![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
What The Fuckity Fuck?!
Apr. 21st, 2010 09:53 amBallplayers Sue Softball League.
Why you ask?
Because they were deemed "not gay enough" and were kicked off the team!
When racism and biphobia collide it sure does look spectacular!
The language in the official documents is disturbingly binary. To not even bother to acknowledge the existence of bisexual players is discriminatory in the extreme and it's only exacerbated by the racism evident in the "disqualification" of those three players.
Because they're bi and PoC they're not representational enough, is that it?
For fuck sake I could throw something!
Why you ask?
Because they were deemed "not gay enough" and were kicked off the team!
[LaRon] Charles and co-plaintiffs Steven Apilado and Jon Russ said that NAGAAA officials read definitions of “heterosexual” and “gay” and asked which word applied to them. When Charles answered both, an official allegedly told him, “This is the Gay World Series, not the Bisexual World Series.” When asked the same set of questions, Russ declined to answer.Emphasis mine.
The three plaintiffs in the case were voted to be “nongay” and were subsequently disqualified.
Two white players from D2 were also questioned about their sexual orientation but were not disqualified. NCLR alleges that race may have been a motivating factor in the decision to disqualify its clients (two are African-American, and one is of African-American and Filipino descent).
When racism and biphobia collide it sure does look spectacular!
The language in the official documents is disturbingly binary. To not even bother to acknowledge the existence of bisexual players is discriminatory in the extreme and it's only exacerbated by the racism evident in the "disqualification" of those three players.
Because they're bi and PoC they're not representational enough, is that it?
For fuck sake I could throw something!
