University of Alabama Fan Celebrates Football Game by Selling Hate Crime T-Shirts

Posted by Kevin Farrell on Jan 4, 2012 in Sports | 131 comments

In preparation of their upcoming game against LSU on January 9, University of Alabama students will be wearing t-shirts promoting a hate crime. The plan is for thousands of Alabama Crimson Tide fans to flood Bourbon Street, home to some of the oldest gay watering holes in the country, dressed in t-shirts that read:

HEY HOMEAUXS – WE JUST BEAT THE HELL OUT OF YOU.

As if using violent assaults against LGBT victims as a pun to sell college football merchandise wasn’t bad enough, the printer’s French is also atrocious. Aux is already plural, and in no need of an S.

The Hey Homeauxs shirts are being sold at Heyhomeauxs.com. It’s unclear if this is official university merchandise, or just the “brilliant” idea of a student badly in need of expelling. The contact information for the site has been taken down, but a little snooping shows that the website was registered by someone by the name of Chris Ivey.

Despicable.

What do you think about the latest in hate crime chic?

***Update: It looks like the site has been taken down. Was it something we said? Luckily, we took a screenshot before it was pulled. If you know who Chris Ivey is, we’d love to hear from you. Shoot us an email.

***Update 9:26 AM: We’ve found our man. This Chris Ivey “liked” the Hey Homeauxs page on Facebook back on November 1, the day the site was created.

It also looks like the shirt is being printed at Triton Team Apparel Specialists, where Chris Ivey is listed as the CEO/Owner. You can contact him at [email protected] or 334.300.0067. Please be sure to CC his business partner Jordan Mills [email protected] and the University of Alabama copyright infringement department [email protected].

Update 3:09 PM: After speaking with Chris Ivey, and the University of Alabama’s Director of Media Relations, I wanted to update everyone on the conversations I’ve had with both.

I spoke with Chris Bryant from the University of Alabama earlier today, and he just sent over the school’s statement regarding the shirts:

The University of Alabama is not affiliated with this individual’s company, the promotion of wearing the T-shirt or the sale of this T-shirt in any way. The University has not licensed the use of UA marks, indicia or logos to be used for this purpose, and finds the use of this word to be mean-spirited, offensive and totally unacceptable.

Well, we’re all in agreement there.

I also spoke with Chris Ivey this afternoon, after he called me to apologize. As many of you have pointed out to me in emails, Chris has taken the time to individually apologize to everyone who has written him. I can’t stress enough how genuinely apologetic he was during the ten minutes we spoke. Chris claims that the shirts were never actually produced, and even if they were, his business would not have been the one to produce them. I am however skeptical of this claim, considering his website boasts “Triton offers free full-service screen-printing and embroidery on all of our garments.” There were also 179 “likes” on the page before it was taken down.

Chris claims that the line about “beating the hell out of you” comes from the University of Alabama’s fight song, Rammer Jammer, and that he in no way meant to imply violence against the LGBT community. With that said, he seemed puzzled when I asked him why he didn’t consider that the enormous “HEY HOMEAUXS” would also be offensive to gays. It sounds like this shirt was born out of ignorance, and not animosity – but does that detract from the fact that the shirt was being produced at all or that drunken Alabama students were to wear them in gay-friendly New Orleans?

Chris made an impassioned plea for me to remove his business information from this post before we got off of the phone. He said because of my article, he was visited by the local television station’s reporters this afternoon, and that he used the time on air to apologize once more.

When we got off the phone, I was genuinely torn. I spoke to my partner Nick about Chris’ request, and he asked me point blank, “Do you want to ruin this guy’s life and business?” My answer is of course not. I’m a small business owner myself, and ruining lives isn’t a motivation that factors into my role in this company at any time.

What I am concerned with is treating the lives of LGBT persons with dignity and respect, and lending a voice to those without one. And in this situation, I just cannot get over the fact that had I not done a bit of investigative work and written this piece, Hey Homeauxs would still be online selling those t-shirts today. Having millions of people read your work brings both power and responsibility, and for me, my responsibility is to the LGBT community and the readers who put their trust in me.

Shortly after writing this article today, I had to write about a couple in Santa Barbara that was violently beaten by a group of men on New Year’s Eve because they were gay. There’s even video of the assault taking place. And after wrestling with this for the better part of the day, it is my belief that being raked over the coals for a business decision that implies violence toward gay people is simply not on the same level as actually being on the receiving end of violence because you are a gay person.

Chris and I both have received plenty of emails today from Alabama natives who explain that this shirt is symptomatic of the homophobic culture in much of the state. That it didn’t occur to Chris that his shirts were wildly inappropriate is tantamount to the fact that homophobia exists largely unchecked in his neck of the woods. For the record, I do believe Chris’ claim that he’s not made of hate. But at the end of the day, I’m still left looking at a situation in which had I not stepped in, I would have been confronted with homophobia in my new hometown. And I’m just not interested in that in any way.

The post stays up.

Anonymous

Kevin,

I came across your website about the shirts. I must admit that I did not think of the fact that these shirts could offend homosexuals. Rather, they were aimed towards LSU fans as a joke leading up to the big game. Seeing now the reaction has opened my eyes to the hurtful nature that this shirt presents towards certain people, and because of this I have taken the site down. I have members of my family who are gay, and in no way do I view homosexual in a negative light as someone’s personal opinion is their own. This was a misguided joke and the site will cease to exist.

I now see the negativity these shirts produced towards homosexuals, and not a joke towards LSU fans. My sincere apologies are to anyone who was offended.

-Chris Ivey

Anonymous

How…possibly…could you “not think of the fact that these shirts could offend homosexuals” when you use “homeauxs”?? What other possible meaning does that “word” have? Additionally, one’s homosexuality is not a “personal opinion”.
That you apologized/removed the site is a definitely a positive gesture and not to be minimized; however, the idea that it somehow escaped you that this would be hurtful is something you might want to further examine. Perhaps mentally subsititue the “n” word in your head every time you’re about to use the “h” word…see if that’d be something you’re comfortable with coming out of your mouth/off of your keyboard.

