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'''Aslie Pitter''' (born 1960) is a footballer, and founder of [[Stonewall FC]].

Aslie Pitter grew up in [[Balham]], the son of Jamaican immigrants. He played football for a number of amateur clubs, but while playing for a team call Clapham Old Boys he recived racial abuse form other players, and was demoted from the first team to the fourth team when a team-mate found out that he was gay.<ref name="eveningstandard">http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23917950-black-gay-bullied-a-footballers-journey-to-honours-at-the-palace.do ''Evening Standard'' David Cohen "Black, gay, bullied: a footballer's journey to honours at the Palace" 27 January 2011</ref><ref name="independent">http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/free-kicks-20-years-of-stonewall-fc-2196342.html Nick Duerden "Free kicks: 20 years of Stonewall FC"  ''The Independent'' 30 January 2011 </ref>

In 1991 he saw a listing in ''Time Out'' and joined other gay men playing football in [[Regent's Park]]. This developed into Stonewall FC, the UK's first gay football club.

==Home life==

Aslie works as a assistant manager of a branch of Boots and lives in Balham with his partner Alan; they plan to have a [[civil partnership]].

==Awards and recognition==

In 2011 Aslie Pitter recived an MBE for his work in combating homophobia,<ref name="pink">http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/02/08/gay-footballer-collects-mbe-from-buckingham-palace/ ''Pink News'' 8 February "Gay footballer collects MBE from Buckingham Palace"</ref><ref name="bbc">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-12095985 "Gay footballer in New Year Honours list" ''BBC News'' 30 December 2010</ref> and an honorary doctorate from the University of East London.<ref>http://westminster.londoninformer.co.uk/2011/11/honour-for-gay-football-club-f.html Juliet Eysenck, "Honour for gay football club founder" Westminster Chronicle, 22 November 2011</ref> 

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[[Category:Footballers]]
[[Category:Homophobia]]
[[Category:Black and minority ethnic]]