Kobe Bryant Apologiz, Fed $100K for Gay Slur – NBC10 Philalphia

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Lakers' Kobe Bryant is fed $100,000 by NBA for anti-gay slur to referee

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KOBE BRYANT FED $100,000 FOR GAY SLUR

Gay rights groups nmned Bryant's actns, mand a full apology * kobe bryant gay *

It was watchg his transformatn om the man who was fed $100, 000 for directg an anti-gay slur at referee Bennie Adams 2011 to an LGBTQ equaly unrstand how much Bryant’s self-examatn and ultimate change meant to me, know that there were only two players I sisted my son watch live: Allen Iverson and Kobe.

The fact that both men were attached to ugly, homophobic moments offers a glimpse to how difficult n be for some LGBTQ people to work a field which ritured masculy is nsired currency.

KOBE BRYANT APOLOGIZ, FED $100K FOR GAY SLUR

The NBA fed Kobe, who says last night’s outburst don’t reflect the way he really feels about gays and lbians. * kobe bryant gay *

Like many gay men, I love sports and refe to be chased out by simple-md men, pecially by those dus who n’t get women to like them but are nvced every gay man wants,, the pot is Kobe changed bee he did more than pay a fe and issue a clumsy, weak apology. He spoke wh me, he spoke wh LGBTQ anizatns and then, when he was fortable, he spoke out agast homophobia — not bee the NBA or sponsors ma him but bee, to quote the late John Lewis, “When you see somethg that is not right, not fair, not jt, you have to speak up.

”I love sports and refe to be chased out by simplemd men, pecially by those dus who n’t get women to like them but are nvced every gay man wants them.

KOBE BRYANT FED $100,000 FOR GAY SLUR

Lakers star Kobe Bryant was fed $100,000 by the NBA on Wednday for a gay slur that missner David Stern lled "offensive and excable." * kobe bryant gay *

So, the real qutn for Major League Baseball, general, and the Ccnati Reds, specifilly, is why did someone who has been llg gam for more than 30 years feel fortable enough to drop an anti-gay slur a workplace environment 2020? There are openly gay executiv MLB — cludg my iends Erik Braverman, a senr vice print for the Dodgers, as well as oime Dodger Billy Bean, who is a special assistant to MLB Commissner Rob Maned.

KOBE BRYANT FED $100,000 OVER GAY SLUR LAKERS GAME

The major sports leagu don't have the bt reputatn when to gay issu the days, but Kobe Bryant, a sudn reversal for himself and perhaps a growg trend for the notorly nservative NBA, may have sgle-handly changed that. * kobe bryant gay *

There may not be any openly gay male athlet playg the big four sports, but we’ve heard several g-out stori after players retired.

KOBE BRYANT TAK ONE BIG LEAP FOR THE NBA ON GAY SLURS

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There was even an openly gay man nng for, Brennaman felt relaxed enough, wh earshot of technicians and other lleagu, to sually drop a reference to an unknown lole as “one of the fag pals of the world.

LAKERS’ KOBE BRYANT IS FED $100,000 BY NBA FOR ANTI-GAY SLUR TO REFEREE

Removg Brennaman won’t expunge homophobia om baseball any more than Jackie Robson’s first at-bat turned Ameri to a geo are all but sgle steps on the journey. Changg that is far more important than ddlg homophob, regardls of how long they’ve been allowed to fter.

LOS ANGEL LAKERS' KOBE BRYANT FED $100,000 FOR ANTI-GAY SLUR

Though Bryant’s origal apology was filled wh jtifitns — he said his homophobic language “should not be taken lerally” and was “out of tratn durg the heat of a game” — he went on to participate an anti-discrimatn public service vio for GLAAD and promised he “planned to do more. When Jason Colls publicly me out 2013 — beg the first active openly gay player NBA history — Bryant honored his word and did the right thg. Bryant’s public embrace of Colls was a watershed moment terms of the perceived acceptance of openly gay athlet the NBA.

KOBE BRYANT MAY HAVE ED A GAY SLUR

Bryant admonished a fan on Twter for dog what he did 2011: tossg around homophobic sults. Jt lettg you know@PacSmoove @pookeo9 that g "your gay" as a way to put someone down a't ok! He ntued to cheer on openly gay athlet, too, fervently appldg the U.

KOBE FED $100K FOR ANTI-GAY SLUR DURG LAKERS' GAME

On Sunday, openly gay soccer star Megan Rapoe tweeted her ndolenc to the Bryant fay. (CBS/AP) LOS ANGELES - Kobe Bryant has apologized to a print of a gay rights anizatn after havg been fed $100, 000 by the NBA for g a rogatory anti-gay term tratn over a referee's ll. The five-time NBA champn guard cursed and ed a homophobic slur when referee Bennie Adams lled a technil foul on him Tuday night the third quarter of Los Angel' w over the Spurs.

Gay rights groups nmned Bryant's actns and mand a full apology after Bryant issued a statement explag his words me out of anger. "The words exprsed do NOT reflect my feelgs towards the gay and lbian muni and were NOT meant to offend anyone.

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The natn's largt lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr civil rights anizatn, Human Rights Campaign, issued the followg statement: "For better or worse, Kobe Bryant has created a teachable moment for the lns of fans -- many of them young -- who saw that outburst on the floor, " said HRC Print Joe Solmone a statement.

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