Anonymous

I agree with what you have said. A couple seasons ago LSU fans made shirts stating “Alabama Fans Are Homeauxs.” Instead of seeing the offensive nature first, I instead saw the chance to make something to “get back” at LSU fans. Very shortsighted and misguided, and obviously a mistake.

http://www.facebook.com/XwhyterabbitX Anthony Powers

well, chris, i apologize for not seeing the LSU shirts first to slam them
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=520305187 Charles Wence III

commendable

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_UYHMFT354UKEF4J7Z6WPZXKXRI Hunter T

I’d love to see if there’s any uproar over the “Hey Negreauxs” shirt coming out next season. That’s not offensive, is it?

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_C3E2V5OF2ELRGXPI57TECJU5HY Big C

So I guess that means you think ALL white southerners are racist hillbillies then? How is that statement any better and any less hateful?

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=520305187 Charles Wence III

calm down man and show some compassion and forgiveness. He is a str8 dude who likes sports, he doesn’t think about us homos one bit. But since he did see the opinion of Kevin and Unicorn Booty, he changed his mind. He shows tolerance and an ability to admit his mistakes. Calm down man.

Anonymous

Are you telling me to calm down and show compassion? I’m quite calm. And given some of the other comments I thought reasonable compassionate. Just asked dude to think before he speaks.

http://www.facebook.com/XwhyterabbitX Anthony Powers

really, chris? you didn’t see where a shirt stating “hey homeauxs (pronounced Hey HOMOs), we just beat the hell out of you” would be offensive to the gay populace?
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=599901219 John Bennett

Thanks for thinking this through Chris and for the heartfelt apology. A lot of people on this site will not be happy until you are crucified, so I wouldn’t worry too much about the flood of comments that I am sure will follow. Just learn from this experience.

Anonymous

I have John. I let a simple football game and a reaction to a fanbase cloud my judgement.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WSXJARVMOBUDKOQ7ELLCMDSGIE Zebulon

Chris. Im starting to think you should have ran it as an example of how nice it is to have the 1st Amendment.nothin but hate hate hate .Hate . Im with Kindra. why would I associate with a group who is going to jump on every opportunity to stone someone.tsk tsk , showing your immaturity and mercilessness will not when your community any favor from others when you will be asking for the fairness of others. throw your rocks in glass houses.push those who would support you away.

http://www.facebook.com/sammael88 Matthew Williamson

In light of recent information, your ignorant comments are pretty amusing. And I just love that you think think it’s wrong to hate something that is homophobic and encouraging violence. Way to swallow his lies, sucker.

Anonymous

”
I must admit that I did not think of the fact that these shirts could offend homosexuals.”
yeah I’m not buying this. Even if we look past the violence of the shirt, you you still used our community as insult. And you say don’t have a negative view of us, but you find comparing us to someone to us an insult to them.

Anonymous

I completely agree with your comment. It was in response to a shirt LSU fans made a couple seasons ago stating that “Alabama Fans Are Homeauxs.” Very short-sided and misguided on my part.

http://twitter.com/ENanasi Erin Nanasi

Create a new shirt and give all proceeds to The Trevor Project, a fantastic organization that helps LGBT teens. Maybe something like “Homeaux is Great in Any Language”-something positive and supportive.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Colleen-Jenkins/1133622631 Colleen Jenkins

Chris,

I am amazed that little tidbit never came out for us to criticize. Timing seems to have caught you. Fortunately, however, issues such as this will be dealt with more quickly and with less backlash. Hang in there.

http://twitter.com/kpringologist Kindra Pring

Wow guys, way to show our unity and desire for tolerance by completely bashing him after he took the site down and apologized. I know this is hard to believe, but people who aren’t immediately members of the community may not thoroughly consider everyone’s feelings. He could’ve been like most things like this and ignored UB but he didn’t. And you show your forgiveness by ragging on him after he came her personally to apologize?

Thank you Chris for your understanding and taking down the cite, and now I sincerely apologize for the behavior of the others here. It’s completely uncalled for to keep insulting someone after they’ve found their error.

Anonymous

there is such a thing a saving face. And I hate to say it but the community has the right to make up own minds. Not all of us buy into the apology and we don’t have to.

http://twitter.com/kpringologist Kindra Pring

Saving face would be taking down the website and pretending it never happened. This guy took it down, came here and explained the situation and apologized and then stuck around for further correspondence. That isn’t saving face, that’s a genuine apology. Which is something that Mr. Farrell has never done despite his MULTIPLE offensive and often inaccurate articles, yet no one is making demands to him.

Anyone who sits around judging people who apologize for their wrongs, and expecting them to now do MORE than apologize, even when he didn’t print any shirts and made no money, doesn’t deserve the apology they were given, let alone anything else.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000035047164 Gus Anderson

You do know that 95% of people on the net only read the main headline of any *news* report and then run straight to the ~leave a comment~ window. Right?

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=520305187 Charles Wence III

some people are never satisfied so your response is “to be expected” ‘bearededlady’

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=637854091 Tracy Gibson

He “should have never made it”. A mea culpa that includes the tired “I didn’t know/think/realize” excuse is unacceptable in this day and age. Because he DID know. So, is it nice that he took it down? Sure, but what now is he going to do about any shirts already sold? Why did he think it was ok in the first place. An apology is nice, it doesn’t solve the problem or take back what was done. We need to stop acting like it does.

Anonymous

Tracy,

no shirts were ever sold or produced. Since they were score shirts, they would have been produced after the conclusion of the game (to include the score).

Barney McComas

Whether or not Chris intended or even realized he’d created a slur against ALL homosexuals, he used a variation of the gay slur, “homeauxs,” instead of, “homos,” as an INSULT to the LSU team. He used a homosexual slur as an insult, which is wrong and hurtful. He then added, “we beat the hell out of you,” further inferring violence against, “homeauxs,” which is beyond irresponsible. Even using, “homos,” as a positive term would be inappropriate, but using it as a negative slur and adding an element of violence is simply wrong, in any context.

And no one I’ve read here is insulting Chris. We are calling him out on his use of a slur against homosexuals and letting him know that it’s wrong and how hurtful and damaging in can be.

