{"id":30806,"date":"2016-08-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/why-the-afl-s-pride-game-matters\/"},"modified":"2016-08-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-08-10T00:00:00","slug":"why-the-afl-s-pride-game-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/why-the-afl-s-pride-game-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the AFL\u2019s pride game matters"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Jeff Kennett says this weekend\u2019s pride game between St Kilda and Sydney is another step forward in ending discrimination against the LBGTQI community, whose suicide rate is higher than average.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cTheir suicide rate among their population is much higher than the average suicide rate throughout the community,\u201d Kennett told FIVEAA\u2019s Rowey and Bicks on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd it\u2019s not because they\u2019re gay or lesbian. It\u2019s because of the discrimination that\u2019s directed at them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere they are continually being discriminated against, that hurts. And for some of them, it\u2019s a step too far.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis game on the weekend is all designed to keep adding to the conversation. It\u2019s another step forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>LISTEN HERE:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/277472848&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The game was initiated by St Kilda and will be hosted in partnership with the Sydney Swans and Kennett\u2019s Beyond Blue organisation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve run a number of campaigns trying to have people be treated as just another person, regardless of their colour or language or creed or age or sexuality,\u201d Kennett said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"370\" width=\"620\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/afl-pride-game.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a lot of deliberate and inadvertent discrimination against people who have got different colour skins, talk different languages, different religions and of course sexuality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t expect the AFL to be market leaders in every social issue that confronts our Australian community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut where they can partner \u2013 in this case with beyond blue, St Kilda and Sydney \u2013 in doing good work, then I think that is to be congratulated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they can use their brand to have players, sports official, patrons just think a bit about discrimination against those who have difference based on sexuality, then I think it\u2019s in the public interest.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>MOST POPULAR<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/soft-power-leak-like-a-sieve-says-graham-cornes\"><strong>GRAHAM CORNES\u2019 BRUTAL PORT ADELAIDE VERDICT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/david-and-will\/weatherill-must-go-says-steven-marshall\"><strong>JAY WEATHERILL MUST GO, SAYS STEVEN MARSHALL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeff Kennett says this weekend\u2019s pride game between St Kilda and Sydney is another step forward in ending discrimination against the LBGTQI community, whose suicide rate is higher than average. \u201cTheir suicide rate among their population is much higher than the average suicide rate throughout the community,\u201d Kennett told FIVEAA\u2019s Rowey and Bicks on Tuesday. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":17726,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[247,231],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-30806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fiveaa-sports-show","category-show"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why the AFL\u2019s pride game matters - FIVEAA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/why-the-afl-s-pride-game-matters\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why the AFL\u2019s pride game matters\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jeff Kennett says this weekend\u2019s pride game between St Kilda and Sydney is another step forward in ending discrimination against the LBGTQI community, whose suicide rate is higher than average. \u201cTheir suicide rate among their population is much higher than the average suicide rate throughout the community,\u201d Kennett told FIVEAA\u2019s Rowey and Bicks on Tuesday. [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/why-the-afl-s-pride-game-matters\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"FIVEAA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1395FIVEaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-08-10T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/kennett.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"620\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"348\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tim Ashdown\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@1395FIVEaa\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@1395FIVEaa\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tim Ashdown\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/show\\\/why-the-afl-s-pride-game-matters\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/show\\\/why-the-afl-s-pride-game-matters\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Tim Ashdown\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c9993afbb4e9c76944cb880fa918b687\"},\"headline\":\"Why the AFL\u2019s pride game matters\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-08-10T00:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/show\\\/why-the-afl-s-pride-game-matters\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":302,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/show\\\/why-the-afl-s-pride-game-matters\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/kennett.