Back during pride month, the football team I support (Corinthians) decided to make an instagram post celebrating LGBTQ+ pride day. This was the post they made. Do you notice anything missing?

That’s right, the green stripe on the pride flag has been removed. Because Corinthians’ biggest rival, Palmeiras, has green as its main color.

Corinthians said: you can be queer, but we draw the line at being a Palmeiras fan.

Fun fact: in the early 2010s, when Corinthians was building its new stadium, the president of the club wanted to dye the pitch grass black to make the stadium completely green-free. Unfortunately the Brazilian football federation wouldn’t allow it

To compensate for this, Corinthians will sometimes edit the green out of the grass in its social media posts

When the women’s team played a rivalry game against Palmeiras at the Palmeiras stadium (where absolutely EVERYTHING is green), the social media posts were in black and white (which are the Corinthians colors)