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Tim Hardaway regrets having declared himself homophobic
A few years ago former Miami Heat player, Tim Hardaway made some very strong statements against the gay community.
It was in 2007 that Hardaway spoke very strongly about what he idea about the gay group, he declared himself homophobic and that he hated homosexual people.
Hardaway: "I loath gay people"
"Well, you know, I hate gay people, so I made that known," Hardaway said. "I don't like gay people. I don't like existence around gay people. I'm homophobic. I don't enjoy it. I shouldn't be in the world or in the United States."
These statements caused many people to criticize Hardaway, at the time the guard stated that was the reason he was not in the Hall of Fame, but this year he was named to enter.
After more than a decade Hardaway explains his statements
After the harsh criticism, Hardaway has worked with several institutions that back the LGBTQ movement, which has sensitized him and makes him now provide an explanation of those unfortunate statements.
"I grew up in a church, and that's what churches were like: they instilled in you that (homosexuality) wasn't the way you were supposed to be," Difficult
Retired NBA guard Tim Hardaway said Wednesday that he hates gay people, but later said he regretted the remarks.
"You know, I hate gay people, so I permit it be acknowledged. I don't favor gay people and I don't fond of to be around gay people," he said while a guest on Sports Talk 790 The Ticket. "I'm homophobic. I don't fancy it. It shouldn't be in the world or in the United States."
The discussion was sparked by last week's announcement that retired NBA center John Amaechi is gay.
Amaechi said Hardaway's anti-gay comments "demonstrate the need to endure the conversation."
"I don't need Tim's comments to realize there's a problem,'" Amaechi told The Connected Press in a phone interview Thursday. "People said that I should just shut up and go away — now they own to rethink that."
The host asked Hardaway how he would interact with a gay teammate.
"First of all, I wouldn't want him on my team. And second of all, if he was on my team, I would, you know, really distance myself from him because, uh, I don't think that is right. I don't think he should be in the locker room while we are in the locker room."
If he did find out that a teammate was gay, Hardaway said he would seek for
Nation's Largest Gay Rights Corporation Commends NBA for Action Against Homophobic Remarks
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NBA Calls Hardaway's Remarks 'Inappropriate'
WASHINGTON - The Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest gay, queer woman, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, quickly praised the National Basketball Association for its condemnation of vicious, anti-gay remarks made last night by former Miami Heat player Tim Hardaway.
"We commend the National Basketball Association for sending a very clear and decisive message that homophobia does not belong on, or off, the basketball court," said Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese. "Mr. Hardaway was sorely mistaken if his intent was to spew homophobic, hate-filled remarks without any consequences. We are thankful for the NBA's swift activity and believe these remarks are being seen for the un-American, un-sportsmanlike conduct they are."
"These comments reinforce the need to proceed to have a dialogue on this topic, something I possess been saying all along," said the Human Rights Campaign's National Coming Out Spokesman and writer John Am
'I Hate Gay People,' Says Former NBA Star Hardaway
Feb. 15, 2007 — -- A week after a former NBA star revealed he was gay, retired Miami Heat actor Tim Hardaway made some incendiary comments about gays Wednesday on a Miami radio show.
"You know, I detest gay people," Hardaway said during an interview on "790 the Ticket."
"You know, I grant it be established I don't appreciate gay people. I don't like to be around queer people," he said.
Those in-your-face comments came just a week after another former NBA player, John Amaechi, revealed that he was lgbtq+. Amaechi told ESPN that he lived in fear that his teammates would learn of his sexuality.
"The machismo, it's an amazingly. … It's a testosterone-riddled group," Amaechi said. "And it's not just the NBA, it's professional sports."
Though Amaechi and Hardaway never played on the matching basketball team, Hardaway told the sports radio show how he would react to a same-sex attracted teammate.
"First of all, I wouldn't wish him on my team," he said. "I think the majority of the players would question for him to be traded or they would wish to get traded."