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Thursday, June 05
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Source: PR Newswire (press release) , Sydney Star Observer , Bay Area Reporter Rugby players from the world's gay rugby teams are landing in Ireland this week for the the 2008 Bingham Cup, commonly known as the 'Gay Rugby World Cup'. The tournament starts Friday, June 13, in Dublin. The tournament is the second largest biennial amateur rugby tournament in the world, according to organizers. The 2006 cup, which took place in New York, was the biggest yet. The tournament is named for San Franciscan Mark Bingham, one of the September 11 Flight 93 heroes. Thirty teams drawn from clubs around...
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Saturday, May 31
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Source: KOMO4 TV , Seattle Post Intelligencer blog , The Stranger's SLOG Sirbrina Guerrero Photo via KOMO TV SEATTLE -- A local lesbian couple says a peck on the lips nearly got the two of them tossed out of a Mariners game. The women said they were singled out by a security guard simply because they kissed each other. Sirbrina Guerrero says she only gave her date a peck, but a mother sitting with her son complained to security and, as a result, they were told to stop or leave. "And he (the guest services agent) goes 'there's a lady whose son says he saw you guys making out, and...
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Wednesday, April 23
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Source: MetroPulse , New York Times KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Nobody who knows the area's football history disputes the accomplishments of Jackie Walker, a local high school football star and pioneering all-American linebacker at Tennessee from 1969 through ’71. At Fulton High School here, he averaged 23 tackles a game his senior season. He went on to become the first African-American football player in the Southeastern Conference to be named an all-American and the first to captain an SEC team. And almost four decades after his college career ended, and six years after his death, Walker remains...
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Tuesday, April 22
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Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sheryl Swoopes Seattle Storm photo For a long time, too long, Sheryl Swoopes kept her secret, and then it got to be overwhelming," writes Seattle Post-Intelligencer sports columnist Jim Moore. But then he gets to tell an inspiring story about an athlete -- something that sports writers do every day, but this the kind of story that too few sports writers have the opportunity to pen. "In late October of 2005, the WNBA's best player broke the news to ESPN The Magazine , admitting she was gay." As Moore points out, that's hardly the most significant...
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Monday, April 21
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Source: AFP via News24.com In what AFP describes as a "bizarre interview" the disgraced former manager of an Italian soccer team has hit out against gay players in the European league. "A homosexual cannot do the job of a footballer," former Juventus managing director Luciano Moggi said during a Monday television interview. "The football world is not designed for them, it's a special atmosphere, one in which you stand naked under the showers." Moggi is being tried for a variety of corruption offences during his time in charge of the Turin team that's usually...
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Saturday, April 19
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Source: San Jose Mercury News , Women's Sports Foundation Images of out gay athletes from Jeff Sheng's exhibit, "Fearless" photos by Jeff Sheng DANVILLE, Calif. -- Students at San Ramon Valley High School are teaching their classmates and the community that saying something is "so gay" is so uncool. Members of the school's Gay-Straight Alliance, which has been on campus for about 10 years, designated last week Gay Pride Week on campus. Students have been spreading awareness about accepting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. As co-presidents of the Gay...
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Friday, March 21
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Source: New York Times During the final 10 minutes of many Rangers home games, the spotlights focus on Section 407 as Larry Goodman, a longtime season-ticket holder, pumps up the crowd with a goofy dance. Kevin Jennings said he stopped attending Rangers games for a month because of homophobic epithets shouted at players. As Goodman’s routine is broadcast on the giant monitors above the ice, a familiar chant picks up momentum. “Ho-mo Lar-ry!” the crowd shouts. “Ho-mo Lar-ry!” The chant is one example of what several gay hockey fans describe as a toxic atmosphere during Rangers games and that Madison...
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Wednesday, February 13
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Source: Anchorage Daily News Cleveland Browns quarterback Brady Quinn denied that he was involved in an altercation on New Year's Day in which a man claimed on an emergency phone call that Quinn made an anti-gay slur at him. In a statement released Wednesday through the Browns, Quinn said he had dinner on New Year's Eve with his girlfriend and other couples but that nothing else happened. See summary of original charge "At no time that night was I involved in a verbal or physical altercation, nor did I have any interaction with the police," Quinn said in the statement. "I...
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Wednesday, February 13
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Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer and UPI Cleveland Browns quarterback Brady Quinn photo via Flickr Columbus, Ohio -- Cleveland Browns quarterback Brady Quinn, a Columbus native, was part of a group of men shouting insults at gay passers-by outside a Columbus bar early on New Year's Day, according to a 9-1-1 call made to police. An emergency call to police was placed by Seth Harris at 2:35 a.m. Jan. 1 who reported that he encountered the group near a restaurant next door to one of Columbus' most popular gay bars. Update: Quinn denies the charges On the 9-1-1 call, Harris said that "Brady...
