What do you do when you’re a gay high school track athlete and members of an opposing relay team say that “fags can’t race track”? Or when your coach says to a teammate, “You wouldn’t want to get beaten by some random homo”? These happened to Craig Cassey Jr. and he decided to write about it.
Craig is a senior at Penncrest High School in suburban Philadelphia and the latest openly gay high school athlete to start a blog. “Craig’s Gay Word” is a how-to guide on dealing with being an openly gay athlete, written with wit, style and great insight. His recent three-part post on “homophobic slurs and slang” is brilliantly done and well worth your time.
Keep reading HERE, and find the blog HERE.
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Just wanted to say thanks for posting this Mark! I really appreciate the support
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