English: Thank you very much to Leanne and Siân for bringing this debate, along with Mick Antoniw, because I think it's a very interesting debate and one that we don't often address. I want to talk about some positives, because I think we can all agree that there are lots of deplorable things going on in society. I want to highlight Just a Ball Game?, which is a charity that is combating LGBTQI phobia in sport, which is often one of the places where people feel their inhibitions are laid aside and people feel they can behave on the terraces in a way that is different to how they would behave in the street. I remember hosting a memorable meeting last year in the Pierhead with Just a Ball Game?, organised in collaboration with my late lamented constituent Bob Woods, a distinguished social worker and LGBT rights campaigner. Amongst those attending, to my delight, were five members of the St Teilo's LGBT group, pupils who meet monthly in order to discuss matters of common concern, who were brought, with the consent of their parents, by a member of staff. The speakers included Neville Southall, one of the top 100 football players of the twentieth century - as football fans will know he played for both Everton and Wales - and Gareth Thomas, the second-highest try scorer, behind Shane Williams, and one of the most distinguished rugby union and rugby league players in Wales and Britain. Both of them are icons of their games who have played prominent parts in combating homophobic hate crime in sport. Shamefully, just under a year ago, Gareth Thomas was the subject of a homophobic attack whilst on a night out in my constituency, in Cardiff. It was to his credit that Gareth Thomas opted to go down the restorative justice route, rather than prosecute the 16-year-old and give him a criminal record - something that Neville Southall commended him for. I'm sure that that is a much more effective way of getting this 16-year-old to rethink his ideas about his prejudice, which he no doubt had picked up from other people in his family. I also want to speak about the Cardiff Dragons Football Club, which is Wales's first and only LGBTQI football team. It was set up in 2008 by football fans who wanted to create a team free from homophobia and play football in a safe and supportive space. They still have difficulty getting pitches in the winter months, which are normally taken up by other clubs. So, if anybody knows of a winter weather football space that they could offer them, please do get in touch. Their mission statement is to promote participation in and awareness of football, social cohesion and healthy lifestyles within the LGBTQI community in Cardiff, south Wales and beyond. They take part, playing in the Gay Football Supporters' Network league against teams from all over the UK. The supporters network was set up in 1989 by fans of the sport, and it has extended from simply following the game to campaigning for LGBTQI rights and freedom from abuse while they go to matches as well as also playing. The Cardiff team also plays in straight leagues as well, where they are, from time to time, subject to abusive comments from opposition teams. Whilst these complaints tend to be quickly dealt with by the league, we nevertheless have to understand that homophobia, just like racism, is, unfortunately, something that we have still a lot of work to do on in sport, particularly in football. So, the Cardiff Dragons are in talks with Cardiff City to set up a Cardiff City LGBT supporters network, which they're hoping to launch in February next year to coincide with Football v Homophobia Month, and I will be delighted to support that. The Wales team doesn't have an LGBT supporters network at the moment either, so these are important initiatives to normalise respect for difference in sport, which is one of the arenas where people do feel that they can start to air their prejudice. We have to be constantly vigilant about, and intolerant of, homophobia and racism in sport. We have to ensure that the next generation is enabled to combat the inherited prejudices that were enshrined in law in the past. And section 28 has already been mentioned as a really shameful period in our history. I can recall that, over a decade after decriminalisation, my own uncle had several scrapes with the law simply because homophobic policemen had nothing better to do than harass gay people who were meeting furtively in public places rather than having the confidence to meet out in the open on the same terms as heterosexual people.