The NBA missner explas why Rajon Rondo was spend jt one game for directg a gay slur at a gay referee and the reason is fascatg

Contents:

• BILL KENNEDY OUT AS SEND ACTIVE OPENLY GAY NBA OFFICIAL
• IS ADAM SILVER GAY? MARRIED, WIFE, FAY, HEIGHT, AGE, B
• NBA COMMISH ADAM SILVER TURNS UP ON GAY PRI PARA FLOAT
• ADAM SILVER, OTHER NBA EMPLOYE PARTICIPATE IN NEW YORK GAY PRI PARA
• NBA, NETS, ACH AND PLAYERS HAVE ALL BOTCHED THE RPONSE TO KEV DURANT’S ANTI-GAY MENTS
• NBA PLAYER JASON COLLS OUT AS GAY
• NBA MISSNER ADAM SILVER CELEBRAT AT GAY PRI PARA
• REFEREE BILL KENNEDY, FOLLOWG SLUR BY RAJON RONDO, ANNOUNC HE'S GAY
• NBA REFEREE BILL KENNEDY OUT AS GAY AFTER RAJON RONDO SLURS
• THE NBA MISSNER EXPLAS WHY RAJON RONDO WAS SPEND JT ONE GAME FOR DIRECTG A GAY SLUR AT A GAY REFEREE AND THE REASON IS FASCATG

BILL KENNEDY OUT AS SEND ACTIVE OPENLY GAY NBA OFFICIAL

Longtime NBA referee Bill Kennedy revealed to Yahoo Sports Sunday night that he is gay, makg him the send openly gay active NBA official after Vlet Palmer's announcement 2014.

He's also the third active openly gay official pro sports along wh MLB umpire Dale Stt.

IS ADAM SILVER GAY? MARRIED, WIFE, FAY, HEIGHT, AGE, B

"I am proud to be an NBA referee and I am proud to be a gay man, " Kennedy told Yahoo Sports on Sunday night.

Source: NBA referee Bill Kennedy reveals he is gay; Rajon Rondo ma alleged homosexual slur to him - Yahoo Sports.

OutSports spoke wh an openly gay high school ach for his reactn, which summed up the announcement well:.

NBA COMMISH ADAM SILVER TURNS UP ON GAY PRI PARA FLOAT

"I thk any time someone n be out at the top of their profsn 's a w, " out gay high school basketball ach Anthony Nimo told Outsports. Source: NBA referee Bill Kennedy out as gay after Rajon Rondo lled him gay slurs - Outsports.

Yahoo Sports reveals that Rondo's one-game spensn was the rult of a tira that clud the Kgs guard's e of homophobic slurs towards Kennedy. Adam Silver said 2014 that he felt the league "fell behd" on the issue, even wh Jason Colls' announcement several years ago that he was an active gay NBA player.

ADAM SILVER, OTHER NBA EMPLOYE PARTICIPATE IN NEW YORK GAY PRI PARA

This qutn is expected by the fans of the NBA and also by the fans of Adam Silver sce he was seen on two ocsns at the Gay Pri Para New York Cy. Worse, Silver was not only there, he fully participated the event and uld be seen dancg while wavg the gay flag.

NBA, NETS, ACH AND PLAYERS HAVE ALL BOTCHED THE RPONSE TO KEV DURANT’S ANTI-GAY MENTS

At the 2018 Para he was seen wh Jason Colls, the first openly gay player the NBA, Rick Welts, the print of the Goln State Warrrs (who is also gay), and his (world) partner Todd Gage. The cints have even led doubters to believe that the NBA missner is gay, and many held to this belief until he was married to his long-time girliend Maggie Grise.

NBA missner Adam Silver didn't jt attend NYC's gay pri para this weekend -- he was waiv' the rabow flag and dancg his face off...

NBA PLAYER JASON COLLS OUT AS GAY

Silver -- one of the most powerful figur all of sports -- ro on the NBA float alongsi the league's first openly gay player, Jason Colls. Goln State Warrrs print Rick Welts -- who is openly gay -- also ro on the float wh his partner, Todd Gage. The Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr (LGBT) muny remas a hot topic the Uned Stat.

The LGBT movement emerged as early as the 1870s, but homosexual rights groups didn't appear until after World War II September 1945. To add onto the topic of the Warrrs, print Rick Welts me out as gay an terview wh the New York Tim 2011. Homophobia is somethg that shouldn't have a place sports bee LGBT folks n be fans, media members, employe and executiv too.

NBA MISSNER ADAM SILVER CELEBRAT AT GAY PRI PARA

" We, as a untry, need to une and not jt bee of the tragic gay nightclub shootg Orlando, Florida, that occurred last summer. We have a thg gog on now — people discrimatg agast homosexualy this untry. His fay reportedly had mixed emotns towards the announcement, but he still changed the game, beg the first Divisn I men's basketball player to e out as gay and play gam.

REFEREE BILL KENNEDY, FOLLOWG SLUR BY RAJON RONDO, ANNOUNC HE'S GAY

He also received praise om Colls and former NFL fensive end Michael Sam, who beme the first openly gay football player.

Denver Nuggets power forward Kenh Faried has been a gay rights supporter for a long time. In 2011, mors surfaced, claimg that Selby was gay after an alleged email to another man was leaked.

NBA REFEREE BILL KENNEDY OUT AS GAY AFTER RAJON RONDO SLURS

When then-Phoenix Suns print and CEO Rick Welts me out as gay May 2011, former NBA pot guard Steve Nash pledged his support favor of the LGBT muny. Nash said the vio, "A growg number of profsnal athlet are speakg out support of gay and lbian upl gettg married, I'm proud to be one of them. Asi om his open support for gay rights, he also ns the Steve Nash Foundatn, which helps children who are affected by poverty, illns, abe or neglect, and creat opportuny for tn, play, and empowerment, Phoenix, Arizona, and Brish Columbia, Canada.

98 to honor the murr of the late Universy of Wyomg stunt Matthew Shepard, who was gay. He told Good Day LA, "I thk gay marriage, same-sex marriage is them go through what we go through. In his hman year at Villanova, he first me out as gay to his teammate and roommate Mike Villa before nfsg to his parents three months later.

Amaechi was the first former NBAer to publicly e out as gay after retirg om the league.

THE NBA MISSNER EXPLAS WHY RAJON RONDO WAS SPEND JT ONE GAME FOR DIRECTG A GAY SLUR AT A GAY REFEREE AND THE REASON IS FASCATG

Sce then, he has been regard as one of the world's most high-profile gay athlet. Prevly, Amaechi talked about gays the NBA an terview wh Stland on Sunday. There's hardly any Hispanic players, no Asian-Amerins, so that there's no openly gay players is no real surprise.

Last year, the NBA moved s 2017 All-Star Game out of Charlotte, North Carola, due to the state's law that lims anti-discrimatn protectns for lbian, gay and transgenr people.