It’s nice that you’ve come to Chris’s rescue, but please save it for the victims of hate crimes, not those who perpetuate slurs against them. This is new news, and everyone has a right to express their anger and outrage, whether or not Chris has realized the error of his ways and apologized (and whether or not any of it is sincere.)
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=580827090 Daniel Leyva

You would not be saying any of this if the remarks were sexist… the double standard as always…
http://www.facebook.com/joylin.hall Joylin Hall

I’m amazed that you see UB as being hateful toward him. The job of a news blog is to report the news. To take this down would be to fail on that account, and although the dilemma between reporting this (which is quite the educational moment for the people of Alabama who previously had not thought of slurs like this as being destructive, not because they are hateful people, but because they are ignorant) and taking it down in order to preserve the reputation of Chris’s business is not an easy decision, both sides have their pros and cons, and UB had to choose what they felt to be most beneficial to everybody. If you posted this comment before all of the updates are made, PLEASE go back and read them. UB explains in detail the conversation with Chris, advocates for his side, emphasizes how apologetic he was, and even states, “It sounds like this shirt was born out of ignorance, and not animosity.” You accuse UB of a “Once a Homo Hater, Always a Homo Hater” philosophy… when in fact they specifically pointed out that Chris is NOT a homo hater, and simply was misguided in this instance.

UB can get a bit nasty in some instances toward homophobic behavior, occasionally even to a degree that I refuse to share their posts with others because I don’t want to be spewing that kind of one-sided negativity… But I was actually quite impressed that this situation was handled so gracefully, and I am disappointed that you didn’t also see it that way. I think a great deal of sympathy for Chris was shown in this article.

Anonymous

i believe you are sincere in your apology. We have all done boneheaded things in our time….
Some folks will yell and be angry , and yes, they kind of have a right to be.
But I do accept your apology…i believe you mean it…what SHOWS it is where you go from here..you’ve clearly got a creative mind and can take action with it. Now be funny AND positive…
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=520305187 Charles Wence III

Yes Chris you are awesome! Thank you for considering the LGBTQI community and changing your mind on this. Just a thank you from one person to another.
Anonymous

I see where there may be some confusion as well. At the end of every victory, the Alabama band plays a song called “Rammer Jammer” in which a portion of the lyrics state “We just beat the hell out of you.” This is chanted by fans along with the band as well. On the shirt, this was directed to LSU fans since they (along with all other SEC schools) know this slogan well and use it against Alabama fans. The shirt was also in response to a shirt LSU fans made a couple seasons ago that stated “Alabama Fans Are Homeauxs.” In no way was the shirt bragging about “beating the hell out of homeuxs,” but instead to LSU on the field. Clearly this doesn’t make it right and I let my desire to “get back” at them cloud my judgement. This is something that I am very sorry for.

meh2

there’s a problem with UB, namely kevin, it seems. this site has taken to blowing things out of proportion lately. we had a right to be mad about the shirts, because it was poor judgement, but kev still being mad over it is just immature. you’ve shown nothing but humility and sincere apologies. not a lot of people, gay or straight, are ever willing to swallow their pride like that. so thanks. you’re okay by my book

http://www.facebook.com/sammael88 Matthew Williamson

Amusing how wrong you are and how Kevin and UB have been vindicated. Think it might be time for you to swallow your pride…

meh2

lol i just did. ill always admit when im wrong, ’cause what kind of hypocrite would i be if i didnt?

Lauren DeLoach

YOU DIDN’T THINK OF THE FACT THAT A SHIRT THAT SAYS HEY HOMEAUXS WOULD OFFEND HOMOSEXUALS? DO YOU REALIZE HOW STUPID THAT SOUNDS? STUPID ENOUGH FOR ME TO USE ALL CAPS. THAT’S HOW STUPID
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1488172030 Vicky Basgil

thank you
http://twitter.com/PrideBracelets Pride Bracelets

Hey Chris,

I think it’s awesome that you took down the site so quickly and apologized. I think that a lot of us have grown used to people who just save face and pretend nothing ever happened to save their reputation.

For the people who still feel some anger towards Chris, I completely understand why. To me, the shirt is very obviously homophobic. However, I’m coming from a specific point of view: I’m queer, I study social justice, and I notice homophobia is everyday life. Keep in mind, however, that a lot of heterosexual people don’t come from this point of view; there are still lots of heterosexual people who don’t have any openly queer friends, who don’t notice articles about hate crimes because they’re not exposed to much of our culture.

In the past, we’ve forgiven a LOT of people. Haven’t we forgiven several people who worked for NOM (I think it was NOM…) who realized that being LGBTQ is okay? Don’t a lot of us support people like Cindy and Meghan McCain because they’ve come to understand that we deserve rights? The LGBTQ community isn’t huge, and without allies, we’d get nowhere. Personally, I’ll take my allies wherever I can find them.
http://www.facebook.com/XwhyterabbitX Anthony Powers

i must say i am impressed with the way both chris and UB have handles this situation, tho maybe not so much with the way some of the comment-ors have gotten all self-righteous on one side or the other. i hope chris’s business doesn’t get too much backlash over this from one side or the other. his quick action and genial handling of the problem and the comments on this page show he deserves to rise above this and move on.
Anonymous

Chris thank you not only for the apologie but also for being a human. For making a mistake doing something that at the moment seemed funny but turned out to hurt someone or a group. (Something most all of us have done at some point in our lived just maybe not on a scale this large) as for everyone who is still pissed, homo shmomo get over it, im gay im a small business owner im active in growing and making my community better. My sexuality is not who i am and im strong and i undertand that not every person well aprove of my life style. How many times have you(gay community) told a friend that being stupid “stop being a queer/dyke) last time i heard some one say that at the bar i dont think it was ment to be a compliment. So because we are gay we can use some words but if your not gay you should remove them from your vocab. Lets all grow up open our minds and stop being queers!
Anonymous

Chris thank you not only for the apologie but also for being a human. For making a mistake doing something that at the moment seemed funny but turned out to hurt someone or a group. (Something most all of us have done at some point in our lived just maybe not on a scale this large) as for everyone who is still pissed, homo shmomo get over it, im gay im a small business owner im active in growing and making my community better. My sexuality is not who i am and im strong and i undertand that not every person well aprove of my life style. How many times have you(gay community) told a friend that being stupid “stop being a queer/dyke) last time i heard some one say that at the bar i dont think it was ment to be a compliment. So because we are gay we can use some words but if your not gay you should remove them from your vocab. Lets all grow up open our minds and stop being queers!

http://www.facebook.com/sammael88 Matthew Williamson

I have never said “stop being a queer/dyke” and I have never heard it said by someone who themselves was a queer/dyke. IMO, that is a pretty bizarre thing to say, especially considering I think people need to be and act _more_ queer/dykish. You run in some rather disturbing circles.
And yes, when it comes to certain epithets, it is ok for the victims of them to use them and not other people. It’s a way to take the sting and hate out of the words, to lessen their impact. Not all double-standards are wrong.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Richard-Hunt/1111684615 Richard Hunt

So, now this is supposed to make everything allright? I don’t think so!

