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By : vanrozenheim on Jun 02, 2007 - 02:30 PM
Sports [3]
(UK) - A charity fundraiser has set up Scotland's first gay football team. Kevin Rowe, 34, says he created Hotscots FC because gay players were not comfortable in "straight" teams and had suffered discrimination. He said: "It's for gay people who like football but who feel a little intimidated playing in straight teams. The social side is very important." Hotscots have a squad of 20 and compete in tournaments in their home city of Edinburgh. "We'd like to play against gay teams in England. There's a fair few down there." Kevin hopes the team can become established like Edinburgh's gay rugby club, the Caledonian Thebans.

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  [3] http://gayrepublic.org/index.php?name=News&catid=&topic=12&lead=1
  [4] http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/news/tm_headline=boot-camp--%26method=full%26objectid=19234717%26siteid=66633-name_page.html