A Florida man was booted from his local recreational basketball team after a city employee found out he is HIV-positive, the Orlando Sentinel reports.Dakota Basinger, 21, was on the Florida Dream Sports team, sponsored by the Florida city of Kissimmee, all season -- that is until a playoff game at Denn John Middle School that took place last Sunday.
Basinger told the newspaper a referee called time out and asked both teams to go to the benches. He said a city employee then called him into a room in the gym and asked him if he was HIV-positive.
Basinger, who just learned of his status a week ago and made a Facebook post about it, told the employee he was positive. The employee told him he would have to stop playing for the team.
"I feel humiliated and discriminated against," Basinger, told the Orlando Sentinel. "I felt horrible walking out of that gym." Full story here via Edge!
No comments:
Post a Comment