Activist: The SF 49ers Need to Answer Questions About What Went Down with Their 'It Gets Better' Video

Sean Chapin, the activist behind the Change.org petition that convinced the San Francisco 49ers to be the first NFL team to make an 'It Gets Better' video, says the team needs to address the remarks made by linebacker Ahmad Brooks and nose tackle Isaac Sopoaga last week in the days before the Super Bowl.

Since Brooks and Sopoaga participated in the 49ers 'It Gets Better' video last year, reporters figured they would have an interesting perspective on the Chris Culliver story, but a new controversy arose when Brooks and Sopoaga both denied participating in the video, and then, when they were shown it, said they never knew it had anything to do with gays, and then appeared to want to distance themselves from it.

Their remarks led Dan Savage to pull the video from the 'It Gets Better' site. Savage then tweeted: "We've removed the #49ers #ItGetsBetter video from our website. #homophobia #NFL #horsesh*t"

Watch Chapin's demand that the 49ers address the issue, AFTER THE JUMP...

Towleroad Guide to the Tube #1286

NEIL'S PUPPET DREAMS: NPH is abducted by aliens.

BEATBOXER: Fun on the subway.

THE FOUR SEASONS: A journey by train through Norway

JUST BELIEVE: An 'It Gets Better' song from Sean Chapin.

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Santa Claus Comes Out In Song: VIDEO

Well, that's according to activist and singer Sean Chapin, who reimagines "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" AFTER THE JUMP.

Sean Chapin And The Leffews Convince Voter To 'Marry Them': VIDEO

Our favorite chanteur Sean Chapin released another original pro-equality song today, this one a piano ballad about a man who reconsiders his opposition to same-sex nuptials after meeting The Leffews, the family at the center of Chapin's "I Have Two Fathers".

This track is called "Marry Them" and is aimed specifically at people in the four states voting on marriage equality next month: Maine, Maryland, Washington and Minnesota.

Watch it AFTER THE JUMP.

I Have Two Fathers, the Remake: VIDEO

The Leffews, who have a wildly successful YouYube channel chronicling their gay parented family, get together with videographer Sean Chapin to remake the famous (on YouTube) Dutch video "I Have Two Fathers".

Watch, AFTER THE JUMP...

Towleroad Guide to the Tube #1110

SF GAY MEN'S CHORUS: From this weekend's ceremony at the National AIDS Memorial Grove to honor Nancy Pelosi for her tireless work in the fight against AIDS.

MOMS: Procter & Gamble salutes Olympics mothers.

SEXY FRISBEE: Gay GOP presidential candidate Fred Karger presses the flesh in California.

YE OLDE: Debunking.

 

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