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Contents:
- WAS KEV DURANT GROPG TRAE YOUNG? DETAILS BEHD THE KEV DURANT GAY CONSPIRACY THEORY
- NBA, NETS, ACH AND PLAYERS HAVE ALL BOTCHED THE RPONSE TO KEV DURANT’S ANTI-GAY MENTS
WAS KEV DURANT GROPG TRAE YOUNG? DETAILS BEHD THE KEV DURANT GAY CONSPIRACY THEORY
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Based on that seemgly timate moment between the Nets star and Trae Young, nspiracy theori suggtg Kev Durant is gay are floatg around social media and foms. I thk culturally had relevance beg sort of the person of the moment [who was] out and reprentg a part of the gay culture and fightg for equaly.
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NBA, NETS, ACH AND PLAYERS HAVE ALL BOTCHED THE RPONSE TO KEV DURANT’S ANTI-GAY MENTS
The NBA, s teams and players have pursued many iativ to support the LGBTQ muny and gay athlet the last few years. Collectively they have all also dropped the ball rpondg to graphic homophobic ments by Brooklyn Nets superstar Kev Durant. Many people across the NBA want homophobia and homophobic language sports to go away.
So how did almost every sgle one of them rpond to Kev Durant — one of the league’s biggt stars and a future Hall of Famer — g lerally the most graphic homophobic language I’ve ever seen om a profsnal athlete?
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