It is this kind of thinking that can lead to discrimination and even hate crimes against LGBTQ athletes. Just recently, high school football players in my home state of Pennsylvania were charged for their involvement in hazing a freshman on something called "No Gay Thursdays," a day in which the players on the team engage in inappropriate behavior, like placing genitals on each others' heads, according to the Associated Press. And on this particular day, when confronting a player they did not like, they decided to violate him with a broom handle as he screamed in pain.