Kobe Bryant may have ed a gay slur - NBC Sports

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• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS KOBE
• KOBE BRYANT MAY HAVE ED A GAY SLUR
• KOBE BRYANT FED $100,000 FOR GAY SLUR
• KOBE BRYANT FED $100,000 FOR GAY SLUR
• KOBE BRYANT TAK ONE BIG LEAP FOR THE NBA ON GAY SLURS
• LAKERS’ KOBE BRYANT IS FED $100,000 BY NBA FOR ANTI-GAY SLUR TO REFEREE

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS KOBE

It was watchg his transformatn om the man who was fed $100, 000 for directg an anti-gay slur at referee Bennie Adams 2011 to an LGBTQ equaly unrstand how much Bryant’s self-examatn and ultimate change meant to me, know that there were only two players I sisted my son watch live: Allen Iverson and Kobe. The fact that both men were attached to ugly, homophobic moments offers a glimpse to how difficult n be for some LGBTQ people to work a field which ritured masculy is nsired currency.

Like many gay men, I love sports and refe to be chased out by simple-md men, pecially by those dus who n’t get women to like them but are nvced every gay man wants,, the pot is Kobe changed bee he did more than pay a fe and issue a clumsy, weak apology. He spoke wh me, he spoke wh LGBTQ anizatns and then, when he was fortable, he spoke out agast homophobia — not bee the NBA or sponsors ma him but bee, to quote the late John Lewis, “When you see somethg that is not right, not fair, not jt, you have to speak up. ”I love sports and refe to be chased out by simplemd men, pecially by those dus who n’t get women to like them but are nvced every gay man wants them.

So, the real qutn for Major League Baseball, general, and the Ccnati Reds, specifilly, is why did someone who has been llg gam for more than 30 years feel fortable enough to drop an anti-gay slur a workplace environment 2020?

KOBE BRYANT MAY HAVE ED A GAY SLUR

There are openly gay executiv MLB — cludg my iends Erik Braverman, a senr vice print for the Dodgers, as well as oime Dodger Billy Bean, who is a special assistant to MLB Commissner Rob Maned. There may not be any openly gay male athlet playg the big four sports, but we’ve heard several g-out stori after players retired. There was even an openly gay man nng for, Brennaman felt relaxed enough, wh earshot of technicians and other lleagu, to sually drop a reference to an unknown lole as “one of the fag pals of the world.

KOBE BRYANT FED $100,000 FOR GAY SLUR

Removg Brennaman won’t expunge homophobia om baseball any more than Jackie Robson’s first at-bat turned Ameri to a geo are all but sgle steps on the journey. Changg that is far more important than ddlg homophob, regardls of how long they’ve been allowed to fter.

Kobe Bryant beme an LGBTQ equaly advote after directg an anti-gay slur at an NBA referee. It was watchg his transformatn om the man who was fed $100, 000 for directg an anti-gay slur at referee Bennie Adams 2011 to an LGBTQ equaly unrstand how much Bryant's self-examatn and ultimate change meant to me, know that there were only two players I sisted my son watch live: Allen Iverson and Kobe.

”I love sports and refe to be chased out by simplemd men, pecially by those dus who n’t get women to like them but are nvced every gay man wants brgs to Thom Brennaman, the Fox Sports announcer who got ught droppg a "fag" bomb on air. There was even an openly gay man nng for, Brennaman felt relaxed enough, wh earshot of technicians and other lleagu, to sually drop a reference to an unknown lole as "one of the fag pals of the world.

KOBE BRYANT FED $100,000 FOR GAY SLUR

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. 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.

KOBE BRYANT TAK ONE BIG LEAP FOR THE NBA ON GAY SLURS

In 2011, Los Angel Lakers Shootg Guard, Kobe Bryant, bt known to fans and teammat as “Black Mamba;” ma a homophobic ment toward a referee to prott a ll that he did not agree wh. Several LGBTQI anizatns, cludg GLAAD reached out to him after the fact and offered their servic to help Kobe and the greater profsnal basketball muny to learn about how such homophobic ments n impact LGBTQI people. He has been outspoken and lled out people the NBA, cludg fans, for g gay slurs.

Jt lettg you know@PacSmoove @pookeo9 that g “your gay” as a way to put someone down a’t ok! And he was a public and outspoken advote for Jason Colls when he me out 2013 as the first openly gay NBA player.

Bryant’s homophobic ment angered a lot of people the LGBTQI muny, many of whom were not imprsed wh his follow up actns to mend .

LAKERS’ KOBE BRYANT IS FED $100,000 BY NBA FOR ANTI-GAY SLUR TO REFEREE

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When he went to the bench, TNT’s meras ught him apparently llg referee Bennie Adams a “f******g [gay slur]. I’m sure that if you asked Kobe, he would tell you that he wasn’t exprsg any homophobic feelgs when he lled the referee what he lled him. The gay slur Kobe ed is often ed as a general sult -- Kobe lost his temper, and a f of rage he lled Adams the worst thg he uld thk of.

I don’t thk Kobe’s unfortunate choice of words revealed that he has a ep-seed hatred of gay people.