homophobic
Americanadjective
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Reform UK's leader in Scotland has denied being homophobic after apologising for a joke he made about George Michael during a Burns Night speech.
From BBC
United's official LGBTQ+ fans group Rainbow Devils said it welcomed Fletcher's apology and that "homophobic language has no place in football or society regardless of intention or connotation".
From BBC
Denver Quarterly evidently bars material that lays bare social evils, since “we do not tolerate submissions that contain hate speech, bigotry, discrimination, or racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, or ableist language or violence of any kind.”
The BBC has apologised to a former radio presenter after an internal investigation found a failure to act in response to homophobic abuse.
From BBC
"The club is extremely disappointed by the claims made and categorically rejects the allegations, including any suggestion that Adelaide United is homophobic," it said in a statement.
From Barron's
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