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Friday, January 18
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Source: Aspen Times ASPEN, Colo. -- Sports Illustrated asked athletes in the four major professional leagues in March 2006 whether they would welcome an openly gay teammate. The results of the anonymous surveys concluded that a majority of players wouldn’t take issue with a homosexual teammate in the locker room. The National Hockey League had the highest positive response, at 79.9 percent. On the other end of the spectrum, the NFL had the smallest majority, at 56.9 percent. Two years later, there’s an obvious follow-up question: If there’s seemingly a majority of support for homosexual athletes...
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Wednesday, December 12
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Source: Windy City Times The Federation of Gay Games has published its request for proposal ( RFP ) , which details the requirements for potential organizers and host cities of Gay Games IX, according to a press release. The ninth edition of the Games will be held in 2014 and will include more than 30 sports and cultural events—as well as over 12,000 participants and tens of thousands of family, friends, fans and spectators. Past Gay Games have brought significant economic impact to host cities, with estimates ranging from USD$60 to USD$80 million, and have enabled increased collaboration between...
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Friday, November 30
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Source: The Guardian [images from any of many blogs that post pics from ben-cohen.com ] At least Ben Cohen has not been forgotten. Apparently there were more than 46,000 hits on his website last month following the release of the exiled England wing's new beefcake calendar and he has bowed further to popular demand by doing a photo-shoot for Gay Times. A large chunk of his fan-base clearly cares little what he does on Saturdays as long as he is bare-chested in glossy colour every month. The positive attention makes a change. Cohen does not enjoy the uncritical adoration of everyone within the...
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Sunday, November 18
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Source: Outsports.com By Cyd Zeigler jr. In the latest example that the collective "gay community" has completely lost its sense of humor, Lakers coach Phil Jackson is being called on the carpet for an hysterical comment he made after his team got beaten by the San Antonio Spurs, 107-92. The Spurs had hit 13 three-pointers, and Jackson was asked if the Spurs' penetration was leading to their open outside shots. Jackson replied: "We call this a Brokeback Mountain game, because there's so much penetration and kickouts." I don’t know about the kickouts part, but it’s funny...
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Wednesday, November 14
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Source: Associated Press via CBS2 HOUSTON (AP) Coach Phil Jackson said he deserved the reprimand he got from the NBA on Wednesday for making a sexual reference in a comment following the Los Angeles Lakers' loss in San Antonio. The Spurs made 13 3-pointers in their 107-92 victory on Tuesday night, and Jackson was asked if too much penetration was leading to open outside shooters. "We call this a 'Brokeback Mountain' game, because there's so much penetration and kickouts," Jackson said. "It was one of those games." The 2005 film, which won three Oscars, depicts...
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Saturday, November 10
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Source: OutSports photo: Gotham Knights New York City’s gay rugby club, Gotham Knights RFC , made it all the way to the finals of the Met New York Rugby Football Union (Met NYFRU) Oct. 27 before losing to the eventual champions, Montclair. It was the first time a predominantly gay and bisexual club made it to a championship final of the regional Met NYFRU which includes clubs from New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Despite the finals loss, The Knights' second-place finish in their division gives the club a spot in the Northeast Rugby Union championship tournament which begins next April...
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Friday, November 02
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Source: BBC News Top rugby referee Nigel Owens has been named sportsperson of the year at a gay awards ceremony in London. Owens, from Carmarthenshire, made his Rugby World Cup debut last month, and is regarded as the first openly gay man to referee at the highest level. The 36-year-old said winning the award was "up there with being elected to referee the Rugby Word Cup". Welsh Secretary Peter Hain said Owens was a great role model for all young sportsmen and women across Wales. Organised by gay rights group Stonewall, the awards recognised those who had raised the profile of gay people...
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Thursday, November 01
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Source: Washington Blade At a time when gay athletes wait until their playing careers are long over before coming out -- and even then only when they have a book to hawk -- Martina Navratilova still stands out as a remarkable figure, 26 years after publicly acknowledging she is a lesbian. She endured boos from crowds, lost untold millions in endorsement deals and watched former fans sit on their hands as she walked onto the court. This week, Navratilova comes to D.C. to accept the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce/American Airlines Extra Mile Award at the chamber’s fifth annual national...
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Monday, October 29
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Source: UK Gay News BATH, England. October 29, 2007 – A study of former high-school American football players has found that more than a third said they had had sexual relations with other men. In his study of homosexuality among sportsmen in the United States, openly gay sociologist Dr Eric Anderson found that 19 in a sample of 47 had taken part in acts intended to sexually arouse other men, ranging from kissing to mutual masturbation and oral sex. The 47 men, aged 18-23, were all American football players who previously played at the high school (secondary school) level but had failed to be picked...
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Sunday, September 30
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BUENOS AIRES (AFP) — Argentina's Los Dogos captured the gay football world cup Saturday, defeating British title-holders Stonewall 1-0 in Buenos Aires in the first final held in Latin America. The two teams were among 28 squads from Europe, the Americas...
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Friday, September 28
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MIAMI (AP) -The topic was finding ways to keep transgender children safe, and someone asked for volunteers to share an idea. Tim Hardaway was the first to raise his hand. "He was so genuine,'' said Martha Fugate, the director of the YES Institute...
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