Ex-NBA star Gilbert Arenas just became the #1 champ in the tiresome sport of whining about LGBTQ+ people
that complicated!Unfortunately, Arenas kept going. “It’s not like there’s this dictionary of updates,” he said, “We can sit there and click it and say alright, I can say, ‘Oh I can’t say, they took this out, they added this in.’”Of course, Arenas is wrong about that, too.
There are multiple resources he can consult, including GLAAD’s Ally’s Guide to Terminology and HRC’s Glossery of Terms. There are also a couple of out gay former NBA players who would probably be happy to help Arenas learn about proper phrasing.
Jason Collins, who was the first out active player in NBA history, has been working closely with the league for the last decade to build acceptance and understanding.
John Amaechi, the first NBA player to publicly come out as gay, is a visible LGBTQ+ advocate as well. But then again, Arenas doesn’t seem all that interested in learning the appropriate terminology.
