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David Yost (or Billy Cranston, Blue Power Ranger) participating in the NOH8 campaign’s push for marriage equality. Yost is gay, and endured years of bullying from his co-stars and producers on MMPR.  He has stated that this harassment is the reason he left the show. He spent two years in a “pray away the gay” deconversion center before checking into a psychiatric hospital for a nervous breakdown. Yost has since come to accept himself and now works publicly to further awareness about LGBTQ rights.

David Yost (or Billy Cranston, Blue Power Ranger) participating in the NOH8 campaign’s push for marriage equality. Yost is gay, and endured years of bullying from his co-stars and producers on MMPR.  He has stated that this harassment is the reason he left the show. He spent two years in a “pray away the gay” deconversion center before checking into a psychiatric hospital for a nervous breakdown. Yost has since come to accept himself and now works publicly to further awareness about LGBTQ rights.

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That word is the same as the N-word. Yes, it is. Don’t look at me like that. Yes. It. Is.This won’t be a popular stance among some of my African-American football acquaintances, but it’s a truthful one and it’s a conversation that needs to be had.

When black men degrade gays, we are hypocrites. We cheapen our own history and struggles. It remains stunning to me why more African-American athletes (not all by any stretch but enough) don’t understand this. When a slur is aimed at us, we feel the impact. So why wouldn’t gays?

There’s no question the N-word has deeper historical context and is among the ugliest ever used (and I don’t care what some rappers say). Because the F-word hasn’t been utilized as a weapon as long as the N-word isn’t justification for its use.

CBS Sports columnist Mike Freeman, discussing the use of “the F word” as a slur in athletics, here.

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