Today we are celebratg the life and legacy of William (Bill) Gay Cunngham.
Contents:
- WT VIRGIA COACH BOB HUGGS SAYS GAY SLUR ON RAD, THEN CALLS IT 'ABHORRENT'
- ?WILLIAM (BILL) GAY CUNNGHAM
- OBUARY: CUNNGHAM, WILLIAM (BILL) GAY
WT VIRGIA COACH BOB HUGGS SAYS GAY SLUR ON RAD, THEN CALLS IT 'ABHORRENT'
"I am ashamed and embarrassed and heartbroken for those I have hurt," basketball ach Bob Huggs said after g an anti-gay slur on Bill Cunngham's rad show. * is bill cunningham gay *
Was Cunngham gay? He also was known for documentg the love between gay men, even before LGBTQ folks were wily accepted by the media and New York Cy.
"Do you want to know if I'm gay? "But regardls of his relatnship stat, former lleague Dan Shaw wr for The Cut, sayg that he was so voted to g his platform and art to celebrate gay pri and love. "If you study Bill's reer at the Tim, he emerg as an gno activist who has celebrated gay pri week after week even as he exced himself om the creasgly sexualized society that he chronicled, " wr Shaw.
?WILLIAM (BILL) GAY CUNNGHAM
"Whout beg partisan or polil, he has raised awarens of the val role of gays New York's culture. In the clip, Cunngham talks about Gay Pri and his experienc photographg at the para. When Wt Virgia basketball ach Bob Huggs uttered a homophobic slur on Monday's WLW-AM (700) talk show wh host Bill Cunngham, put both the ach and the rad host the natnal a segment lled the "Stooge Report, " Huggs relled an cint which "bber penis" were thrown on the urt durg a Crosstown Shootout game between the Universy of Ccnati and Xavier.
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OBUARY: CUNNGHAM, WILLIAM (BILL) GAY
"Wh the media prent, I asked if she is gay, " Cunngham said on the podst. Bob Huggs, the Universy of Wt Virgia basketball ach, ed a homophobic slur twice on the rad Monday, and later exprsed regret for the “abhorrent phrase.
Wt Virgia Mountaeers head ach Bob Huggs is rightfully unr fire for sayg homophobic slurs on a lol Ccnati rad show–and makg a transgenr joke for good measure. They were uttered durg a juvenile and atavistic nversatn that was ripe wh anti-gay trop and sual homophobia.
The nversatn began wh the kd of sophomoric towel-snappg that jock-sniffg hosts often e to gratiate themselv wh players and ach. That gave Huggs the proverbial green light to go full homophobe. As Outsports’ Cyd Zeigler mentns, Huggs’ public ments are the most homophobic we’ve heard om a sports figure sce NBA great Tim Hardaway told Dan Le Batard he “hat gay people” 2007.