It’s been a couple weeks filled with athletes and sports figures making homophobic comments. It shows the undercurrent of homophobia that still exists in sports. But just as interesting has been the reaction to these comments: A complete repudiation of homophobia in sports and the comments themselves. It demonstrates how outward homophobia is now found only in small pockets of the sports world, yet the rejection of that homophobia is now everywhere.
Listen to the podcast here and on iTunes.
It’s been a couple weeks filled with athletes and sports figures making homophobic comments. It shows the undercurrent of homophobia that still exists in sports. But just as interesting has been the reaction to these comments: A complete repudiation of homophobia in sports and the comments themselves. It demonstrates how outward homophobia is now found only in small pockets of the sports world, yet the rejection of that homophobia is now everywhere.
Listen to the podcast here and on iTunes.
