Aslie Pitter
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 called Clapham Old Boys he received 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.[1][2]
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,[3][4] and an honorary doctorate from the University of East London.[5]
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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"
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-12095985 "Gay footballer in New Year Honours list" BBC News 30 December 2010
- ↑ 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
