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Elizabeth Birch, Human Rights Campaign executive director, outlined her concerns in a Nov. 19 letter to commissioner Paul Tagliabue. “We hope Tuaolo’s experience has created an opportunity for the NFL and H RC to begin a dialogue about ways the league can implement existing guidelines regarding harassment and discrimination against gay players,” she said. “These hard-working employees should not have to fear reprisals, such as getting intention ally injured or cut from a roster— worries well articulated by Tuaolo.” Tuaolo, a nine-year veteran of the NFL, came out Oct. 29 on H BO’s Real Sports. During the interview, he spoke of a homophobic envi ronment where he often would hear anti-gay comments or jokes. Remarks by former and current football players confirm Tuaolo’s assessment of the league. 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The woman said the retailer did nothing after she complained that her manager repeatedly asked about her ori entation, made sexual jokes and passed around pornography during meetings. Wal-Mart is the No. 1 Fortune 500 company. It employs more people than any other private sec tor business, with 1 million workers in the United States and an additional 300,000 internationally. A 17133 /V it/¿acÿ Reeder- R mcl 2520 East Burnside P IB A NFL U rged to C larify S tand T on H arassment he recent coming out of Oregon State University graduate Esera Tuaolo has led want any faggots on my team. 1 know this might not be what people want to hear, but that’s a punk. 1 don’t want any faggots in this locker room.” On the Real Sports segment, former team mate Sterling Sharpe said that if Tuaolo had come out while in the NFL, “he would have been eaten alive, and he would have been hated for it.” He then suggested a gay player might be intentionally injured, even by his own teammates. Nevertheless, the league has a nondiscrimi nation policy that includes sexual orientation and an anti-harassment policy that forbids “epi thets, slurs or negative stereotypes.” However, Birch said the message clearly is not getting through to all players. “Tuaolo’s experience and the lack of other out individuals strongly suggest that most players are not aware of the NFL’s current rules governing harassment and discrimina tion,” she wrote. “It is cle a r.. .there is a serious problem that needs to be addressed in the near future.” Birch also asked the NFL to send a strong signal of its opposition to anti-gay discrimina tion by taking affirmative steps such as sensi tivity training and offering domestic partner benefits. “H RC suggests that the NFL addresses this issue at the yearly rookie symposium, where social issues faced by players are addressed,” she wrote.
