NBA and Nets have botched the rponse to Kev Durant’s gay ments - Outsports

Contents:

• OUT GAY PRO WRTLER AC MACK LEAV THE RG AS AN SPIRATN
• NBA PLAYER 'CREDIBLY SORRY' FOR POSTG ANTI-GAY VIO TO SOCIAL MEDIA
• DABABY SAID HE'S SORRY FOR THE ANTI-GAY COMMENTS THAT LED TO HIM BEG DROPPED BY MIC FTIVALS
• EMMA STONE COVERS ‘OUT MAGAZE’ JT ONE DAY AFTER EX ANDREW GARFIELD’S ‘GAY’ COMMENT
• DABABY ISSUED AN APOLOGY FOR HIS “INSENSIVE” ANTI-GAY COMMENTS COMPARG PEOPLE LIVG WH HIV TO “JUNKI ON THE STREET” AFTER DUA LIPA CONMNED HIM
• NBA PLAYER 'CREDIBLY SORRY' FOR POSTG ANTI-GAY VIO TO SOCIAL MEDIA
• DIPLOMATIC TENSN REPORTEDLY RISG BETWEEN UNED STAT AND JAMAI OVER GAY AMERIN DIPLOMAT
• NYT PANNED FOR MARA GAY FENSE FOLLOWG HER 'DISTURBG' AMERIN FLAGS REMARK: 'EVERY WORD HERE IS A LIE'
• NBA, NETS, ACH AND PLAYERS HAVE ALL BOTCHED THE RPONSE TO KEV DURANT’S ANTI-GAY MENTS

OUT GAY PRO WRTLER AC MACK LEAV THE RG AS AN SPIRATN

Bisexual men are perceived to sound more mascule than men who are straight, acrdg to a study of Atralian subjects.Amics at the Universy of Sydney pared the voic of gay, straight and bisexual men a study volvg 160 people.In the rearch led by clil psychologist Jam Morandi, people were reced to analyse the voic of 60 men, 20 of whom were gay, 20 straight and 20 bisexual. They were then asked to rate the men on their sexual orientatn g a sle om zero (exclively heterosexual) to 10 (exclively homosexual).Listeners were also asked to rate each man’s perceived level of femy or masculy the voic on a siar sle.The men volved the study were asked to rerd themselv on a smartphone recg the first two l of the Atralian natnal anthem.Voice sampl were then modified to remove any background noise while volume levels were ma the same to ensure nsistency.Rults om the study showed listeners uld distguish between gay and straight men’s voic wh an accuracy of 62 per cent, apparently nsistent wh prev rearch.However, the study participants uld not terme any differenc between bisexual and straight men’s voic wh any gree of accuracy. The thors said their rearch showed bisexual men’s voic were perceived as beg more exclively attracted to women pared wh both gay and straight men’s voic.Bisexual men’s voic were rated as more mascule than both gay and straight men’s voic.Rearchers claimed the abily to intify a man’s bisexual inty om his voice alone uld have cril social implitns such as helpg to rce feelgs of alienatn.‘Voice may unter visibily many bisexuals feel’An abstract of the study, tled Can listeners tect if a man is bisexual om his voice alone, reads: “The prent study examed whether bisexual men n be intified om their voic ak to how gay men n be intified on their voice alone.“If this is the se, voice may be an important target of discrimatn on the one hand but may also unter the visibily many bisexuals feel (if their bisexual inti n be apprehend by their voice alone, whout explic disclosure required).“The fdgs may also she light on whether bisexual male voic, like gay male voic, differ om straight voic terms of their genr non-nformy – a qutn that to date has not been examed.”But amics noted the rearch was limed on the grounds all men who participated the study are Atralian, which may not be reflected among wir cultur.And the thors nced the study did not ntrol for the rerdg environment or microphone-to-mouth distance, which uld have affected the qualy of the voice sampl.The thors said the fdgs suggted that while the voic of bisexual men the sample were perceived as more mascule and attracted to femal, listeners did not associate this imprsn wh bisexualy.As a rult, while bisexual men may appear to be at lower risk of facg voice-based intifitn and discrimatn than gay men, they may often be mistaken as beg straight.The study was published the Journal of Sex Rearch.

NBA PLAYER 'CREDIBLY SORRY' FOR POSTG ANTI-GAY VIO TO SOCIAL MEDIA

Sunday’s “Great Midwtern Trendkill” event wasn’t the first time out gay pro wrtler AC Mack stepped to a Naptown All-Pro Wrtlg rg, but will be his last.

DABABY SAID HE'S SORRY FOR THE ANTI-GAY COMMENTS THAT LED TO HIM BEG DROPPED BY MIC FTIVALS

He is an out gay Black man the South who thrived, buildg human nnectns whose strength manifted the emotnal rponse by the ACTION fanbase when he announced he was leavg -rg petn last month. Last year, NBA star Kev Durant was fed $50, 000 for g “offensive and rogatory language on social media” after a homophobic rant. In 2011, the Chigo Bulls’ Joakim Noah was fed a siar amount for hurlg an anti-gay slur at a fan.

