'Footy hasn't always loved us': what the Pride game means to LGBTI people

Openly LGBTI AFLW players are breaking down multiple barriers of discriminationThis weekend, Western Bulldogs fan Wil Stracke says, may finally rival the AFL grand final of 2016. On Sunday, she will marry her fiancee Lisa, while on Friday night, they will attend the inaugural AFLW Pride game at the Whitten Oval between their beloved Bulldogs and Carlton. The occasion is especially significant for Stracke because she set up the club’s coterie group Bulldogs Pride with the explicit aim of ma