Holder, Kerry honor LGBT staffers at pride events at Justice, State departments
A note to the parents seeking to devastate their 15 year-old daughter and her 18 year-old girlfriend
Marriage equality advocates hope to repeal Florida’s ban on gay marriage
Del. gender identity protections bill clears final legislative vote
Four sentenced to prison in kidnapping, attack on gay man in Ky.
ACLU sues Ind. motor vehicles bureau over gay youth group license plates
Campaign to raise awareness of HIV testing draws ire of Dallas lawmaker
Houston Dynamo winger Colin Clark is under fire for calling a ball boy a “fucking faggot” in Friday night’s soccer match in Seattle after he wasn’t tossed a new ball as quickly as he wanted on a throw-in situation.
The gay slur was picked up by pitchside microphones for the live, nationally televised match against the Seattle Sounders.
Watch (listen at 0.03):
(Update: the video of Clark’s slur was widely distributed on YouTube and Vimeo over the weekend, but MLS has aggressively pursued removing every version of the incident as a “copyright” claim, although is has left in tact other YouTube videos of the Dynamo-Sounders match that did not include documentation of Clark’s slur.)
Immediately following the match, Clark, 27, went into damage control, and posted these apologies on Twitter:
Major League Soccer on Saturday issued a statement that it is reviewing the incident, and said it is “conducting a thorough review of the facts and examining possible disciplinary action.”
“Colin is very remorseful for his actions, which were inappropriate and do not represent his true character,” the Dynamo said in a statement of their own on Saturday. “He has issued a public apology and he will personally apologize to the ball boy.”
The Dynamo lost to the Sounders, 2-0.
Filed under: Newsmakers
Eldest of ‘19 Kids and Counting’ joins anti-gay hate group FRC
Rubio: ‘I’m done’ with immigration bill if gay couples are included
Marco Rubio: No ‘special’ rights for gay Americans — but I’m not ‘a bigot’
Brazil lawmakers OK bill to allow treatment of homosexuality as a disorder
Christian college expels lesbian, wants her to repay grant money
Lesbian may be forced to testify against spouse in Ky. murder case
Mugabe vows to strengthen penalties against gays: ‘They should rot in jail’
Man pleads not guilty in New York City hate crime shooting
Russia to ban adoption by same-sex couples
E.W. Jackson: Using my past anti-gay statements against me is ‘persecution’
Tucson becomes second Arizona city to allow same-sex civil unions
At LGBT Pride reception, Obama urges ban on workplace bias against gays
‘M’ or ‘F’? Outdated IDs worry transgender people
Idaho GOP leaders urge lawmakers to erase local LGBT protections
And he should be under fire!!!
Good sports stars need to learn they can’t just let hateful words fly and get away with it.
Countdown until he further explains:
“You all took this comment out of context….”
^AMEN!!!
Forget what he called him, I’m particularily upset that he would abuse the ball boys to begin with. That’s a huge no-no in any sport.
Well, the new racist slur is “faggot”! When will straights learn and say deragatory things to us and not get rebuttals? is like walking up to a African American and saying the ” N” word! Only gays. An call each other that!!!
bloody stupid
Fired That is a person who should not be working with kids.
@Kyle – no, he should be ON fire…..
For your Netflix:
BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM
Girl soccer player with gay friend.
Oh fuck him
There are three words i would never use. The n-word, the C-word and the F-word. It sickens me that people still use any of those words. I think he should be punished for the use of the word, i dont know about getting fired, but at least educated on how harmful the word can be.
i personally think we are too sensitive to everything… if they are not directing it towards us idf what they say when they are mad… hell i say that shit too when I hit my toe… doesnt mean that im trying to be hurtful or mean… it just shit that pops outta our mouths wen stuff happens… and yes i am a lesbian women so.
What a douche! I think he SHOULD get fired! Make an example out of him.
@Ryan those are the 3 words I refuse to say as well!
@Candi… I don’t think you’d feel that way if YOU were the target of such vitriol.
