Thomas apologized for g an anti-gay slur on the golf urse, but ed the same clichés they all do.
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JT THOMAS’ APOLOGY FOR ANTI-GAY SLUR FALLS SHORT
Jt Thomas ma all of the expected remarks after he was ught sayg an anti-gay slur on the golf urse this weekend. But for once, would be nice if an athlete his suatn acknowledged the prevalence of sual homophobia, and explaed why they reflexively ed an anti-gay slur while playg. Unrstandably, Thomas probably wants to make abundantly clear he isn’t homophobic.
But here’s the thg: reasonable people aren’t accg Thomas of vilent homophobia.
MAGIC BLAM ISIAH FOR GAY MORS
The issue is a culture where homophobic sults are sually thrown around on the golf urse. Male athlet sually e anti-gay slurs. The words ph gay athlet away.
Gay former llege golfer Christopher Noble, who publicly me out on Outsports 2019, says he nstantly heard anti-gay slurs on the urse. “Throughout high school golf, I n’t beg to remember how many tim I would hear, ‘that’s so gay, ’ ‘what a faggot’ or ‘that sucks dick’ before, durg or after a round, ” he said. “To me that sums up the golf dtry many ways — ’s a place some people n ngregate and e racist, misogynist and homophobic terms and get away wh bee ‘they’re at a golf urse.
But a young gay golfer who may have been watchg Saturday, and already feels unfortable on his high school team, n’t let the sult jt slip away.