Anonymous

I think the response is a start….to admit you were stupid, shortsighted and hurtful , and to stop the action that is such, is the place to START to fix the problem….the question is…what he does next….

http://www.facebook.com/people/Joshua-DeLapp/100000255782425 Joshua DeLapp

In reparation for what, exactly? A web site that was up for a minimal period of time, and that probably got more publicity through this article than through anything else? Or for a run of shirts that were never created, and never went on sale?

To admit that he was shortsighted and unintentionally hurtful is all that needs to be done. Leave the crucifying to the Christians who want us all relegated to second-class citizenship; repentance should be in measure to the crime committed, and an apology for a very short-lived mistake that leaves behind no physical memento is balanced.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=520305187 Charles Wence III

well some of us do so stop huffing and puffing around. The dude did a sincere thing, something that hardly anyone can do nowadays; he admitted he was wrong and short sighted and is making efforts to fix it. Calm down. I was mad too at first a little but I believe his apology. It will be ok man, seriously.

http://www.facebook.com/bgrizzell Brittany Rena Grizzell

I’m sure knowing Alabama fans this shirt will still leak out. Disgrace.. I wish I had the nerve to call him! Or even find him since we unfortunately share the same state and area code. He is just another drunk redneck.. Welcome to Alabama.
Anonymous

Um, am I the only one who thinks he looks gay?

http://www.facebook.com/rainorion Thomas Cain

Um, who cares?

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=599901219 John Bennett

Yes
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1664732393 Jim Self

If he didnt view homosexuals in a negative light then he would have never created the shirt. This is a sad attempt at redemption.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=520305187 Charles Wence III

honestly I do not believe a homosexual crossed his mind, not once, until he read this blog. This is a sad example of your intolerance for people to make mistakes.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1039324943 Jeff Kalmar

So in your eyes there’s no redemption for anyone who’s ever made a regrettable comment? What a sad little world you must live in. As another commenter said, what else do you want him to do? Would you be satisfied if he killed himself, perhaps? He was big enough to apologize multiple times, he has remained civil in discussions here despite being bashed, took the site down and is no longer offering this merchandise for sale. Get the f**k over yourself.

The sad thing is, this shirt didn’t even reflect specific hate at the LGBT community. A lot of straight guys use the word “homo” as an insult to other straight guys without ever thinking it through – that’s where the education is needed, making them realize that it’s an offensive term and that sexual orientation should never be used as an insult. Continuing to pillory someone who has tried to make amends won’t advance the cause one bit – quite the opposite, in fact.

http://www.facebook.com/logan.vega Logan Vega

Just sent this guy an email,. What do you mean you didnt think that you were promoting hate for profit.. what an idiot!~
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WXSSW6UFTNNZQ7XXXKSX27TNKQ Mark C A

Question Chris……what are you going to do with the surplus of t-shirts you have already printed?

Anonymous

None were printed.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WXSSW6UFTNNZQ7XXXKSX27TNKQ Mark C A

Thanks Chris. I am going to ask Kevin to take down your personal info because the matter is over and you need to move on. I just hope you are sincere and honest because we are not a forgivng group….as you’ve seen.

Cheers and hope your year gets better.

Anonymous

Thank you Mark. I have contacted Kevin numerous times today and it seems as though he is now ignoring me. At this point, I understand keeping the article up. But considering the death threats that I have received, which I completely understand the anger, I just don’t see that keeping my personal information posted is productive. Furthermore, to have my business’ and my business partner’s information, who had absolutely nothing to do with this, is something that I have asked Kevin to remove to no avail.

I have apologized to everyone who has contacted me and will continue to do so. Many members of the LGBT society have contacted me to offer their support and compassion, something that has had a tremendous impact on me and something that will help me grow as a person. Their kindness is something that I am very greatful for.

All I ask is that Kevin at least return my calls.

Lee Keels

How many times does it have to be stated that the shirts were not printed for you to understand it? Damn!

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WXSSW6UFTNNZQ7XXXKSX27TNKQ Mark C A

Lee……get off your knees and realize that MY post was yesterday at 10:59am and YOU are replying to my post TODAY at 12:29am. I understand now that nothing was printed. Damn, yourself for not paying attention to thread posts.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Richard-Crystal/651158188 Richard Crystal

I say we cut them into strips and save them for when we run out of Charmin.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1039324943 Jeff Kalmar

Did you even bother to read the article? The shirts were going to have the score of the game printed on them, therefore they couldn’t have been printed BEFORE the game.

http://www.facebook.com/logan.vega Logan Vega

FYI e-mails sent to him have an auto reply now… fail on damage control
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=501059676 Kyle Holtgren

I sent an email and Chris called me to apologize. I couldn’t answer at the time but he left a voicemail. I applaud him for that.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_JM24CDXB3I5DTRBTEOL6WVFA74 Ineeda

he’s kinda cute, i’d do him
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http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=737478135 Jerry Mazzola

Ummm is it me or does this Chris Ivey guy look like Gay Gayerson from Gayville ?
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_4SXJQYONKVWFPOWXO756F5G3WQ Robin

Condemning an entire University and it’s students, because of one idiot’s disgusting idea, without proof that they even endorsed this bs, is racism at it’s finest. Did anyone contact the University before posting this story? It’s going viral that University of Alabama is behind this crap because of this “news” article. Who’s worse? The douche bag who created the shirts or the website who just grouped an entire student body/faculty(gay students included) into one huge racist college? Very disappointed all around. You mention the University should nail Chris Ivey for copyright infringement…”technically” I don’t see anything that can be considered that. HOWEVER I do see a slander lawsuit coming your way.

http://twitter.com/kpringologist Kindra Pring

Chris took down the site and apologized, profusely, see above. So technically he isn’t even in the wrong anymore. At this point that this article is still up just makes UB look bad. Or worse, depending on their opinion of some of the recent articles.

