Kev Maxen, Jaguars strength ach, out as gay a first for U.S.-based pro leagu - Washgton Tim

Contents:

• DO YOU HAVE TO BE GAY TO WORK AT STARBUCKS?
• DO YOU HAVE TO BE GAY TO WORK AT STARBUCKS?
• ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
• THREAD: HOW GAY IS IF I WORK AT STARBUCKS?
• JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU

DO YOU HAVE TO BE GAY TO WORK AT STARBUCKS?

Why do so many gay men work at Starbucks?

DO YOU HAVE TO BE GAY TO WORK AT STARBUCKS?

“In the first place I went to there was a muny of people who were very homophobic, very transphobic, and bullied me basilly, ” wrote one rponnt om the UK, who intified as lbian and non-bary.

And 55% of rponnts also said they had overheard—or were the subject of—homophobic remarks the office.

ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL

Growg up, I was a tomboy — or what Larry David would later ll “pre-gay.

And while my father was anx when I first me out as gay at 19, I have only ever felt supported by him. Vcent and the Grenad, where gay sex is still crimalized. From homelsns to ongog physil and verbal abe, the gay muny the small natn of some 100, 000 people says is unr nstant threat.

THREAD: HOW GAY IS IF I WORK AT STARBUCKS?

While rarely voked, the rights group and a lol activist said the laws help legimize hostily and abe agast gay people.

In July 2019, two gay men om St. Vcent who are livg abroad filed a se to challenge lol laws crimalizg gay sex that activists say should be stck down.

Human Rights Watch terviewed more than 20 members of the island’s LGBTQ muny who shared their stori but were not intified to protect them, notg that lol police are often openly discrimatory toward gay people who seek help. One gay man relled how his classmat beat him and broke his arm.

JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU

Several reported that their fai are homophobic and physilly and verbally abed them, g them to bee homels and promptg some to nsir suici.