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Chelsea rent boy
British association football chant
Chelsea rent boy
"Chelsea rent boy" is a football chant and homophobic slur used by opponents of British football club Chelsea F.C. against its fans as well as its current and former players. "Rent boy" is British slang that "originated in the 19th century and saw wider use from the 1960s. It refers to a male sex worker that sells sex to other men. The origin of its specific use against Chelsea, which began in the 1980s, is unclear; it may have originated from tabloid newspaper reports, possibly from The Sun, about the hooligan group known as the Chelsea Headhunters, or from the reputation of Earl's Court in the London borough of Chelsea for homosexual activity. The chant itself is, "Chelsea rent boys, Chelsea rent boys, hello, hello," to the tune of the song "Good To Be Back" by convicted sex offender Gary Glitter. It is often delivered aggressively. In 2022, the British Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) confirmed that "rent boy" is a homophobic slur and thus punishable as a hate crime. Since 2023, use of...
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