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http://www.facebook.com/people/Victoria-Kerrigan/558063053 Victoria Kerrigan

i see some people are still upset about this. my question to all of you who are is ‘what else can he do?’ he has apologized and stated what he did was wrong, etc etc. im not making fun of anyone or what not, i seriously want to know what else can he do. he said he had NO shirts printed and clearly stated why he did what he did, then stated that he knew he was in the wrong, took the site down and apologized multiple times for it.

i feel that his compassion and understanding of the situation is remarkable, most people would tell everyone who was upset about it to get f*cked and live with it, but he didnt. kudos to him.
Anonymous

To Chris:
Thank you for the apology. And thank for show that even the LGBTQ community is susceptible to hypocrisy. I, for one, believe that every person is capable of sincerity. We, as humans, are fallible. We are also capable of forgiveness.

To the negative commentors:
Please do not let your anger and personal hurts stain your thoughts and words. Here we as a community have a chance to prove our compassion and capacity for forgiveness. We may have to fight for our rights and equality, but we do not have to fight everyone that makes a faux pas. Ignorance does not equate to malice.

To the positive commentors:
Thank you for sharing your understanding, if not your forgiveness. And thank you for not shying away from being kind.

http://www.facebook.com/sammael88 Matthew Williamson

Anger and personal hurts should “stain” a persons thoughts and words, it’s called passion. What you are advocating isn’t compassion and understanding, its ambivalence and apathy. When someone wrongs you, it is perfectly acceptable to get upset and angry about it. Especially considering its been shown he was telling a bald face lie when he apologized. Your comments now make you look like a gullible sap. Pretty amusing

http://www.facebook.com/people/Berto-Caceres/567485641 Berto Caceres

Worse things have been said at or concerning sporting events. This man made a mistake and than did the adult thing and apologized for it. Now, I think it’s fair to rail against anyone who is purposefully hurtful and unapologetic, but this man made a mistake and apologized. Let’s show the compassion we,as a community, so often been denied, or at least act like adults and leave this guy alone. He took down the site and personally apologized. None of the shirts were even printed.
Capiton Obvious

Yes, he apologized. ok, fine. Sincere or not, I do not know. But here lies the problem; no where does he state that he is going to stop production or the sales of the shirts. So what he MEANT to say wazzzzzz “Sorry y’all was to be offended but I still gonna makes me sum money..”

Anonymous

I took the site down and will never post it again. No shirts were ever sold or produced as well. I can’t say enough how sorry I am for this. As I have stated before, it was misguided and insensitive on my part.

Lee Keels

Chris,

Thank you for your apology. Now let me take the time to apologize to YOU. I have nothing to do with Unicorn Booty. I never heard of it before today, but you should know that the vengeful attitude of keeping this post up on their website is not representative of the gay community at large. Everyone deserves a second chance, and keeping this post up is not giving you that chance. If I had control, it would be gone immediately, but I don’t. I’ve voiced my opinion in a separate comment, but that is all I can do.

I don’t think that you did what you did with malice toward our community. Time will bear out if I am correct in my assumption. Again, my apologies for your current treatment on this site.

Lee Keels

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1039324943 Jeff Kalmar

Your reading comprehension is seriously flawed as he said exactly what you claim he didn’t say.

http://twitter.com/ChadDarnell Chad Darnell

He took it down. He apologized. Find another lamb to slaughter people and move on.

robbjmc

Yes, please. Haranguing this guy — who has said no shirts were printed and that the site was quickly removed — just makes us look shrill and unforgiving as a community. Like it or not, “homo” is a common insult and is often said without a second thought. And now he’s been served his second thought (and third and fourth and on and on). Lesson learned.

There are people out there with unmitigated, unapologetic unreasonable hate for gays. This is not one of them. Let’s be bigger people about this small incident and let it disappear. Thanks, Chris, for posting and continuing to post.
http://www.facebook.com/wshannonthomas William Thomas

He’s a lamb now….I would say Kevin didn’t take down the story because it still has relevance in our journey toward equality…I would never have read it or known about it had it not still been up here…maybe news of this will inform others in the rural south (where I’m from originally) about what is and isn’t offensive to our community…just saying

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=16929716 Anonymous

It will blow over eventually, though it is necessary to remember so we don’t relive incidents like this. The more that we erase history, we’ll repeat it. Thank you Chris for your apologies.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000451850693 Ashley Valencia

…This site is getting ridiculous, I’m seriously thinking of not reading it anymore. He apologized and took the site down. What more do you want? Blood? His firstborn? Give it a rest.

http://www.facebook.com/sammael88 Matthew Williamson

Posting a single story and an update to said story when more information was available is somehow wrong and carrying on? In light of recent events, I can gladly say you are a moron.

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Cowtown Vwebber

Oh my God. Are you seriously offended by this shirt? Seriously? It is obviously just a play on the intentionally annoying and somewhat playful habit of LSU fans ending every possible word with “eaux.” The “beat the hell out of (insert name of rival team)” phrase is purely sports related and has nothing to do with violence. The propensity of members of the LBGT society to feign offense at every little thing like this is bullshit. You are not offended. You are a liar and a bully. Quit being such a pussy. You KNOW you were never offended by this shirt.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Heather-Smith/647293154 Heather Smith

You cannot invalidate someone’s level of offense until you ARE that person. You are not Kevin and you don’t know what he felt, what he has experienced, and how his judgement falls. There is no such thing as ‘feigning’ offense. If someone claims to be offended, it should be considered. Your callousness is absolutely disappointing.

Anonymous

I’m offended by your post beause your name reminds me of the movie “Heathers”, which I found to be awful. I demand you change it. Good luck invalidating my level of offense. Change your name or your callousness will be absolutely disappointing. You can tell i’m serious about this because there is no such thing as feigning offense.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Heather-Smith/647293154 Heather Smith

Ignoring the sarcasm, I ended up finding this really funny because I am *actually* named after that movie ahahah

Anonymous

What on earth is a hate crime shirt?

Lee Keels

I think a shirt that encourages beating homosexuals qualifies as one. Did you miss that part?

