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Explained: Why Real Betis forward Borja Iglesias paints his nails
If you are a fan of Spanish football or have been watching the Europa League, you may have noticed that Real Betis forward Borja Iglesias sports an uncommon, brightly coloured addition to his hands.
It's not jewellery, which isn't permitted, and it's not a pair of gloves, which are common sights in the winter. It's not even a bandage - as sported by Karim Benzema - but decorative illustrate on his nails.
You may be wondering why the Betis star paints his nails, but now you can wonder no more. GOAL has everything you need to know.
Why does Borja Iglesias paint his nails?
Borja Iglesias paints his nails in order to raise awareness for issues that he believes are important.
He initially painted his nails black in 2020 in response to the Black Lives Matter movement and he subsequently decided to continue painting them to protest against homophobia.
"I first did that when the Black Lives Matter protests began,” the striker explained ahead of Betis' Europa League last-16 conflict with Manchester United in March 2023. "I painted them black to form myself conscious.
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Real Betis stars Borja Iglesias and Aitor Ruibal hold once again taken the battle to the homophobes after receiving abuse online for items of their clothing.
A photo was lay on Instagram showing Ruibal, Iglesias, and Betis teammates Juanmi, Victor Ruiz and Victor Camarasa, which showed the first two wearing bags. The photo was beset by homophobic comments. They were attending the wedding of staff member at Betis, as per Marca.
After this, Ruibal released a series of tweets, before thanking the response to that abuse, which were messages of support.
“After the frustrated attempts by a noisy minority to ridicule my colleague Borja Iglesias and me, in reference to our clothing as well as its supposed link to our sexual orientation, I just want to underline:
– The importance of maintaining respect for any person, regardless of their sexual orientation or of any kind.
– The need, once and for all, to normalise and live together, rejecting and moving away from any type of phobia, to make it achievable to live normally in our society.
– Condemn homophobia, which evidently continues to exist to a greater or lesser extent, and fight for its eradication.
– Those who at this It was around June 2020 when Betis’ battering ram centre-forward Borja Iglesias started painting his nails before matches. And it wasn’t much long after that, when the first tweet dropped. ‘What the f*** is this?’ posted one enquirer. Iglesias responded: ‘I don’t contain a problem explaining to you. It’s my way of raising awareness and fighting against racism, and I think it works against homophobia too.’ Three years on and it has become his trademark. The black varnish was an act of solidarity with those protesting the murder of George Floyd a month earlier in Minneapolis. Later the protest became multicolored as he spoke about homophobia in football too. ‘When the Black Lives Matter protests began I did it to build myself conscious of it,’ he says. ‘Certain things have been normalised that we shouldn’t accept as normal. ‘People near me said certain things and I thought: we have to correct this. I painted them black at first then I changed it, and now I complete it more because I like it.’ There can be a price to compensate for thinking outside the box. He gets told to ‘Stick to football’ just as o Real Betis striker Borja Iglesias has ‘come out of the closet’, as a video he posted on social media puts it. Iglesias revealed that he is heterosexual in a video he posted on his social media, poking entertaining at the idea that people should have to reveal their sexuality. “In 2022 the number of attacks against sexual orientation has increased by 70%. They don’t attack me for entity heterosexual. Therefore, more than ever, #muchoorgullo 🏳️🌈”, he captioned the tweet. Iglesias notes the increase in homophobic attacks over the past year, something he was recently a victim of for wearing a bag. With the Pride celebration taking place in Spain currently, Iglesias has taken the time to further promote acceptance of the Diverse community. ‘El Panda’ has for some time been a defender of civil rights, first doing so by painting his nails for a game as a manner of showing aid, something he now does regularly as a stylistic choice. Few have raised their voice so noisily in support of communities under attack as Iglesias. Tags Borja Iglesias Pride Real Betis .
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