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ProudToBeBlueInRhody

(16,399 posts) Mon Dec 14, 2015, 06:02 PM Dec 2015

NBA ref comes out as gay, days after star suspended for homophobic slur directed towards him

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/14367426/nba-referee-bill-kennedy-announces-gay-following-rajon-rondo-using-slur

Veteran NBA referee Bill Kennedy has announced he is gay.

"I am proud to be an NBA referee and I am proud to be a gay man," Kennedy told Yahoo Sports. "I am following in the footsteps of others who have self-identified in the hopes that will send a message to young men and women in sports that you must allow no one to make you feel ashamed of who you are."

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NBA ref comes out as gay, days after star suspended for homophobic slur directed towards him (Original Post) ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2015 OP

A brave move. He looks like he can back it up, too. Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #1

Bravo! Raster Dec 2015 #2

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)

1. A brave move. He looks like he can back it up, too.

Reply to ProudToBeBlueInRhody (Original post)

Mon Dec 14, 2015, 06:06 PM

Dec 2015

Raster

(20,998 posts)

2. Bravo!

Reply to ProudToBeBlueInRhody (Original post)

Mon Dec 14, 2015, 06:07 PM

Dec 2015

"I am following in the footsteps of others who have self-identified in the hopes that will send a message to young men and women in sports that you must allow no one to make you feel ashamed of who you are."

To men and women of all ages and all vocations: you must allow NO ONE to make you feel ashamed of who you are.

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