Featured in SB Nation’s Outsports: John Drosick Discusses Lawsuit Against Soldier Field and LGBTQ+ Discrimination in Sports

A Winston & Strawn team will represent LGBTQ+ soccer fans and allies in a lawsuit against ASM Global, the company that manages Soldier Field, over the repeated use of a homophobic chant during the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup at Soldier Field. 

For Associate John Drosick, this case hits particularly close to home. 

“As a former gay college athlete myself, I know firsthand the experiences of feeling scared to be myself in a sports setting—often due to the words being uttered around me,” Drosick told Outsports.

“The potential impact of this litigation—to rid soccer stadiums from discriminatory LGBTQ+ chants—could continue to push the sports community to be more welcoming to LGBTQ+ folks and to emphasize that the words said at sporting events can impact so many LGBTQ+ folks who should be able to experience the trials, tribulations, joys, and disappointments that occur on sports fields and in sports arenas without being discriminated against.”

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