Straight football stars have come together to make an incredibly moving and thoughtful anti-homophobia campaign for International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT).

Some of the biggest names in the Australian Football League came together to mark 17 May to implore fans of the sport to not use homophobic language.

Members include Drew Petrie from North Melbourne, Leigh Montagna of St Kilda, Chris Dawes of Melbourne, and AFLPA CEO Paul Marsh appear in this year’s video.

It features players learning about the history of IDAHOT, learning about the struggles the LGBTI people face in Australia, and then it involves them standing up against bigotry.

There is not a single openly gay professional player in the sport, but there are two in the lower leagues.

Rhyian Anderson-Morley, who plays for the for the semi-professional team Yarraville Seddon Eagles Football club, came out in 2014. He followed Jason Bell, who plays in the Yarra Valley mountain district league, who came out in 2012.