Its not just about what he said its about who he said it to. I do agree he should be reprimanded for his actions, he’s an athelet & he should be held at a higher standard then the average person, but we’re all human & we all make mistakes. I’m not defending him or his actions, but speaking as a lesbian & who knows that words can hurt & scar some people in a way everyone should think a bit more before we speak.
Any good GAY BARS in Houston, TX ???
Colin Clark is a fucking retard.
does any one think if he called that boy a NIG*** anyone would even be debating the action to take. SO being a F**** is still just a slap on the hand, reminds me of the 50′s still.
When I mean “good”, like they show UFC fights on a large screen.
Down right PATHETIC!!!
Wowwwwwwwwww! Pure ignorance..
I read his apology tweets and well…Everybody’s sorry when their idiocy goes public in a viral sort of of way. Frustrating, no infuriating! Spoken as a lesbian mom of 4 that play this game. Grrrrrr
What happened to the days when that word meant “pile of sticks”? :(
the only thing worse than being a dumb bigot is being a soccer player!
Maybe he was hitting on him.
asshole
i was hiiting on the ball..he is good in bed and full of fun..plus he is a ball in bed
Now why wud he say tat jus to boost the game are his ego none the less sure he feels like a Fag himself
Let’s get real for a minute! It’s a part of popular slang… no matter how inappropriate and offensive it might be!!!
Doesn’t this guy realize that he’s the one who plays with all the balls? On a similar note, everytime I see that hateful, disgusting, word, I’m just going to replace it with “douchebag soccer player.” P.S. Nobody gives a shit about soccer (at least not in this country).
RE MIX SOME SHIT to make it happy
Jerk
oh cry me a river
But in Europe, doesn’t a fucking faggot mean a bundle of sticks used for fornicating? When you smoke a fag, it just doesn’t mean the same as it does in the US. It’s like when you put the finger in the dyke. Totally different meaning.
WHO THE FUCK CARES, did he hit him,its a fucking word, fag ..IAM A FAG,IAM GAY
Hope they fire the douchebag.
GET THE FUCK OVER IT , IAM A FAG ,,WHAT IS IT THE N WORD SHIT …..ONLyTHOSE CAN SAY THAT WORD, well fag,homo,queer,sister,girl,bitch,queen,jew,spic,cunt,poll climber,carpet muncher,
marriage…worry
Another immature jock who thinks it’s ok to call people faggots. And people wonder why I don’t like sports.
To Colon Clark.
Your Hateful.
& should FIRED!
Oh poooooh Colin.
Ok. Frederick mowry! You are ridiculous not to mention a huge waste of space with all that ignorance!
HE’S ONE HIMSELF MOST LIKELY JUST A THOUGHT NOT A STATEMENT
Jason, don’t encourage him, it’s clear he’s missed a dose and only wants an audience so as to invoke argument. The player was an ass, got called on it, made a faux apology and stayed to play another day. We see it all the time.
Stupid fu(k!
And the people defending him. THAT’S EXACTLY WHO HE IS. HIS TRUE NATURE CAME OUT.
EVERYONE BOYCOTT THE HOUSTON DYNAMOs until they fire that team member or it just means the entire team & their management support his actions.
What a fuktard.
as he damn well should be
JERK.
does it get any stupider than this?
WOW THAT WAS BAD
If you take every social issue out of this, It is unprofessional to refer to anyone in any aspect as anything other than their title and their name. Sportsmanship is a lost art and entitlement is a disease
Not only fined he should be suspended with out pay and work in. GLBT center
Oh they do it all the time, they’re either gay themselfs or ignorant about homosexuality. Idiot he is.
wow. get over it.
Suspend him for a few games and fine him heavily. Donate the money to an organization that works with LGBTQ youth.
One day someone is going to call someone a fucking Fagot and eat a bullet behind it. I wonder if the “I thought people would think I was gay” defence will work to get that person off like it does those who kill gays.
Think I agree with Vickie. This seems to be a case of poor sportsmanship rather than a hate crime. Yes it’s not nice to use certain words to mean something bad (wrong). He could also called the other player a retard that now days is politically incorrect to say.
Either way it doesn’t make them better people.. Either they’re Gay themselves or just ignorant people.. Laugh about it. Just know you’re nothing like them..
Fire his ass!