Iker Casillas 'I'm gay' tweet: Why was no lghg matter - BBC Sport

Contents:

• IKER CASILLAS 'I'M GAY' TWEET: WHY WAS NO LGHG MATTER
• GAY TWEETS
• 13 OF THE BT GAY TWEETS OF THE WEEK
• ‘I'M A BLACK GAY GUY,' VIRAL TWEET OM PA. GOP CANDIDATE LEADS TO SOCIAL MEDIA MYSTERY
• SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS GAY? NICKELOON JT RERCED THAT THEORY
• NICKELOON PRI TWEET HTS SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY
• A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
• JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU
• DIPLOMATIC TENSN REPORTEDLY RISG BETWEEN UNED STAT AND JAMAI OVER GAY AMERIN DIPLOMAT
• THUNR WAIVE RUDY GAY

IKER CASILLAS 'I'M GAY' TWEET: WHY WAS NO LGHG MATTER

Casillas retired 2020 followg a reer that saw him w three Champns Leagu and five La Liga tl at Real MadridFor a uple of hours on Sunday lunchtime, Iker Casillas was the most famo gay footballer the world. "I hope you rpect me: I'm gay, " said a tweet om the acunt of the former Real Madrid and Spa goalkeeper.

GAY TWEETS

Two hours after the 'rpect me: I'm gay' post went up, Casillas leted - and replaced wh a new tweet, claimg he'd been hacked but that everythg was now " orr".

Football referee Ryan Atk - who happens to be gay - acced the two men of "fuellg homophobia the game", sayg the pair need to "hang their head shame" Networkg group Sports Media LGBT+external-lk cricised both the "flippancy of the tweets… and the weak backtrack".

You'd have to be aware of Lloyd Wilson and Josh Cavallo, and the bravery took both men to open up about their thentic selv a sport where gay and bisexual men have historilly been margalised. Put simply, neher man seemed to 'get' what 's like to be gay the betiful game.

13 OF THE BT GAY TWEETS OF THE WEEK

And stirred up the worst elements of social media, who have spent the past 24 hours hurlg homophobic abe at those - myself clud - who pot out that there are real-world nsequenc to the words of Casillas and Puyol.

We all know Gay Twter is one of the bt parts of Twter, pecially 2023. Here are the bt gay tweets of the week:1. Imagg a ltle gay gen z boy who intifi as an old soul bee his favore actrs is Kathere Heigl.

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‘I'M A BLACK GAY GUY,' VIRAL TWEET OM PA. GOP CANDIDATE LEADS TO SOCIAL MEDIA MYSTERY

— lil ol gay boy (@jacklikdogs) Augt 8, 2018. — spooky gay tweets (@trashygaytweets) September 10, 2018. Gay culture is everyone refg to acknowledge the fact they bottom ocsnally.

Gonna make a probtic for bottoms lled gay culture.

Gay culture is Bottoms shamg other Bottoms for beg Bottoms. Gay culture is tops expectg the bottoms to be ls mascule but gettg irrated when he's feme. Gay culture is likg a guy a lot, but then you stop talkg bee you found out you’re both bottoms?????

SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS GAY? NICKELOON JT RERCED THAT THEORY

“I’m a black gay guy and I n personally say that Obama did nothg for me, ” Browng tweeted, acrdg to screengrabs posted onle and media reports. #SpongeBobIsGay started trendg as many cid the tweet was nfirmatn of the character’s sexualy.

NICKELOON PRI TWEET HTS SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS GAY

Due part to his close relatnship wh bt iend Patrick Star, the ter had long ago cid that SpongeBob was ed gay. “We never tend them to be gay.

I’m not gay I thk women are very attractive, some men are ok too I gus. That all changed on April 11, when the streamer tweeted: "I'm not gay I thk women are very attractive, some men are ok too I gus. A number of ers immediately took Dream's "I'm not gay" ment to mean he is heterosexual.

However, as one fan stated: "People don't seem to unrstand not gay don't equal straight. Absorbent and yellow and poro is he… and gay?

A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP

Fans of the ntil rtoon, which began airg 1999, have long-spected Spongebob to be gay. “Announcg Spongebob beg gay then turng ments off e a’t no bate, ” tweeted @Drebae_, notg how the work turned off the abily to reply to their tweet.

“Spongebob gay? However, creator Stephen Hillenburg, who died om ALS 2018, had mataed that SpongeBob was a member of the LGBTQ+ muny by beg asexual, not gay. It will be a glor month to be a gay fan.

Last time at the 2019 Women’s World Cup, the Netherlands lay claim to the honor of beg the team wh the most out LGBTQ players, but this year Atralia boasts 10 out players and overtak them for the tle of Gayt Team 2k23.

JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU

Ireland’s historic entry to the tournament marks another triumph for out midfielr Sead Farrelly, whose natnal team but and 2023 return to the NWSL e more than six years after retirg om soccer the wake of systemic homophobic and sexual abe wh the league, which the Athletic first reported on 2021. -based profsnal league to e out as gay.

Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted when the then-St.

DIPLOMATIC TENSN REPORTEDLY RISG BETWEEN UNED STAT AND JAMAI OVER GAY AMERIN DIPLOMAT

A group of "gay furry" hackers has been releasg rmatn om US state ernments. SiegedSec, a self-scribed group of gay furry hackers, took s skills to state ernments late June, breachg agenci across five stat and releasg a wealth of data.The stat targeted on June 27 were Texas, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and South Carola. "We are also actually gay furri, I've seen untls people doubt that aspect of our group." Insir penntly verified that V was a member of SiegedSec and that the group was volved the data breach.

THUNR WAIVE RUDY GAY

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