Don't put in quotes something that you aren't quoting.
Besides, it's sad that gay people generally don't feel safe being 'out' in professional sport.
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jonbob loves you, Thu 29 Oct 2020, 5:06,
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quotations marks have many uses, one of them is for imagined speech (or false attribution) for humorous effect
For example:
"I'm a humourless pedant", said an indignant jonbob
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 29 Oct 2020, 11:20,
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