Anonymous

It sounds so extreme though. “Hate crime shirts! Buy them now wear them to your kkk rally” or “if you don’t wear it well it’s just a crime” it sounds so absurd.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1039324943 Jeff Kalmar

How about a shirt that said, “Shoot the Queers,” or “Kill All Ni**ers,” would you be confused at that being called a hate crime shirt?

http://www.facebook.com/people/Heather-Smith/647293154 Heather Smith

Kevin, I fully agree with your final decision. While Chris has shown humility and has done the right thing, in the end things like this HAVE TO BE SEEN.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Joshua-DeLapp/100000255782425 Joshua DeLapp

I agree that the event should be recorded, Heather. That’s not what is at question here.

There’s no reason why his personal business information should remain on blast in the article.

Anyone here pretending
they’ve never made a bad judgement or mistake is being pretentious and
idiotic. A mistake was made, the person apologized. Let it go.

If we
can’t recognize mistakes and be tolerant when people sincerely recant for them, then there’s no reason why WE should expect anyone else to be tolerant of us; I certainly would not be.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1306859175 Jerry Ferraccio

What I find fascinating are all the reactions and finger pointing. Mr. Farrell saw a problem, addressed it, Mr. Ivey took his site down, apologized, and continues to apologize (which I’m taking at face-value, it’s hard enough to get an apology out of anyone these days). Mr. Farrell decided to leave this post up because it documents and details the event(s). Glad he decided that, because it shows people that you CAN address homophobia and make a change for the better. No anger is needed now, just a continuation of the dialogue, and some healing.

I will say this, however: as a blog (no matter how huge or well-followed), the bloggers have a right to post the way they want (hello, First Amendment?). There have been quite a few readers who have taken them to task (particularly Mr. Farrell) citing some nebulous and ill-defined “lack of integrity and responsibility” regarding posts. Don’t like it, don’t read it!

http://www.facebook.com/people/Joshua-DeLapp/100000255782425 Joshua DeLapp

I do not have an issue with the article remaining up. I do have an issue with them leaving Mr. Ivey’s personal information in place in the article.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1306859175 Jerry Ferraccio

Point taken.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ND5LGRQAP3SSGMJSX3G6CKW7K4 Scott

I don’t think many “students” will be wearing these shirts. This is dumb and offensive, but people seem to be painting this as a UA thing. I go to LSU, and I bet UA students are horrified (or at the very least, pissed that they’re associated with this) as are most of the alums. I doubt you’ll see anyone wearing this shirt in New Orleans. Can we not just treat this as it is, which is a few dummies trying to make a cheap buck.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Dustin-DuBois/594705193 Dustin DuBois

Ignorant or not, this is still disgusting on his part.
http://www.kateescapenj.blogspot.com Katie Andrews

Aww Unicorn Booty, your heart is nearly as big as your balls!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=520305187 Charles Wence III

Congrats this was a good one. You have done a fine job today.
Anonymous

I’m an alum of UA and its Queer-Straight Alliance student organization. I love the university and am glad of most of my experiences there, but there are many experiences I wish I hadn’t experienced. Such as being followed from a QSA meeting one evening and beaten on the Quad, all the while the group of frat guys representing “The Machine” calling me hate names, then the campus cops saying that they do not keep record of hate crimes, just the basic crime of assault itself. Then there were my friends who found themselves in similar situations. Then there was the student-run website which helped students identify and avoid gay instructors, such as myself. Then there was the local push for a state-wide Gay Book Ban which would have made illegal the instruction of any literature by a writer believed to be gay, who had ever included gay characters, or who had ever touched on gay themes (eliminating study of Shakespeare, Hemingway, any Greek literature, etc.). And many other similar though easier to ignore problems I faced on a nearly daily basis. There was a huge push at one point to distribute stickers around campus stating “Hate is Not a UA Value,” but these unfortunately served as targets for defacing vehicles or whatever property sported the stickers.

Such levels of blatant intolerance and hatred had been unknown to me before my five years in Alabama, and they fortunately are no longer a daily problem since I left the state six years ago. Unfortunately, I know that they still run rampant there, and most people outside of the Deep South do not realize this. I’m not calling for a personal attack on an individual or his business, but I whole-heartedly support drawing attention to such hate-based behaviors so that through a societal peer-pressure and embarrassment, people may become enlightened or at least realize the repercussions of their actions.
Dale Bowman

For the moment, I am inclined to let this go. However, if Chris Ivey, his partner, or any business he has is ever involved in something like this again, I say take no prisoners.
Anonymous

It’s one thing to be offended by this shirt…which I do find it offensive…but the immediate jump to hate crime was a bit dramatic. I think something should have been written about this, but perhaps before posting anything research could have been done that would have supported the fact that the line “beat the hell outta you” does in fact come from an Alabama Football tradition called the Rammer Jammer that interchanges whatever opponents mascot into it saying “Hey, mascot name, we just beat the hell outta you…rammer jammer yellow hammer give ‘em hell Alabama!”
This song is played by the band and sung along to at the end of the fourth quarter of every victory and is a wonderful tradition that participate in weekly.
And the “aux” comes from the LSU faithful writing GEAUX tigers everywhere instead of just GO…which i think is stupid, but I am biased…ROLL TIDE

What Mr. Ivey forgot, as would 90% of Alabamians, was that football fans can be gay as well or I’m sure he never would have made such an inflammatory T-Shirt. As is no shock, Alabama is an extremely regressive part of the country, perfectly content to sit in their rocking chairs on the front porch waiting for the next opportunity to go to church and secretly judge everyone there! And while I am proud of the education I received at Alabama and the time I spent there, I am even more happy to be out of the state as well! Mr. Ivey is at least smart enough to apologize and seek forgiveness…trust me…this is not something that a lot of Alabamians would do if it were their business involved in this! Let’s give him at least that credit!
http://www.facebook.com/people/Kevi-Equality/100002106564260 Kevi Equality

That a homonym of ‘homos’ is an acceptable joke is in itself indicative of a certain degree of ambient homophobia; coupled with a violent statement (even if borrowed from the school fight song) it is a bit scary – anywhere, not just New Orleans (and I briefly attended LSU before earning an MBA at Tulane). But since there does not seem to be malice of intent behind this, and Mr. Ivey seems genuinely apologetic, I really do hope his business doesn’t suffer long-term harm. This is a dilemma; I understand why you would take a firm stand on this, but I myself would cut the guy some slack. There are groups out there that intentionally seek to harm us, and individuals who would not withdraw a product under any circumstances, and I don’t think Mr. Ivey should be lumped together with them. If anything, I think our community should show support for people like Mr. Ivey. Just my opinion.
http://www.facebook.com/Solstice420 Mike Solstice

