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We've had dozens of
features here at Outsports.com that look at everything from gay
athletes to homophobia on college campuses to rants by professional
athletes. Here we've broken them down into several categories
for your review.
Gay
Athletes
The 2002 Gay Athlete Debate
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Will fans accept a gay athlete? Pro vs. con
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Letters
from our readers
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Mindy Tanner:
Cowardice in baseball
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Charlie in the Trees:
Billy Bean did the right thing
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Randy Boyd:
Why Billy Bean is a lousy spokesman
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Jim Buzinski:
We'll believe it when we see it
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Jim Buzinski:
Wicks, Piazza-a double standard
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Cyd Zeigler:
Jim
Rome's Take Sucks
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Bill Konigsberg:
Everyone tries to predict the unknown
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Padres offer
interesting perspective
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CNN Debate:
On being gay in baseball
Out
and Proud Athletes
Check out
the most complete list of out athletes, from one of the great athletes of the 20th Century to current jocks
like Olympic diver David Pichler (left).
An
Athlete Comes Out
In the wake
of the debate over a pro baseball player coming out,
professional distance runner Déric
Peterson comes out with the support of his
sponsor, adidas.
Speculating
Why do we speculate about the sexuality of athletes?
Gay
Linebacker Corey Johnson's Inspiring Story:
April
2000 - Corey Johnson made
headlines in 2000 when he told his story of being an
openly gay high school football captain in Massachusetts. The
support of his teammates, school and town has proved
inspirational to athletes everywhere.
Making
A Difference: Rudy Galindo
In
2000, U.S. skating champ
Rudy Galindo felt sick and tests showed he was HIV-positive.
Through hard work, talent and will Galindo finished the year second
in the world pro event and became an
advocate for people with HIV.
Billy Bean Wants To
Be Back In The Bigs
Billy
Bean, the former major league baseball player who came out in 1999, has expressed his desire for a front-office job with a team.
An Outsports reader wrote two
baseball executives, including Commissioner Bud Selig, to make the
case for Billy.
"Coach
Gumby," a gay high school track coach, tells his story
May 2000 - Eric Anderson had to be true to himself. He
became the
first openly gay high school track coach in America when he
told the administration and members of his team at Huntington
Beach High School that he was gay.
Professional
& Collegiate Sports
Moya tops Roddick
December 2004
- American guys who go for Spanish guys have
been salivating for days over Carlos Moya's
and Rafael Nadal's images on the little
screen. Forget patriotism.
Lessons From Sport
October 2004 -
For
Jay Maroney, a player on the Washington
Monuments flag football team, sports helped
assuage his fears of being gay. The lessons
of teamwork, community, communication, and
self-confidence are ones that should
resonate in the gay community.
Kressley Is Riding High
September 2004 -
There
he was on the TV screen -- Carson Kressley,
style savant of "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy." He was
standing in a barn ... talking about
equestrian sport.
Sacre Bleu! A Mascot Comes Out
September 2002 - Forget gay baseball or football
players. Bill Konigsberg has found out one sports figure
who has come out--Youppi!,
the beloved Montreal Expos mascot.
Billy
and Chuck's Big, Fat Wrestling Non-Wedding
September 2002 - The "wedding'' of pro
wrestling tag team partners Billy and Chuck was a sham,
John McClelland writes,
and
the event unworthy of any claims at furthering the gay
movement into the mainstream.
One
Man's Obsession with the Boston Red Sox
September 2001 - Through failed softball games and
trips to see the Royals, a gay fan gets to the heart of
his obsession with the Boston Red Sox
It's
Time to Come Out
September 2001 - Dave
Lohse is a sports information director at the University of North
Carolina. He's out and proud, and now urges others in the closet to
stand up and be counted.
Related:
Lohse on Sports and Gay Visibility
"Not
Gay" at UVA
April 2001 - For more than 20 years,
the fans at Virginia home football games have declared their
heterosexuality after every
home team score. Now, some student-athletes are doing
something about it.
The
10 Most Likely to Be Gay in the NBA
January 2001 - Columnist Randy Boyd
engages in some pure speculation as he has fun trying to determine
which NBA players are the most likely to swing our way.
``The
Majority of Baseball Hates a Faggot''
These
provocative words were written by gay baseball fan Dug Funnell in
letters to more than 5,000 major league players, coaches and
executives over a 15-year period.
A
Psychologist Takes on Iverson: ``Out of Control"
November 2000 - NBA
player Allen Iverson was caught on tape calling a fan a
``faggot.'' As sports psychologist Richard Lustberg says: ``Often people are scared of those
aspects within themselves that they are judgmental about.'' He
Says What About My Boyfriend?
October 2000 -
Allen
Iverson, the latest NBA-star-turned-rapper, is making headlines in
the first week of preseason, as his upcoming debut album is coming
under fire for some pretty scary homophobic and sexist lyrics. Homophobia
In Paradise: University of Hawaii Rainbow Warriors no more
June
2000 - Homophobia lives in
paradise. The University of Hawaii nixed the football team's
77-year-old rainbow logo because of concerns about its
homosexual theme. NFL
Cafe
August 1999 - Thanks to a bet Cyd lost to Jim, he has a recipe for each NFL
team. From the Al Davis Waffle to the Sehorn Sausage,
you're sure to find something here. My
night with Dodger Shawn Green
Outsports
co-founder Cyd Zeigler recounts his intimate night with Dodger
superstar and hottie Shawn Green and 40,000 other Dodger fans. My
White Party
The Circuit Boys have their Madonna
and their dancing 'til dawn - we have guys in tight pants, scoring
by the minute, and "jockdudes" who really are jocks.
