EXCLUSIVE: Miss Virginia USA Lashes Out At Gay Roommate With Homophobic Slurs

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http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2011/11/01/358324/poteet-homophobic-slurs/

By Igor Volsky on Nov 1, 2011 at 3:50 pm

A handful of people in Richmond, Virginia are calling on the Miss Universe Organization to speak out against current Miss Virginia Nikki Poteet, after the 24-year-old crown bearer allegedly directed homophobic slurs towards her gay roommate at a party on Saturday, October 29th. In a letter directed to the organization, Derek Powell — Poteet’s roommate since January 2011 — claims Poteet became “extremely violent and physical and proceeded to call me and my boyfriend ‘faggots’ and ‘cocksuckers’” at around 2 a.m. at their group house in Richmond, Virginia. Poteet denied the allegations during a phone conversation with ThinkProgress, but admitted to some sort of altercation. “One of his friends proceeded to say things that didn’t need to be said,” she said.

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1. Sounds like one homophobic slur, one regular slur. n/t