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr iawn i Leanne a Siân am gyflwyno'r ddadl hon, ynghyd â Mick Antoniw, oherwydd rwy'n credu ei bod yn ddadl ddiddorol iawn ac yn un nad ydym yn mynd i'r afael â hi'n aml. Hoffwn sôn am rai pethau cadarnhaol, oherwydd credaf y gallwn i gyd gytuno bod llawer o bethau ffiaidd yn digwydd yn ein cymdeithas. Rwyf am dynnu sylw at Just a Ball Game?, sef elusen sy'n mynd i'r afael â'r ffobia LHDT+ ym myd chwaraeon, sy'n aml yn un o'r mannau lle mae pobl yn teimlo eu bod yn gallu bwrw eu swildod ac ymddwyn mewn ffordd benodol ar y terasau sy'n wahanol i'r ffordd y byddent yn ymddwyn ar y stryd. Rwy'n cofio cynnal cyfarfod cofiadwy y llynedd yn y Pierhead gyda Just a Ball Game?, a drefnwyd mewn cydweithrediad â fy niweddar etholwr Bob Woods, gweithiwr cymdeithasol blaenllaw ac ymgyrchydd hawliau LHDT. Ymhlith y rhai a oedd yn bresennol, er mawr foddhad i mi, roedd pum aelod o grŵp LHDT Teilo Sant, disgyblion sy'n cyfarfod yn fisol er mwyn trafod materion cyffredin sy'n peri pryder, a ddaeth yno, gyda chaniatâd eu rhieni, gydag aelod o staff. Ymhlith y siaradwyr roedd Neville Southall, un o 100 chwaraewr pêl-droed gorau'r ugeinfed ganrif - fel y gŵyr cefnogwyr pêl-droed, chwaraeodd i Everton a Chymru - a Gareth Thomas, y sgoriwr ceisiadau uchaf ond un y tu ôl i Shane Williams, ac un o chwaraewyr rygbi'r undeb a rygbi'r gynghrair enwocaf yng Nghymru a Phrydain. Mae'r ddau ohonynt yn eiconau yn eu gemau ac wedi chwarae rhannau amlwg yn y frwydr yn erbyn troseddau casineb homoffobig ym myd chwaraeon. Yn gywilyddus, ychydig o dan flwyddyn yn ôl, profodd Gareth Thomas ymosodiad homoffobig tra oedd ar noson allan yn fy etholaeth i, yng Nghaerdydd. Er clod iddo, dewisodd Gareth Thomas ddilyn y llwybr cyfiawnder adferol, yn hytrach nag erlyn y bachgen 16 mlwydd oed a rhoi record droseddol iddo - ac roedd Neville Southall yn ei ganmol am wneud hynny. Rwy'n siŵr bod honno'n ffordd lawer mwy effeithiol o gael y person ifanc 16 oed hwn i ailfeddwl ynglŷn â'i syniadau rhagfarnllyd, a ddysgodd, mae'n siŵr, gan bobl eraill yn ei deulu. Rwyf eisiau siarad hefyd am Glwb Pêl-droed Dreigiau Caerdydd, sef tîm pêl-droed LHDT+ cyntaf, a'r unig un, yng Nghymru. Fe'i sefydlwyd yn 2008 gan gefnogwyr pêl-droed a oedd eisiau creu tîm yn rhydd o homoffobia a chwarae pêl-droed mewn gofod diogel a chefnogol. Maent yn dal i gael anhawster i ddod o hyd i gaeau chwarae yn ystod misoedd y gaeaf, caeau sydd fel arfer yn cael eu cymryd gan glybiau eraill. Felly, os oes unrhyw un yn gwybod am gae pêl-droed addas yn y gaeaf y gallent eu cynnig iddynt, mae croeso i chi gysylltu â mi. Eu datganiad cenhadaeth yw hyrwyddo cyfranogiad mewn pêl-droed ac ymwybyddiaeth o'r gêm, cydlyniant cymdeithasol a ffyrdd iach o fyw mewn cymuned LHDT+ yng Nghaerdydd, de Cymru a thu hwnt. Maent yn chwarae yng nghynghrair y Rhwydwaith Cefnogwyr Pêl-droed Hoyw yn erbyn timau o bob rhan o'r DU. Sefydlwyd y rhwydwaith cefnogwyr yn 1989 gan gefnogwyr y gêm, ac mae wedi ehangu o ddilyn y gêm yn unig i ymgyrchu dros hawliau LHDT+ a rhyddid rhag camdriniaeth tra byddant yn mynd i gemau yn ogystal â chwarae. Mae tîm Caerdydd hefyd yn chwarae mewn cynghreiriau heterorywiol, lle maent, o bryd i'w gilydd, yn wynebu sylwadau difrïol gan dimau sy'n chwarae yn eu herbyn. Er bod y gynghrair yn tueddu i ymdrin â'r cwynion hyn yn gyflym, mae'n rhaid inni ddeall bod gennym lawer o waith i'w wneud o hyd, yn anffodus, i fynd i'r afael â homoffobia, yn union fel hiliaeth, ym myd chwaraeon, yn enwedig mewn pêl-droed. Felly, mae Dreigiau Caerdydd yn cynnal trafodaethau gyda Dinas Caerdydd i sefydlu rhwydwaith cefnogwyr LHDT Dinas Caerdydd ac maent yn gobeithio ei lansio ym mis Chwefror y flwyddyn nesaf i gyd-fynd â Mis Pêl-droed v Homoffobia, a byddaf wrth fy modd yn cefnogi hwnnw. Nid oes gan dîm Cymru rwydwaith cefnogwyr LHDT ar hyn o bryd ychwaith, felly mae'r rhain yn fentrau pwysig i normaleiddio parch at wahaniaeth ym myd chwaraeon, sy'n un o'r meysydd lle mae pobl yn teimlo y gallant ddechrau lleisio eu rhagfarn. Mae'n rhaid i ni fod yn wyliadwrus ac yn anoddefgar o homoffobia a hiliaeth mewn chwaraeon drwy'r amser. Mae'n rhaid inni sicrhau y galluogir y genhedlaeth nesaf i wrthsefyll y rhagfarnau etifeddol a ymgorfforwyd mewn cyfraith yn y gorffennol. Ac mae adran 28 eisoes wedi cael ei chrybwyll fel cyfnod gwirioneddol gywilyddus yn ein hanes. Gallaf gofio, dros ddegawd ar ôl dad-droseddoli, fod fy ewythr fy hun wedi bod mewn helynt gyda'r gyfraith sawl gwaith yn syml oherwydd nad oedd gan blismyn homoffobig unrhyw beth gwell i'w wneud nag aflonyddu ar bobl hoyw a oedd yn cyfarfod yn llechwraidd mewn mannau cyhoeddus yn hytrach na chael yr hyder i gyfarfod yn agored ar yr un telerau â phobl heterorywiol.