When you call someone a faggot, it isn’t “just a word.” It is a degrading term that implies there is something wrong with being gay. It implies disgust in something you don’t want to be associated with. And ultimately, it pushes every young athlete who may be struggling with their identity further into the closet, where they are surrounded by their fears and insecurities.
“When you call someone a faggot, you reinforce all of the fears that I struggled with and other young gay athletes struggle with to this day. They will think that your views represent their teammates’ views and they will stay hidden and never realize their full potential as an athlete. Although it may be hard for you to understand, this kind of fear and isolation can be devastating, as it was for me for many years.”
– Vince Pryor, a defensive end/linebaker at Tank Carder’s alma mater, Texas Christian University, responding to the NFL player’s recent fumble with the F-word in an open letter to Outsports.
sfbeast
Great response, Vince
Dionte
That’s so sad to have to live that way.
Mr. Enemabag Jones
Vince Pryor, a defensive end/linebaker at Tank Carder’s alma mater, Texas Christian University
Bolded is why this statement from Mr. Pryor is so important. Even more so than his being an athlete.
KARUADAM
You say faggot; I say “fucking Christian! should be killed and I will never STOP! till same sex marriage is Amendment in the constitution of the USA!! (SO till that fuck you Christian)..