Twenty-three-year-old swimmer Abrahm DeVine took to Instagram to accuse his former college, Stanford, of discriminatory behavior. He already graduated but claims he was not allowed to rejoin the team as a postgrad because of the fact that he's the only openly gay swimmer on the team:
Plain and simple: There are surface level reasons I was kicked off the Stanford swim team but I can tell you with certainty that it comes down to the fact that I am gay.
He called his team to task by stating:
Why is it my job to educate coaches and athletes at the most resourceful university in the world?
And also stole the intro to my memoir with:
I am a talented, successful, educated, proud gay man: I am a threat to the culture that holds sports teams together.
Stanford's athletic director responded with:
Truly unfortunate Abe feels this way. That said, Abe wasn't invited back to train with us this fall, as a postgraduate, for reasons entirely unrelated to his sexuality.
This sort of allegation unfolding after someone is booted from any type of organization isn't the rarest occurrence in the world, but Abrahm DeVine's case is making the news because he's actually somewhat of a sports star. We'll keep following the story because, well, #Spotlight. Also he's verified on Instagram, and well, here are some innocent pics from that Instagram account!*
*In case you're wondering, I DIDN'T cover this story because Abrahm is physically appealing and I just kind of wanted to look at his body during work hours. I would NEVER and you know that. Like, stop that train of thot right now.
