Pro-Feminist: 'Million Robot March' -- locker room exudes homophobia, sexism

Associated Press - ESPN

Iowa has a pink locker room for visitors - Hayden Fry began the tradition when he arrived thirty-five years ago, and it has been under siege for much of that time.

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The paint became part of Hawkeye lore. A 2005 renovation added pink across brick walls and shower floors and installed pink metal lockers, carpeting, sinks, showers and urinals.

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Kembrew McLeod is organizing what he jokingly calls a "Million Robot March" to coincide with an annual celebration Friday honoring legendary Iowa football coach Hayden Fry, who had the opposing team's locker room painted pink in 1979. McLeod wants the school to ditch the pink, which he says amounts to a school-sanctioned taunt that exudes homophobia and sexism.

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McLeod, 43, was dubbed "Roboprofessor" after he heckled Clinton during a 2008 speech in costume. He followed that up in 2011 when Bachmann, then a Republican presidential candidate, visited an Iowa City diner. Video of McLeod dressed as a "gay robot" accusing Bachmann of being a "robophobe" and a "homophobe" -- before getting booed and escorted out -- quickly went viral.

McLeod said he hopes to create a similar scene Friday.

"Ten to 30 robots marching along with human allies is a visual spectacle that I think will travel far and wide," he said. "It's a serious issue, but we want to demonstrate that we are not humorless, politically correct downers."

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