Kev Pillar apologiz for gay slur, spend two gam by Blue Jays

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Kev Pillar has been spend for two gam for shoutg an anti-gay slur at an Atlanta Brav pcher, an cint the Toronto Blue Jays centre-fielr says he eply regrets but hop will ultimately raise awarens about the hurtful impact words n have.

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KEV PILLAR APOLOGIZ FOR GAY SLUR, SPEND TWO GAM BY BLUE JAYS

Followg an on-field anti-gay slur 2017, Kev Pillar appeared to be mted to self-improvement. His recent ments on civil rights protts shows he still has a long way to go. * pillar anti gay slur *

Toronto Blue Jays fans who intify wh the LGBT muny are stgglg to make sense of Kev Pillar's e of a homophobic directed the slur toward Atlanta Brav pcher Jason Motte after strikg out the seventh ng of Wednday's 8-4 loss.

KEV PILLAR’S MENTS ON PROTTS LL TO QUTN HIS PROGRS FOLLOWG AN ANTI-GAY SLUR

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"We appreciate Kev Pillar takg rponsibily for his e of a homophobic slur. ' And a homophobic slur don't have to fe Kev, " wrote You Can Play print and -founr Brian Kts an Can Play has formal support and trag partnerships wh the Natnal Hockey League, Major League Soccer and the Canadian Olympic Commtee. "The anizatn is takg the suatn serly, " Blue Jays spokperson Jay Stenhoe said an 2012, the Blue Jays spend shortstop Yunel Esbar for three gam after Esbar took the field wh a Spanish homophobic slur wrten on his eye black.

Kev Pillar has apologized and been spend two gam by the Toronto Blue Jays after shoutg a gay slur at Atlanta Brav pcher Jason Motte on Wednday night. His anger was apparent, and ’s even more clear his choice of words is what led to the first of two bench-clearg cints durg the ’s a closer look at Pillar’s reactn, which we aga warn you appears to be a homophobic slur directed at Motte.

TORONTO'S KEV PILLAR SERV SPENSN FOR ANTI-GAY SLUR

Blue Jays OF Kev Pillar has apologized for "appropriate language" as MLB vtigat his e of an anti-gay slur. * pillar anti gay slur *

Pillar never specifilly stated what was he said, but his ments dite he’s fully aware his ments uld have ser Blue Jays spend Yunel Esbar for three gam 2012 after the fielr wore eye black that ntaed a gay slur wrten Spanish.

TORONTO – Inially, the aftermath that followed his on-field e of an anti-gay slur, Kev Pillar hoped to quickly make amends and leave his moment of discretn behd. “It wasn’t, ” Pillar said Thursday, on the one-year anniversary of that fateful May 17 night Atlanta when, angry after strikg out agast Jason Motte, he uttered a rogatory term for gay men at the Brav reliever.

BLUE JAYS SPEND KEV PILLAR 2 GAM FOR ANTI-GAY SLUR

The Blue Jays have spend Kev Pillar two gam for g an anti-gay slur agast Brav reliever Jason Motte Wednday's game. * pillar anti gay slur *

He leaned on Billy Bean, a Major League Baseball vice-print and special assistant to missner Rob Maned, who spent 10 years profsnal baseball as a closeted gay player before publicizg his sexual orientatn 1999.

BLUE JAYS’ KEV PILLAR IS SPEND TWO GAM FOR ANTI-GAY SLUR

Bean noted that durg his playg days the e of anti-gay slurs was largely ignored and that an opportuny now exists to show that, like racial ephets, they have no place baseball. The followg is a list of LGBT-related slurs that are, or have been, ed as suatns or allegatns about lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr and non-bary people, or to refer to them a rogatory (that is, cril), pejorative (disapprovg or ntemptuo), or otherwise sultg manner. Homosexual or effemate man.

Used by some gay men to refer to women. Agast homosexuals[ed].

MLB VTIGATG IF KEV PILLAR SHOUTED ANTI-GAY SLUR AT PCHER

Prejudice agast homosexual people is lled homophobia. Homo.

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