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I WAS OPENLY GAY ON MY HIGH SCHOOL TEAM AND HEARD SLURS ALL THE TIME
Even still, after the Brebart story, opponents spoke at every December and January board meetg, and did not let up until officials announced that the project was Haton, the father of a sophomore swimmer at Wilson, charged that Lakewood High’s all-genr rtroom had bee a “cspool” where stunts were havg sex and dog dgs. I’ve heard spoken my prence as a closeted gay man, been lled as a closeted gay man, and even been provoked by the word as an openly gay man.
When that word was spoken my prence as an openly gay stunt the high school locker room, my water polo teammat would pse, realize what they said, and slowly look at me to see if I was offend. I’m still not sure what ma them more ignorant -- the fact that they were g the word or the fact that they were g the word ont of an openly gay teammate.
I wasn’t shunned by any means for beg gay — after g out as a senr, I was chosen one of three ptas. The term “faggot” is gradg — giv a rogatory term to a word that most s is beg ed as a synonym for “gay.