I hope the Phoenix are not going to be hijacked to promote political agendas. It's a good club for anyone and everyone. The club do their best to encourage all sorts of people of various races, creeds, religeon and persuasians. I just hope one group do not turn it into a circus. I've been watching and reading this thread and overall it seems that one persons beef with one other persons stupidity is now snowballing. Perhaps time to step back, take stock and close the thread down. The point was made. As we say on the terraces - We're here to watch the football. .
Pretty easy for you to say, as a white cis-het man, that the club is good and welcoming for everyone, and that people perceive it as such.
As another example, a couple of Wellingtonians of Asian decent have told me that they find our name upsetting, given that "Yellow Fever" also refers to the fetishisation of Asian women. That's something they we would have to address if we wanted to make Phoenix games attractive to people who feel that way.
The club could certainly do a lot more to promote Phoenix games as a self and welcoming space for people who don't enjoy the same privilege as you and I. It's a real shame if you consider that doing so would amount to a circus, and that you would want to shut down discussions that are about making the club more inclusive and don't actually affect you in any way.
I for one wholeheartedly welcome discussions and initiatives about how we can grow crowds by becoming more welcoming to people who currently do not feel like Phoenix games are a place for them. Rainbow Fever is an excellent start, and I was really stoked to see it on Saturday.