Coco Gauff is poised to become one of the biggest names in tennis not only for her fantastic skills but also for her eagerness to talk about social issues. The American teenager expressed her disappointment about Florida’s controversial “Don’t Say Gay” bill. The point of this bill is to prohibit “classroom discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity” in state primary schools.
Coco was also extremely vocal in 2020 in defense of the black community after the horrible killing of George Floyd.
Gauff supporting the LGBTQ+ community
Coco commented:
“I’m against it. I think that these conversations are important, and for me, who has friends in the LGBTQ+ community, I couldn’t imagine not being able to talk about your identity. I feel like that’s something that is normal.
Every LGBTQ+1 person I’ve known has known that they were part of that community since they were young, so I think it’s important that they have those conversations in school, because that is supposed to be a safe place to talk about everything.
So for me, I think that it’s important that we have these conversations, and like I said before-l think it was in 2019 or 2020 when I talked about the Black Lives Matter movement- I said it was important to have those conversations.
Same stance on this. I think it’s important to have those tough conversations, and from the people that I spoke to who are part of the community, it definitely makes a difference when you don’t have to hide who you are.”
Cori Gauff in 2022
WWWWWLWWWW Currently ranked no.17, Gauff played her last match on the 24th of February when she lost to world no.6 Maria Sakkari 6-3 6-3 in the quarter in Doha (draw).
Until now, during this year the American achieved a 7-5 record. Cori Gauff’s most significant result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Adelaide.
Cori Gauff |
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