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Rowey and Timmy G\",\"Show\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/show\\\/why-the-afl-s-pride-game-matters\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/show\\\/why-the-afl-s-pride-game-matters\\\/\",\"name\":\"Why the AFL\u2019s pride game matters - FIVEAA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/show\\\/why-the-afl-s-pride-game-matters\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/show\\\/why-the-afl-s-pride-game-matters\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/kennett.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-08-10T00:00:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c9993afbb4e9c76944cb880fa918b687\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/show\\\/why-the-afl-s-pride-game-matters\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/show\\\/why-the-afl-s-pride-game-matters\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/show\\\/why-the-afl-s-pride-game-matters\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/kennett.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/kennett.jpg\",\"width\":620,\"height\":348},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/show\\\/why-the-afl-s-pride-game-matters\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Why the AFL\u2019s pride game matters\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/\",\"name\":\"FIVEAA\",\"description\":\"Always Adelaide\",\"alternateName\":\"FIVEAA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c9993afbb4e9c76944cb880fa918b687\",\"name\":\"Tim Ashdown\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3d478e03918069695ae92ceb9741ab4b36830cf8102e75dd26c3949e28ad1aba?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3d478e03918069695ae92ceb9741ab4b36830cf8102e75dd26c3949e28ad1aba?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3d478e03918069695ae92ceb9741ab4b36830cf8102e75dd26c3949e28ad1aba?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Tim Ashdown\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/author\\\/tashdown\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Why the AFL\u2019s pride game matters - FIVEAA","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/why-the-afl-s-pride-game-matters\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Why the AFL\u2019s pride game matters","og_description":"Jeff Kennett says this weekend\u2019s pride game between St Kilda and Sydney is another step forward in ending discrimination against the LBGTQI community, whose suicide rate is higher than average. \u201cTheir suicide rate among their population is much higher than the average suicide rate throughout the community,\u201d Kennett told FIVEAA\u2019s Rowey and Bicks on Tuesday. [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/why-the-afl-s-pride-game-matters\/","og_site_name":"FIVEAA","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1395FIVEaa","article_published_time":"2016-08-10T00:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":620,"height":348,"url":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/kennett.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Tim Ashdown","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@1395FIVEaa","twitter_site":"@1395FIVEaa","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Tim Ashdown","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/why-the-afl-s-pride-game-matters\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/why-the-afl-s-pride-game-matters\/"},"author":{"name":"Tim Ashdown","@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/c9993afbb4e9c76944cb880fa918b687"},"headline":"Why the AFL\u2019s pride game matters","datePublished":"2016-08-10T00:00:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/why-the-afl-s-pride-game-matters\/"},"wordCount":302,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/why-the-afl-s-pride-game-matters\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/kennett.jpg","articleSection":["Rowey and Timmy G","Show"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/why-the-afl-s-pride-game-matters\/","url":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/why-the-afl-s-pride-game-matters\/","name":"Why the AFL\u2019s pride game matters - FIVEAA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/why-the-afl-s-pride-game-matters\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/why-the-afl-s-pride-game-matters\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/kennett.jpg","datePublished":"2016-08-10T00:00:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/c9993afbb4e9c76944cb880fa918b687"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/why-the-afl-s-pride-game-matters\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/why-the-afl-s-pride-game-matters\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/why-the-afl-s-pride-game-matters\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/kennett.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/kennett.jpg","width":620,"height":348},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/why-the-afl-s-pride-game-matters\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Why the AFL\u2019s pride game matters"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/","name":"FIVEAA","description":"Always Adelaide","alternateName":"FIVEAA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/c9993afbb4e9c76944cb880fa918b687","name":"Tim Ashdown","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3d478e03918069695ae92ceb9741ab4b36830cf8102e75dd26c3949e28ad1aba?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3d478e03918069695ae92ceb9741ab4b36830cf8102e75dd26c3949e28ad1aba?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3d478e03918069695ae92ceb9741ab4b36830cf8102e75dd26c3949e28ad1aba?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Tim Ashdown"},"url":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/author\/tashdown\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/kennett.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30806"},{"taxonomy":"geo_market","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/geo_market?post=30806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}