is Fijian-Indigenous and is involved with the NRL to facilitate cultural awareness training for the players, said that Pasifika communities have "learned a lot of these rigid views on sexuality from white Western perspectives".
Mr Mata'afa said he commended the players for defending their beliefs, despite the "enormous" backlash they knew they would receive, as well as the psychological impact it can have on them. She said there was a "total lack of leadership" in the management that led to disastrous consequences for both the Pasifika and LGBTIQ+ communities she is a strong part of.Tuisina Ymania Brown is a Samoan trans leader for the LGBTIQ+ and Pasifika communities."The appetite for the Australian people is they want inclusivity. They want to support LGBT people. They want that for us. But sports codes, they need to do their part.
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