Lakers' Kobe Bryant is fed $100,000 by NBA for anti-gay slur to referee
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- LAKERS’ KOBE BRYANT IS FED $100,000 BY NBA FOR ANTI-GAY SLUR TO REFEREE
- KOBE BRYANT FED $100,000 FOR GAY SLUR
- REFEREE BILL KENNEDY, FOLLOWG SLUR BY RAJON RONDO, ANNOUNC HE'S GAY
- KOBE BRYANT FED $100,000 FOR GAY SLUR
- A GAY FORMER N.B.A. PLAYER RPONDS TO KOBE BRYANT
LAKERS’ KOBE BRYANT IS FED $100,000 BY NBA FOR ANTI-GAY SLUR TO REFEREE
* kobe bryant is gay *
Lakers guard Kobe Bryant was fed $100, 000 by the NBA on Wednday and cricized by numero gay-rights groups for directg an anti-gay slur at referee Bennie Adams durg a game Tuday agast San Anton. Bryant said he planned on talkg to the gay-rights groups and also wanted to “own up” to his ments.
KOBE BRYANT FED $100,000 FOR GAY SLUR
Gay rights groups nmned Bryant's actns, mand a full apology * kobe bryant is gay *
” GLAAD applds NBA’s cisn to fe Kobe Bryant $100, 000 for anti-gay slur The Human Rights Campaign, a natnal lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr civil rights anizatn, lled a “disgrace” for Bryant to “e such horribly offensive and distasteful language, pecially when lns of people are watchg.
” The Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn, a lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr media advocy and anti-famatn anizatn, add an equally cril statement. “The words exprsed do NOT reflect my feelgs towards the gay and lbian muni and were NOT meant to offend anyone.
“I’m a big pro-gay-marriage person; I have a bunch of gay iends who I hope n get married some day, so I’m a ltle b sensive, ” Barkley said.
REFEREE BILL KENNEDY, FOLLOWG SLUR BY RAJON RONDO, ANNOUNC HE'S GAY
After Rajon Rondo directed a gay slur toward referee Bill Kennedy durg a Kgs game on Dec. 3, Kennedy announced publicly that he's "proud to be a gay man." * kobe bryant is 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.
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 is gay *
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.
A GAY FORMER N.B.A. PLAYER RPONDS TO KOBE BRYANT
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. 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?