Brooklyn Nets Player Publicly Gay Crossword Clue

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• NBA, NETS, ACH AND PLAYERS HAVE ALL BOTCHED THE RPONSE TO KEV DURANT’S ANTI-GAY MENTS
• THE NEW GAY PRI FLAG, EXPLAED
• BROOKLYN NETS PLAYER PUBLICLY GAY CROSSWORD CLUE
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• BROOKLYN NETS TO HOST FIRST EVER PRI NIGHT AFTER CMO ANNOUNC SHE’S GAY
• GAY PRI PARAS STEPPG OFF ON LONG ISLAND, IN BROOKLYN

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

The graphic was a mix of the LGBTQ+, LGBTQ+ progrs, lbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, trans, agenr, aromantic, non-bary, genrqueer and tersex flags.

My hunch is a gay man did not sign this. Gay nservativ also blasted the Nets tweet.

This lerally don’t mean anythg and is wholly disnnected to gay pri. The NBA, s teams and players have pursued many iativ to support the LGBTQ muny and gay athlet the last few years.

THE NEW GAY PRI FLAG, EXPLAED

Collectively they have all also dropped the ball rpondg to graphic homophobic ments by Brooklyn Nets superstar Kev Durant. Many people across the NBA want homophobia and homophobic language sports to go away. So how did almost every sgle one of them rpond to Kev Durant — one of the league’s biggt stars and a future Hall of Famer — g lerally the most graphic homophobic language I’ve ever seen om a profsnal athlete?

While wearg shirts lobbyg for social jtice and g their platforms to ph for equaly and acceptance, when me to one of their own last week — aga, g the most graphic homophobic language I’ve ever heard om any profsnal athlete ever — NBA players closed ranks and stayed quiet.

BROOKLYN NETS PLAYER PUBLICLY GAY CROSSWORD CLUE

One player even fend Durant and his e of graphic anti-gay language, sayg, “He didn’t do nothg wrong. Durant’s anti-gay actns were multiple, repeated, and n’t be said enough: signed by Durant to be graphic and to elic a negative rponse. Whether the cricket-rponse is the league downplayg homophobia or givg a future Hall of Famer a pass, we should get answers.

In 2015, missner Adam Silver’s rponse after fg and spendg Rajon Rondo 2015 for g a gay slur towards an official explaed the power of losg playg time. “In a time where social jtice is at the foreont, pecially the NBA, here you have a suatn where one of the bt players the history of the NBA is g very clear homophobic language to try to hurt somebody. Nimo went further and explaed why this episo — a private nversatn laced wh homophobia — is exactly the opportuny for more nversatn, not somethg to try to ignore:.

Yet when he wanted to sult someone text msag, Durant went directly to homophobic language. A gay slur would have been better than what he said. He graphilly scribed sex between two men and repeatedly ed homophobia as a bludgeon to beat down his alleged enemy, actor Michael Rapaport.

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There is zero doubt my md that the NBA would support an out gay player the league. The league sentially nceled Tim Hardaway when he proclaimed to Dan Lebatard, “I hate gay people.

I also have zero doubt that Durant would support a gay teammate.

But this isn’t about a gay player g out the NBA.

BROOKLYN NETS TO HOST FIRST EVER PRI NIGHT AFTER CMO ANNOUNC SHE’S GAY

This is about the fear that ris those players, llege players, and for the thoands of gay high school and youth basketball players who jt watched an NBA star e some of the most homophobic language I’ve ever seen om an athlete, and then watched the league look the other way. To their cred, the Nets have prevly hosted Pri gam and signed Jason Colls after he me out publicly as gay.

I’m sorry people saw my homophobic language? But gosh, what a missed opportuny to send a msage to players and fans about the importance of stoppg homophobic language and the impact has on people. "This year's Pri Night is foced on raisg awarens for the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Inn uprisg and helpg to further te our dience on the ccial role played the gay rights movement.

GAY PRI PARAS STEPPG OFF ON LONG ISLAND, IN BROOKLYN

The Stonewall Rts were a seri of spontaneo, vlent monstratns by members of the gay muny agast a police raid that took place at the Stonewall Inn the Greenwich Village the early morng hours of June 28, 1969. It was arguably one of the most important events leadg to the gay rights movement, an impassnate ll for the tablishment of plac that gays and lbians uld go and be open about their sexual orientatn whout the fear of beg arrted.

The celebratn ntu throughout the eveng wh a special dance route om the Brooklyt, the natnal anthem performed by former The Voice nttants OneUp and a halftime performance show om The Lbian and Gay Big Apple Corps marchg band. Former Brooklyn Net Jason Colls, the NBA's first active openly gay player, will prent the Stonewall Inn owners Stacy Lentz and Kurt Kelly wh the Jason Colls Award for Courage and Learship durg the game.