Lol NewsMIAMI – The diplomatic ti between the Uned Stat and Jamai uld soon be jeopardy.There are reports that Jamai is refg to accred the spoe of a gay Amerin diplomat.“Our culture is not really acceptg of ,” said Renae Stevens, who was visg the Jamain nsulate Miami Wednday.Attorney Wayne Goldg is an advisor to Jamai’s ernment.“The whole ia of legislatn to legalize same-sex marriag, I thk they still have a long way to go,” he said. "He kept gog when he posted on his Instagram stori: "My gay fans, they take re of themselv.

EMMA STONE COVERS ‘OUT MAGAZE’ JT ONE DAY AFTER EX ANDREW GARFIELD’S ‘GAY’ COMMENT

They a’t got no nasty gay niggas, see what I’m sayg? Los Angel rint Peter Sapsky, a gay mician who said he has faced harassment the onle gamg muny, shared screenshots wh The Associated Prs of dozens of msag he’s sent to YouTube about ers and vios that e racist and homophobic slurs.

DABABY ISSUED AN APOLOGY FOR HIS “INSENSIVE” ANTI-GAY COMMENTS COMPARG PEOPLE LIVG WH HIV TO “JUNKI ON THE STREET” AFTER DUA LIPA CONMNED HIM

He listed a seri of homophobic slurs he’s heard vios posted by ers who are still operatg on the se. The 33-year-old actor is gettg dragged for sayg that bee he watched RuPl’s Drag Race preparatn to play a homosexual man a play, he’s sentially a “gay man…jt whout the physil act.

NBA PLAYER 'CREDIBLY SORRY' FOR POSTG ANTI-GAY VIO TO SOCIAL MEDIA

I am a gay man right now jt whout the physil act – that’s all, ” he said. Crics have poted out that Andrew sayg he’s pretty much a “gay man” om watchg a realy televisn show about drag queens is ak to sayg a person n be practilly a woman om bge watchg Ameri’s Next Top Mol. “[A] big ncern was what right do I have to play this wonrful gay role?

” he told Gay Tim, “I had to tst that was the right thg…It was as about dog honour, dog jtice and knowg my herstory.

The ntroversy began when the 29-year-old rapper ma some anti-gay remarks on stage at the Rollg Loud Ftival Miami on Sunday, and he was quickly acced of spreadg harmful misrmatn about HIV and AIDS. (1/5) We've been shocked to read about the HIV misrmatn and homophobic statements ma at a recent DaBaby show.

DIPLOMATIC TENSN REPORTEDLY RISG BETWEEN UNED STAT AND JAMAI OVER GAY AMERIN DIPLOMAT

"In Ameri, a gay black man has a 50% lifetime chance of ntractg HIV, " Elton wrote. "Stigma and shame around HIV and homosexualy is a huge driver of this vulnerabily.

""Homophobic and HIV mistths have no place our society and dtry and as micians, we mt spread passn and love for the most margalised people our muni, " he add.

“Me and all my fans at the show, the gay on and the straight on, we turnt the fuck up, ” he began.

NYT PANNED FOR MARA GAY FENSE FOLLOWG HER 'DISTURBG' AMERIN FLAGS REMARK: 'EVERY WORD HERE IS A LIE'

“All the lights went up, gay or straight, ” he went on. Bee even my gay fans don’t got fuckg AIDS, stupid ass niggas. My gay fans, they take re of themselv.

“Not DaBaby sayg gay people wh AIDS are nasty, junki, don’t take re of themselv and not classy, ” one person tweeted. “It’s sh like this that perpetuat stigma of people wh AIDS, pecially gay people wh AIDS.

So tired of rappers and their unted homophobic opns.

NBA, NETS, ACH AND PLAYERS HAVE ALL BOTCHED THE RPONSE TO KEV DURANT’S ANTI-GAY MENTS

Not DaBaby sayg gay people wh AIDS are nasty, junki, don’t take of themselv and not classy. It’s sh like this that perpetuat stigma of people wh AIDS, pecially gay people wh AIDS.

Tennsee litenant ernor Randy McNally is hot water after reporters found that he equently lik suggtive and sexual pics om a gay Instagram er named photos clu pictur that show close-ups of the man’s butt unrwear, workout pics, and sexy outfs, cludg women’s cloth.

” “I’m not anti-gay, ” he ntued. “I try to enurage people on my posts, and I try to support people, and jt bee he’s gay, I also have iends who are gay, and I have relativ who are gay, and I don’t feel any animosy towards gay people, I thk that’s pretty clear. Lol NewsMIAMI – The diplomatic ti between the Uned Stat and Jamai uld soon be are reports that Jamai is refg to accred the spoe of a gay Amerin diplomat.