Corinthians defender apologises after backlash over homophobic post | OneFootball

On the morning of last Wednesday (19), Corinthians fans were stirred by a repost that was interpreted as homophobic by Thais Regina, defender of the women’s team: the video showed a mother ‘praying’ for her LGBT son’s sexuality. After the repercussion, the player spoke out on social media, explaining and apologizing for the offense.

“I never thought I would come here and make a video to explain something that I think was misunderstood. But here we go, I posted something in which he said he had an alcoholic father, an atheist son, that he was gay, and that his mother prayed because of that and so on. But what caught my attention was that he said he expected a different reaction from his mother, that because she was Christian, he expected a different reaction and that her love and her reaction embarrassed him, that’s all. I reposted it because of that, because he felt embarrassed”, the defender began.

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“Let’s be honest, nowadays, if you say: ‘Dad, I’m a lesbian’, ‘Dad or Mom, I’m gay’. If your family is Christian, they wouldn’t accept you. Well, anyone who comes from there, Christian, knows how it is. Most people are like that. And when I started playing football, my father, more than anyone, heard a lot from my mother’s friends, saying: ‘Oh, your daughter is a dyke, your daughter is a man-woman, your daughter is this, your daughter is that’. And my father simply said: ‘Mind your own business, because I take care of my daughter’”, she continued.

“So, I saw it as if it were my father saying that and protecting me from those things. His mother could very well, being Christian, judge him and start saying a bunch of things. But I saw what my father did with me. He took care of me, he embraced me and didn’t judge me. ‘Oh, Thaís, but you’re justifying yourself, whatever’. No, I’m just giving my point of view on the post. Simple as that. And at no time did I mean to say anything about gay cure, or anything like that, I reposted the guy’s post because I saw the mother’s acceptance, because nowadays we don’t have that in the world, the way things are, to have the acceptance of a Christian mother, to embrace her child, to bring them close. I apologize to everyone who felt offended and kisses”, Thais Regina concluded.

There was no statement from Corinthians, nor from other players on the squad. On the other hand, club supporter organizations condemned the action on social media, including Fiel LGBT, which published a statement of repudiation.

Thais Regina is in her first season wearing the Corinthians jersey, alternating between starting and being on the bench. She is available for the Brabas’ next match, which takes place on Saturday (22), against São Paulo. It is the first leg of the Women’s Paulistão semifinal.

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