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I WAS OPENLY GAY ON MY HIGH SCHOOL TEAM AND HEARD SLURS ALL THE TIME
Summer mp my sophomore year, after ach left, Varsy guys held wrtlg match to terme who got the remag lockers the big varsy room. 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.
When a boy lls another boy a faggot, is not only offensive to the person receivg as an sult, but even more so offensive to every gay person havg their inty beg ma an sult.