There are so many other words that could have been used. The English language has no shortage of ways to poke fun at a person or people you don't like, as West Virginia men's basketball coach Bob Huggins was apparently trying to do in a recent Cincinnati radio interview when asked about his onetime rival, Xavier.
Not surprisingly for a generation raised on social media, these efforts at exclusion and demonization are getting through to young people, with devastating effect. The Trevor Project, a group dedicated to ending LGBTQ youth suicide in the United States and Mexico, publishedof LGBTQ youth earlier this month. Of the over 28,000 respondents, nearly two-thirds reported that hearing about potential state or local laws banning the discussion of LGBTQ people made their mental health"a lot worse.
Being LGBQT and being inundated with stories and videos of someone like you being harassed — or worse — for existing as their authentic self, can have a damaging effect on mental health and well-being for adults, let alone a 16-year-old. Being a teenager or young adult is hard enough even under the best of circumstances.
Of all the words Bob Huggins could have used to poke fun at Xavier fans, he chose one of the absolute worst, turning his aim not just at the college he once squared off against when he was coaching at the University of Cincinnati. Instead, he targeted a community that is already being flooded with a mind-boggling amount of hate in recent months.
He turned a goofy local interview into a national story. We've all heard what he said. Worse, LGBTQ students and staff at the university where he works likely have too.
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