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Former 49ers player Kwame Harris talks about being gay
Former San Francisco 49ers revolting tackle Kwame Harris opened up about being a homosexual player in the closet during his NFL career in an interview with CNN Newsroom this morning.
"You want to break out the despair and turmoil and your mind goes to dark places," Harris said of keeping his sexuality secret. "I'm content today, and I'm pleased they were just ideas and I didn't behave on any of them"
"The cost was great in asking me to not speak candidly or be able to be uncover about myself in a complete manner," Harris said. "If I could hold done it differently, I would have hoped I found the strength [to come out]."
Harris was publicly outed days before the Super Bowl in January following an altercation with a former boyfriend. His outing was met with a negative reaction from current 49er cornerback Chris Culliver.
"I don't do the gay guys man," said Culliver. "I don't act that. No, we don't got no gay people on the team, they gotta get up out of here if they do. Can't be with that sweet stuff. Nah…can't be…in the locker room man. Nah."
Culliver later apologized for his comments and visited with an LGBTQ support group.
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NEW ORLEANS (CBS SF) - San Francisco 49ers cornerback Chris Culliver apologized Wednesday evening for homophobic remarks he made during a Super Bowl media evening interview.
"The derogatory comments I made yesterday were a reflection of thoughts in my head, but they are not how I feel. It has taken me seeing them in print to realize that they are hurtful and ugly. Those discriminating feelings are truly not in my heart. Further, I apologize to those who I have hurt and offended, and I pledge to learn and increase from this experience," he said in a declaration released through the 49ers organization.
The NFL has never had an openly same-sex attracted active player, but if there was one, Culliver had said in the interview that he wouldn't want that player on his team.
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Yahoo! Sports posted an excerpt online of the Tuesday interview between Culliver and comedian-shock jock Artie Lange, who began by asking Culliver if he's been approached by homosexuals.
"Nah, I don't do the gay guys, man ... I don't do that," said Culliver.
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Super Bowl-Bound 49er Says Gays Not Welcome on His Team
01/30/2013
Washington– The Human Rights Campaign – the nation’s largest homosexual woman, gay, bisexual and transsexual civil rights organization – is condemning comments by San Francisco 49er Chris Culliver in which he says gay players wouldn’t be welcome on his team. The homophobic remarks stand in stark contrast to the numerous NFL players who advocate for equality – including Baltimore Raven Brendon Ayanbadejo, an outspoken straight ally who will take the field against Culliver this Sunday.
Culliver made the remarks during a Super Bowl media day interview yesterday, telling a radio host: "I don't do the gay guys man. I don't do that. No, we don't got no gay people on the team, they gotta acquire up out of here if they do….Can't be with that sweet stuff. Nah…can't be…in the locker room man.”
“Chris Culliver’s comments represent the height of ignorance and the type of homophobic banter that professional athletes rarely employ anymore,” said HRC Vice President of Communications Fred Sainz. “Chris Cullive
Former San Francisco 49er and openly gay football player Kwame Harris has responded to Chris Culliver's comments on gays in the NFL.
"It’s surprising that in 2013 Chris Culliver would use his 15 minutes to spread vitriol and hate. I recognize that these are comments that he may come to regret and that he may come to spot that gay people are not so different than straight people," Harris told NBC Bay Area.
Harris was outed as a gay male just this week. He was charged with assaulting a former boyfriend last summer outside a Menlo Park restaurant, and the impose became public after a recent court appearance.
Culliver's comments, in which the 49er suggested that gay players would not be welcome in the 49ers' locker room, came during an interview with shock jock radio host Artie Lange on Super Bowl Media Day Tuesday.
"I don't execute the gay guys, man," Culliver told Lange. "No, we don't got no gay people on the team, they gotta find up out of here if they do. Can't be with that kind stuff. Nah ... can't be ... in the locker room, man."
By 8:30 p.m. ET, Culliver released a statement apologizing for what he said.
"The disrespectful comments I made yesterday were a reflection of
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