The major sports leagu don't have the bt reputatn when to gay issu the days, but Kobe Bryant, a sudn reversal for himself and perhaps a growg trend for the notorly nservative NBA, may have sgle-handly changed that.
Contents:
- THE HIDN GAY LIV OF 'THE WALTONS' GRANDPARENTS ELLEN CORBY & WILL GEER SPE THEIR MARRIAG
- KOBE BRYANT FED $100,000 FOR GAY SLUR
- KOBE BRYANT GAY SLUR VIDEO -- HOMOPHOBIC SLUR DURG NBA GAME?
- WHY A JU SCHOOL WAS RIGHT REFG TO FIRE A GAY TEACHER
- KOBE BRYANT TAK ONE BIG LEAP FOR THE NBA ON GAY SLURS
THE HIDN GAY LIV OF 'THE WALTONS' GRANDPARENTS ELLEN CORBY & WILL GEER SPE THEIR MARRIAG
Gay rights groups nmned Bryant's actns, mand a full apology * was kobe gay *
” Durg his early teenage years, he was stgglg wh ternalized homophobia. “I mean, I saw as a way out of my homosexualy if that mak any sense. ’ You know, I don’t have to be a gay guy.
And all this horrible stuff that I thought about my homosexualy, and was like a light bulb. However, they were gay real life and were volved homosexual relatnships.
| Source: Getty ImagWILL GEER'S GAY LIFE, ACTIVISM, AND MARRIAGE Meanwhile, she lived a siar life to her long-time -star Geer, "Will Geer, who got blacklisted durg the anti-munist wch hunts, had a male lover.
KOBE BRYANT FED $100,000 FOR GAY SLUR
* was kobe gay *
" His partner was Harry Hay, a gay rights activist, but their relatnship later end. Geer opted to marry 1938 after beg both a Party activist and actively gay for at least four years.
It remas unclear whether his marriage to Ware signaled an end to his same-sex sexual activy or if the mician married bee he believed the Communist Party strictly prohibed homosexuals om jog. Hay was the founr of gay liberatn and created the first morn gay-rights anizatn 1950.
KOBE BRYANT GAY SLUR VIDEO -- HOMOPHOBIC SLUR DURG NBA GAME?
At first, no one wanted to jo him formg a polil anizatn for homosexuals. He spent two years searchg among the gay men he knew Los Angel.
Though Bryant’s origal apology was filled wh jtifitns — he said his homophobic language “should not be taken lerally” and was “out of tratn durg the heat of a game” — he went on to participate an anti-discrimatn public service vio for GLAAD and promised he “planned to do more.
WHY A JU SCHOOL WAS RIGHT REFG TO FIRE A GAY TEACHER
When Jason Colls publicly me out 2013 — beg the first active openly gay player NBA history — Bryant honored his word and did the right thg. Bryant’s public embrace of Colls was a watershed moment terms of the perceived acceptance of openly gay athlet the NBA.
Bryant admonished a fan on Twter for dog what he did 2011: tossg around homophobic sults. Jt lettg you know@PacSmoove @pookeo9 that g "your gay" as a way to put someone down a't ok!
He ntued to cheer on openly gay athlet, too, fervently appldg the U. On Sunday, openly gay soccer star Megan Rapoe tweeted her ndolenc to the Bryant fay. (CBS/AP) LOS ANGELES - Kobe Bryant has apologized to a print of a gay rights anizatn after havg been fed $100, 000 by the NBA for g a rogatory anti-gay term tratn over a referee's ll.
KOBE BRYANT TAK ONE BIG LEAP FOR THE NBA ON GAY SLURS
The five-time NBA champn guard cursed and ed a homophobic slur when referee Bennie Adams lled a technil foul on him Tuday night the third quarter of Los Angel' w over the Spurs.
Gay rights groups nmned Bryant's actns and mand a full apology after Bryant issued a statement explag his words me out of anger. "The words exprsed do NOT reflect my feelgs towards the gay and lbian muni and were NOT meant to offend anyone.
The natn's largt lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr civil rights anizatn, Human Rights Campaign, issued the followg statement: "For better or worse, Kobe Bryant has created a teachable moment for the lns of fans -- many of them young -- who saw that outburst on the floor, " said HRC Print Joe Solmone a statement. "And the right thg to do now is to apologize and take rponsibily for suggtg that the worst thg you n do to someone is to scream out a gay slur.