Cyd has been waiting for his
"White Party" - the NFL's Week 1 - for 30 weeks,
and for good reason. Sydney Olympics
Outsports columnist ``Charlie
in the Trees" found himself captivated by a certain male
Olympic gymnast. ``I have now
seen the perfection of male
physical beauty,'' he writes in his weekly column where he
shows and tells. Previously, Charlie couldn't get enough
of shaved armpits on Olympians. Where
Are the Heroes?
A
longtime wrestling coach reflects on his experiences attending the
Summer Olympics competition in Sydney (where he watched wrestlers
like Kevin Bracken, left).
College World
Series: Sealed With a Kiss
Miami crushed Stanford, 12-1, to win the College World
Series in June. The best part was the
coach kissing his pitcher.
Other
Stories About Gays And Sports
Circuit Boiz Are Athletes, Too
June 2003 - The sports
community has long shunned the circuit boi. As Gay Pride celebrations
spread across the country, we should remember that
circuit boiz are part of our sports community too,
gosh darn it.
Diving
Into Fear
June 2003 - Outsports
co-founder Cyd Zeigler has always loved playing sports
- except those that took place in the water, where his
greatest fear resided. This year, he tackled
that fear head-on.
Fighting a Cold and
Kung Fu Circuit Boys
May 2003 - For
Matt Kane, a fledging martial artist, the Sydney Gay
Games were a chance to reconnect with a sport he
loved. But in his battles with blonde Germans, Kung Fu
circuit boys and a bad cold, he got more than he
bargained for and a valuable lesson.
The Horrors of Junior High Gym Class
October 2002 -
I blame my aversion to
organized athletic endeavors of any kind on Coach
Crumley, my junior high school P.E. "teacher" who,
in three long years, never taught me a single thing
except that middle-aged, pot-bellied men with hairy
thighs really shouldn’t wear running shorts
ESPN Reality
Show Features Gay Player
September 2002 - ESPN's foray into game
shows, "Beg, Borrow & Deal," features a gay black man
as one of the eight participants.
Fans' Attitudes Toward Gay Jocks
August 2002 - A new survey on public attitudes
towards gay athletes in professional sports showed
contradictions—most fans said their attitude toward
their favorite athlete would not change, but
speculated that their neighbor’s
would. Overall, most people said they would view
an athlete coming out in a positive light.
Two Men, Two Secrets, One Bond
April 2002 - Ken
Baker had a tumor that rendered him unable to
experience arousal or maintain an erection. He lived
in a state of confusion and profound questioning not
only over his sexuality but his very identity. While
Baker is straight, his expressions of confusion, shame
and self-imposed secrecy resonate powerfully with gay
men. Related:
Q&A with author and goalie Ken Baker
Jim
Rome show gets good grades on gays
April 2002 - Jim Rome, though, goes against
the grain. The most-popular sports radio talk show
host gets generally good marks on the gay issue,
according to a thorough and detailed
38-page study by David Nylund for the
GLAAD Center for the Study of Media and Culture.
Love
on the Field
April 2002 - Can
a couple that plays together stay together? In this
article reprinted from San Diego's Gay and Lesbian
Times, five couples tell how their sports interests
and backgrounds helped them meet, fall in love and
stay that way.
Will Black Jocks Ever
Come Out?
March 2002 - In the highly homophobic,
testosterone-overloaded world of manly man’s sports,
has anything changed since Magic promised to educate
the world about AIDS? Will there ever be a time when
black athletes on the down low can be on the up high?
2001: A
Gay Sports Odyssey
January 2002 - Gays in sports took some important baby steps out of the closet in 2001.
The subject became front-page news and caused a national
debate.
What
Scares Us In Sports
October 2001 - A Halloween spoof featuring the likes of Georgia Frontiere
and Dennis Rodman.
Harvard
Panel on Being Out In Sports
The
panel on sports and sexuality at Harvard, sponsored by Outsports,
was unique in one fashion: it featured active athletes who are out,
along with a coach and a couple of former NFL players.
Homophobia
on the court at Wisconsin
January 2000 - University of
Wisconsin student tells how his intramural hoops team made
it to the campus Final Four, only to lose to a team
peppering us with homophobic epithets. ``Shut up, faggot!”
one opposing player yelled.
If
the Election Was a Football Game
November 2000 - Bush? Gore? Confused by the presidential election? Just think of it
as a football game.
Gay
coach and acclaimed writer Dan Woog reminisces about
Little League
Woog, other of ``Jocks,'' tells a very personal tale
about Little League memories.
The
10 best movies for gay sports fans
One reader's list
of his Top 10, from blockbusters to the obscure, sparked an
engaging debate.
Our
favorite
sports moments
Readers and the Outsports founders remember the
moments in sports they will always cherish. From being
passionate spectators to throwing the winning TD, each
recollection shows the power of sports and competition.
Column
The gay side of cricket
Football
Arena League the cure for football withdrawal
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