{"id":103410,"date":"2026-01-14T04:59:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T08:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/borja-iglesias-responds-with-irony-to-homophobic-insults-in-seville-2\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T04:59:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T08:59:23","slug":"borja-iglesias-responds-with-irony-to-homophobic-insults-in-seville-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/borja-iglesias-responds-with-irony-to-homophobic-insults-in-seville-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Borja Iglesias Responds with Irony to Homophobic Insults in Seville"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Borja Iglesias Responds with Irony to Homophobic Insults<\/h2>\n\n\nRC Celta de Vigo striker Borja Iglesias has responded with irony to the homophobic insults received after the match against Sevilla FC at the Ram\u00f3n S\u00e1nchez-Pizju\u00e1n stadium.\n\nThe Spanish international footballer reacted to a video where offensive shouts from local fans can be heard.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>How strange, this never happens in football<\/p><cite>Borja Iglesias<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nThis statement by Iglesias alludes to the insults that included expressions like &#8220;let&#8217;s see if you die&#8221; and derogatory comments related to his orientation or personal expression.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Harassment Background<\/h2>\n\n\nIt&#8217;s not the first time Borja Iglesias has denounced this type of situation. Last April, after Celta&#8217;s defeat against FC Barcelona, the striker had already publicly exposed the volume of offensive and discriminatory messages he receives on social media.\n\nOn that occasion, Iglesias shared screenshots of comments with homophobic jokes and expressions of hate, lamenting that respect and tolerance continue to be pending subjects.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>We are still living in a society where respect is still far away<\/p><cite>Borja Iglesias<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nIglesias has been one of the strongest voices in Spanish football in favor of diversity, respect and inclusion.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Borja Iglesias Responds with Irony to Homophobic Insults RC Celta de Vigo striker Borja Iglesias has responded with irony to the homophobic insults received after the match against Sevilla FC at the Ram\u00f3n S\u00e1nchez-Pizju\u00e1n stadium. The Spanish international footballer reacted to a video where offensive shouts from local fans can be heard. How strange, this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":103411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[11382,2123,3632,2276],"class_list":{"0":"post-103410","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-borja-iglesias","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-homophobia","11":"tag-insults"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}