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"&lt;strong&gt;Kobe Bryant&lt;/strong&gt;'s homophobic outburst \"perpetuates a culture of discrimination and hate\" ... so says a gay rights group which has deemed last night's incident as \"horribly offensive.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/04/13/0413-kobe-bryant-hrc-ex-2.jpg\" alt=\"0413_kobe_bryant_hrc_ex_2\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TMZ spoke with the &lt;strong&gt;Human Rights Campaign&lt;/strong&gt; -- who told us, \"What a disgrace for Kobe Bryant to use such horribly offensive and distasteful language, especially when millions of people are watching.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The group adds, \"Hopefully Mr. Bryant will recognize that as a person with such fame and influence, the use of such language not only offends millions of LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender] people around the world, but also perpetuates a culture of discrimination and hate that all of us, most notably Mr. Bryant, should be working to eradicate.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As we previously reported, Kobe appeared to have mouthed the words \"f**king f**got\" towards an NBA ref last night after he was hit with a technical foul.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- relatedlinks --&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/photos/2011/04/13/3585-kobe-bryants-ballin-photos\"&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0413_kobe_bryant_footer_V2\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/04/13/0413-kobe-bryant-footer-v2-credit.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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