Brendan Ayabadejo Strips Down to His Ball for HOH8
Filed By John M. Becker
You know we’ve reached a tipping point on LGBT rights when an NFL player wins the Super Bowl and, instead of thinking about all the lucrative endorsement deals he’ll be able to score, he hits the airwaves to use his newly enlarged platform to advocate for equality.
You know we’ve reached a tipping point on LGBT rights when an NFL player wins the Super Bowl and, instead of thinking about all the lucrative endorsement deals he’ll be able to score, he hits the airwaves to use his newly enlarged platform to advocate for equality.
But that’s exactly what Baltimore Ravens linebacker (and Super Bowl champion) Brendon Ayanbadejo is doing this week. He’s been an out and proud LGBT ally for awhile now, but Brendon isn’t letting something as trivial as, ummm, winning the Super Bowl tire him out. Yesterday he gave CNN’s Don Lemon what may be my favorite interview of the year so far — Lemon opened by asking Ayanbadejo why he chose the Super Bowl as a time to talk about marriage equality, and Ayanbadejo responded:
1.) You know you love Super Bowl champion and hunky athlete ally Brendon Ayanbadejo.Well, I don’t really consider it gay rights, I just call it rights. Everyone deserves to be treated equally.
2.) You know you're sitting in your cubicle at work right now, counting down the hours until the weekend, watching the minutes slowly -- mockingly -- tick by.
Image by photographer Adam Bouska, via the NOH8 Campaign's Facebook page.
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