Stanford Swimmer: I Was Kicked Off Team for Being Gay
A former swimmer at Stanford University has accused the school of homophobia, claiming he was booted from the swim team for being gay.
Plain and simple: there are surface level reasons I was kicked off the Stanford swim team, but I can tell you with certainty that it comes down to the fact that I am gay, he wrote. This is a pattern. Homophobia is systematic, intelligently and masterfully designed to keep me silent and to push me out.
Everyone says they support me, and yet, for the millionth time, I am the only one speaking up, he wrote. To my coaches who sport the pride flag on their desk, to the athletes who liked my pride photo on Instagram, I need you to wake up to whats happening around you. How can you say you support me and my equality? How can you not see how Stanford Swim has treated me and used me over the last 4 years? Am I invisible?As many of you know, Im an openly gay swimmer and I am the only one at my level.
He later clarified on his Instagram Story that he did not want anyone at Stanford to be fired, but was simply speaking his truth.Coaches trying to intimidate me, friends turning their backs, cis straight white men trying to deny something they dont want to understand, he wrote, according to screenshots posted by SwimSwam. History is repeating itself in front of me and its sad to see.
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