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Culliver to attend sensitivity training, volunteer with at-risk LGBT youth
NEW ORLEANS — San Francisco 49ers cornerback Chris Culliver will begin sensitivity training and education immediately after the Super Bowl following his anti-gay remarks this week, then begin volunteer work with at-risk homosexual youth nationwide.
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The actions of San Francisco 49er players are clueless and crass, divisive and dumb
The crass words and clueless actions of San Francisco 49ers Chris Culliver, Ahmad Brooks and Isaac Sopoaga are as divisive as they are dumb … that these men have foolishly elected to use their Super Bowl spotlight to demean and dehumanize a substantial portion of their fan base is a brazen act of arrogance that encourages the very bullying the ‘It Gets Better’ project addresses.
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Gay rights supporters still wait for their Jackie Robinson
Brendon Ayanbadejo has heard from many players who applaud his support of gay marriage — some of them teammates, others from the opposing side of the line. Then, just days before the biggest game of the year, Chris Culliver gave us a striking reminder of the macho attitudes that still prevail in the NFL.The national Football League is still a long way from embracing its first openly gay player.
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San Francisco 49ers’ Chris Culliver apologizes for anti-gay remarks
NEW ORLEANS — San Francisco 49ers cornerback Chris Culliver apologized Thursday for anti-gay comments he made to a comedian during Super Bowl media day, saying “that’s not what I feel in my heart.”
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Athlete Ally: ‘Chris Culliver’s views are as marginal as they are misguided’
Hudson Taylor, Executive Director of Athlete Ally, a leading organization working to raise awareness and end homophobia in sports, issued this statement Wednesday in response to remarks made by Chris Culliver, cornerback for the San Francisco 49ers, where Culliver tells gay players to get out of the NFL.
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Dr. Phil interview: Manti Te’o was victim of girlfriend hoax by gay admirer
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Dr. Phil McGraw says Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, who masterminded the dead girlfriend hoax involving Manti Te’o, told him the Notre Dame linebacker was not involved in the scheme and that he ended up falling “deeply, romantically” in love with the football player.
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San Francisco 49ers’ Chris Culliver: Gay players not welcome
NEW ORLEANS – Just days before the San Francisco 49ers will take to the field In New Orleans for Super Bowl XLVII, cornerback Chris Culliver on Tuesday said that a gay player would not be welcome on the team. Appearing on the Artie Lange show Tuesday, Culliver, responding to a question by Lange if there […]
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Soccer’s Matt Jarvis: Time for a gay footballer to be comfortable enough to come out
U.K. soccer star Matt Jarvis appears on the February cover of Attitude, Britain’s leading gay magazine, and says it is time that a gay footballer felt comfortable enough to come out.
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Detroit Tigers’ Torii Hunter: A gay teammate would be ‘uncomfortable’
Detroit Tigers’ right fielder Torii Hunter is making headlines for telling the Los Angeles Times he believes an openly gay teammate would make him “uncomfortable.”
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NY Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard’s apology: Gay slur a Twitter ‘mishap’
Newly acquired New York Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard issued an apology Tuesday after becoming the latest professional athlete caught for tweeting an anti-gay slur.