Thread by @LeagueUnlimited

Ian Roberts:

"[Hasler] did the right thing in saying that they got a few things wrong. The ownership of that and how they would do things differently good given the opportunity again.

I think that was very brave and forthright."

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"I have been lobbying the NRL for a number of years to have a Pride round. I guess when I heard that Manly were having this Pride round, it was incredibly exciting for me
because they are my old club."

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"This is the club I came out at. The reason I came out at this club is because I felt safe.

At Souths, I probably wasn't as secure mature enough as I was to be able to do that"

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"When they announced we would have a Pride round, it was great. I was approached and I was fully on board, and it was an incredibly nice experience. I will say even a month ago when I was approached, I was surprised there was not any pushback."

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" was surprised up until a few
days ago that it had taken this
long for there to be
pushback. But where do we go to from here? This is the type of conversation, it is not the way we wanted this conversation to start but we are having conversation now."

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"Seeing it in a positive light. I fully respect those players choosing not to play and their right not to play, their religious beliefs. I would love, given the opportunity to sit around a table with those guys in the summer conversation with them."

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"I fully respect their views. To have a number - open conversation and to try and explain what a Pride round means, particularly for the LGBT community. What it means individually."

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"This is not about me. I... When I got involved, the reason I am involved, with the Pride Museum, I am all about education. Education program rolled out in schools, the corporate world to be a
part of it."

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"This Museum will be about education, celebration and remembrance. It is about everyone enjoying what the queer community has given to Australia."

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