I must say, I am absolutely appalled; but not a the shirts, rather this site’s reaction and stance to when it comes to the aftermath. He apologized and took the site down. He did the right thing. He admitted his error and has tried to make it right…and yet this post stays up, his personal information stays up, and UB continues to slam him for it? What kind of image do you think you’re painting of OUR community UB? I’ll tell you – that we are every bit as full of HATE as the homophobes, and for the most part, we’re not. If he had refused or otherwise stepped out of bounds on this, yeah, I’d say nail his ass to the wall; but he didn’t. He realized and admitted his mistake, and took actions to correct it. What else do you want?

You have lowered yourselves even lower than he was to begin with…and damaged your readership in the process. What is our community coming to when formerly reputable sites are worse than the homophobes? Hate, is hate, and in all it’s forms it is completely unacceptable. Grow the hell up.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_IJ7HQSZVOJ7OAEMQ3ORG5G63XQ daniel p

Daulings, daulings! We are all humans and we all make mistakes, some bigger than others, but we’ve all been in bad situations that we did not mean to happen. One must always forgive! Forgiveness is the first step to bridging differences and making amends. I urge you all daulings to remeber that no man is an island, entire of itself–and just as no man is an island, no man’s beliefs are an island and able to stand upon their own. We must all work together to make things in this world better, and a simple way of doing that is to forgive someone of an honest mistake that he has sincerely apologized and admitted being wrong about.

Let us forgvie daulings, and accept one more memeber to the growing majority of individuals who realize that love is love no matter what the gender may be.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ABYNGN2V6WJ4VH3V5XUQNSM7UM Rebecca

On the one hand, the sight of this shirt without reading anything else on the story makes me feel physically ill. There is enough hate in this world without advertising and advocating for cruelty.

On the other, I don’t believe that hurting someone in retaliation makes up for the wrong they did. All posting his address is going to do, is damage his business. In my opinion, that just isn’t right. Now, if these had actually been sold I would be saying something different… but they weren’t.
Shannon Jones

It is completely possible that from the spelling of “Homeauxs” that it could be construed as poking fun at the “Home” team in an incredibly French influenced city and state. I accept the apology, Chris. I believe, as you said, it was a misguided joke. No excuse for the awful French though. :-p
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1524742587 Miranda Vand

I’d rather err on the side of forgiveness. Hate begets hate, and and if I’d been held endlessly accountable for every stupid thing I’ve said or done since I was in college… well, I’m just glad I’ve been allowed to learn from my mistakes.

Good luck to both Alabama and LSU from a still Penn State Proud Nittany Lion.
Lee Keels

This is a PROFOUNDLY bad judgment on the part of Unicorn Booty. There is NO reason, NO benefit, NO redeeming value for this post to remain up. The matter is settled, the man has apologized. To continue to damage his business and reputation is NOT within the values that our community should be promoting. Yes, keep an eye on him for future issues, but to continue to essentially slander him after he has done everything he can is simply reprehensible. REMOVE THE POST!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=661068178 Rusty Wilson II

Dude, take down his email and phone number. Seriously, he apologized.

-A gay man in Texas
Raymond Close

Leave the article, but remove his contact info and apologize for your bigoted and sensationalist headline. That way, you might be able to cling to the tattered shreds of your integrity. How many page views did this little gem earn you, hypocrite?
http://www.facebook.com/mwkeith Whitney Keith

I’m not sure I really understand what homeauxs is supposed to mean in this context. I know that the person making the shirt got the idea from a shirt LSU had previously, but what does it mean that makes it okay to put on a shirt?
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http://twitter.com/JacobRyanTX Jacob Ryan

While I can honestly say that the apology you’re declaring seems somewhat sincere, Chris. . . The whole ordeal is a bit baffling. As many have mentioned, it’s downright unbelievable that you wouldn’t/didn’t/couldn’t see the offensive nature in the shirt’s text. And if you’re the owner of a business, as the article details that you are, then you clearly have the smarts to run a business. . . so, pardon me while I just don’t make ease with the whole “football game/clouded judgement” excuse.

Playing dumb makes the whole apology seem insincere.

And personally, I can’t believe you’d come in here guns blazing about the fact that you have gay family given that YOU are the one who designed the shirt. Ouch to the family members.
Joey Willoughby

I agree, the post should definitely stay up, but seeing that he has personally apologized to you and the blog members public, AND took the extra step of apologizing every email he received, something he didn’t have to do, I think it’s very apparent that he is truly sorry for his actions, and it’s time for you to show that the LGBT community accepts his apology and take down his information.
Amanda Mattes

I’m wondering if you could leave this article up, but give him a pseudonym now that he has apologized? He has taken the site down. He has assured everyone that none of the shirts were produced. He has also given statements to the media about how he never meant to do something so detrimental. I agree, what he did was thoughtless and awful, but being from Alabama, I grew up hearing this mentality from everyone. What if he changes his opinion completely and now fights for LGBT rights? This article could then be detrimental to his credibility in that community and any good he might be doing.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=887180542 Michael Blank

“It sounds like this shirt was born out of ignorance, and not animosity”

i’m pretty sure it was both
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003211775824 Rick Davis

offending homosexuals is fun. They are abominations and deserve it all.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Cody-Foret/100001450376798 Cody Foret

says the guy who went to Penn State. Rape any kids lately? and if you were being sarcastic, not funny
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1039324943 Jeff Kalmar

We’ll all support you when you come out, Rick.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Colleen-Jenkins/1133622631 Colleen Jenkins

Hey, you dropped the P from your name, why?

