Today we learned: Female nudity is okay while male nudity leads to homophobia

Homophobes stormed Twitter with hateful tweets over American football star Ezekiel Elliott's nude photoshoot for ESPN Body Issue and we can't understand why.

News Desk
Jun 29, 2017

We often see female models and sportspersons dressed up in scanty or no clothing for sports magazines such as Sports Illustrated. This summer’s ESPN ‘Body Issue’ magazine went a different way. The sports magazine featured Ezekiel Elliott American football star, who plays for the Dallas Cowboys, posing nude as the new “cover boy”. However, as much as ESPN would have expected people to appreciate them taking a step towards equality, people were actually scornful about Zeke Elliott’s naked body being “thrown in their faces.”

In the photo shoot, Zeke flaunts his body as he clutches a football in a running pose in the ninth annual Body Issue of ESPN which also features sportspersons Isaiah Thomas, Javier Baez, and Caroline Wozniacki in alternative covers. While some were thrilled to see that the magazine is pushing for gender equity, some homophobic males just could not contain their repulsion as they stormed Twitter with hateful tweets.

Ezekiel Elliot, Nude Photoshoot, ESPN

Here are some of the tweets bashing Zeke over the nude photo shoot. Brace yourselves, homophobia incoming…

So, apparently, whether or not you’re posing nude reflects on your sexuality

You can now add “Homosexual” to his resume…

— Odabo Jack (@RobRothschild69) June 26, 2017

y’all are really stretching for the pride month huh

— Reindeer (@PeeWeeInATeePee) June 26, 2017

Sexist + Racist in one tweet? Somebody give this man a cookie!

Yeah, because what society needs is more black male athletes nude on the cover of magazines.

— Odabo Jack (@RobRothschild69) June 26, 2017

Thanks for clearing that up, mate

SPORTS. THE S STANDS FOR SPORTS. NOT STRIPPERS

— low key squidward (@ewwitzclutchy) June 26, 2017

Does anyone have the ‘Unfollow Instruction Manual’?

Get this off my tl

— rlz (@ThotVeteran) June 26, 2017

If you could stop throwing his naked ass at my face across all social media, that would be great…..

— Buxton .240 B4 Sept. (@AnthoKoKa) June 26, 2017

So mature…