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German football referee Pascal Kaiser was assaulted at his home, just a week after proposing to his boyfriend on the pitch. Kaiser proposed to his partner, Moritz, at Cologne’s RheinEnergieStadion in front of almost 50,000 spectators ahead of a match between FC Köln and VfL Wolfsburg. The proposal was widely shared online, sadly leading Kaiser to receive threats. French newspaper L’Équipe reported that some of these threats referenced his home address, which Kaiser reported to police, who advised there was no immediate threat. However, just 20 minutes after speaking with police, while in his garden smoking, three men attacked Kaiser, leaving him with an injury to his right eye. Carla Antonelli, Spain’s first openly transgender senator, took to Instagram to share an image of Kaiser’s injured face. The LGBTQ+ activist’s captioned read: “Terrible message, if you make yourself visible we’ll put you in the closet: Referee Pascal Kaiser, who proposed to his partner before the Cologn...

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