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_C3E2V5OF2ELRGXPI57TECJU5HY Big C

As a lifetime Alabama fan, I can say that this type of thing should in no way reflect on all of us. I myself can see errors on both sides here too. The shirt shouldnt have been made. But at the same time, it shouldnt have been automatically assumed that this was “official university” merch. I think to assume that right off the bat seems a little intolerant of Southerners and a preconceived notion that we’re all bigoted rednecks. Heterosexuals aren’t the only ones capable of hateful thinking, I think this circumstance definitely outlines the capability of ANYONE to stick their foot in their mouth!!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1618700930 Jennifer Gaulden

I know I’m a day late and a dollar short on this, but as a Proud BAMA Lezbeax, I believe Mr. Ivey has apologized and should his information should be removed. With that being said, even before I scrolled to the bottom of your post to see the contact info listed, I did a simple google search and found him and his place of business. So I say if someone really feels the need to contact him, let them at least make their own effort and give the man some peace.

G w/o $
Anonymous

I appreciate why this shirt is offensive to some people. I am not condoning the idea of the shirt whatsoever.

It seems clear that this guy was not working from a platform of hate. However, your tacit approval for people to harass him and his business about a poor decision that he obviously regrets does seem to be borne from a platform of hate.

Additionally, your inclusion of a snippet about an entirely unrelated beating – printed in bold type to make it stand out – is questionable at best, downright sinister at worst. This inclusion ties this shirt – and Chris Ivey – into a situation(physical violence) that it did not have a part in.People make mistakes. He seems to have learned from it. Let it go and do something more urgent with your time and whatever internet cachet you posses. Find real instances of hate-mongering and go stomp all over those.

Hopefully the author can learn something from this as well. I see that I am not the only person expressing this opinion.
http://www.facebook.com/fpjohnson Frank P Johnson

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http://pulse.yahoo.com/_24T7PFL4V3XPHLL6PSAHX6AUQU C T

As a gay man, I happily accept this man’s apology. I understand the intention was not to condone gay bashing. Rather it was using a well known Alabama cheer mixed with a negative word about gays. People make mistakes and learn from them.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_G2WSJS7KMYZQK2ANFWQTKPKYFA Jeremy Cantrell

Agreed

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=515547534 Troy David

Honestly, I am more concerned with the general nature of homophobia. Coming from a small town in a gay friendly state, much of the homophobic statements that people utter lose their original meaning and correlation with the gay community. I have known many very sincere people who have used the term “gay” to mean something undesirable and did not truly see the connection to our community until it was pointed out. They felt remorse and embarrassment that they didn’t see the connection before. By recognizing it as a teaching moment and sharing why it was completely offensive to me, I have helped many to reflect on their language. It is very important that we point out to people who use homophobic language that it is deeply offensive, and when those people apologize and try to make amends (as Mr. Ivey has done), we should embrace them as a friend and ask them to be an ally. Let’s save our fighting energy for those that do not care whether they offend and who continue to do so even after all attempts to dissuade.

To Mr. Ivey: Thank you for being so responsive. Can you be an ally and help educate others about purposeful and inadvertent use of offensive language?

To UB/Kevin: please take down his information and leave the article up. Also, please include something in the main article about the offensive language beginning with LSU. I was more upset that I had to read through many comments before I realized that this was a bigger issue than Mr. Ivey and his company.

Anonymous

Troy, this event has indeed caused me to analyze my language and think before I speak. The offensive term did not carry its true meaning with me, I must admit. Reflecting on my own language and altering it for the better is something I have already begun, and in doing so I believe it will have a positive impact on those around me. Just because the LSU fans who first created the term “Homeuxs” did not find it offensive didn’t make it ok for me to overlook that fact and create these shirts.

Furthermore, Kevin has refused to answer/return any of my calls and emails. He took the liberty to post my business’ and business partner’s information as if they had something to do with this. I have explained to him how this was something I created, on a website independent from my business’ website, but this is something he refuses to correct. I understand the anger that has been exhibited towards me and accept it as I am responsible for my own actions. But I question Kevin’s motives at this point. Wednesday and Thursday I received approximately 400 calls and emails, to which I replied to every one of them. I issued statements to media and the University of Alabama, yet Kevin will no longer give me the time of day and choses to leave this information up. I have no problem with keeping the article up, but I find that leaving up this contact information is counter-productive at this point.

The compassion I have received from the gay community has been unbelievable. The kindness and forgiveness has been inspiring. Now, I simply ask the same from Kevin.

Anonymous

WTF??? Its just a damn word.. I am a gay man and as for me and my buddies, we are not offended by a freaking word or name calling-what is this 2nd grade?
As an avid collegiate football fan and TOSU alumni..I use the term Beat the Hell out of (insert team here) all the time. Let’s spend more time helping folks realize that we are as normal as they are…that we love to hunt, love football, love life just as they do…stop coloring all of us as thewhiny, bitchy, shopaholic fags that TV shows use to perpetuate the stereotype.
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Kolby Hadden

Kevin,

I wanted to just provide you with my opinion on this matter. I understand your outrage when you first learned about these shirts. I felt the same way. And I support your posting it in an effort to inform the community about it. But seriously? Chris Ivy has been very cooperative, and apologetic, and sympathetic about this whole thing. He apologized to you. He apologized to the public via his local news station, and he even took the initiative to create an account here, so that he could apologize to your readers. Not only that, but he also stayed on here, and responded to NUMEROUS comments from your readers. So, it wasn’t just an “I’m sorry” and we never hear from him again. This man’s apology is genuine. This man, in my eyes, has done nothing wrong.

You keeping this post up here (and worst of all, his contact information) shows to the general public (not just the LGBTQ community) that we are unforgiving. You keeping this article up are shining a HORRIBLE light on the LGBTQ community. We want people to be understanding to certain situations in our lives, yet, we can’t show the same understanding? Especially to a man such as Chris Ivy?
I am appalled by the way you are handling this, and embarrassed to have you as a fellow member of the LGBTQ community. I think it’s time we act like adults, man up (Like Chris did), and move on. This article alone is without a doubt ruining this man’s life. The LEAST you can do is remove his contact information. Until I see at least that, you are one reader less.

Kolby.
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eric ard

ridiculous to suggest it might be officially sanctioned by the university. there is a reason there isn’t a logo anywhere on the shirts. The University of Alabama would have sued instantly. Good job getting a horrible product removed but no need to drag the University or it’s other, responsible fans, into this.
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http://www.facebook.com/people/Thomas-Fisher/100000972785732 Thomas Fisher

I’m an LSU fan but that T-shirt is funny as shit! We still got a sense of humor. You didn’t beat that out of us.

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