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Jocks: Tell Your Story
Two out
ex-college athletes are spearheading a project to
start a journal that will be a forum and outlet for
the opinions, ideas, theories, debates, and
experiences of all college athletes.
Story
NYC Panel on Gays in
Sports
Brendan Lemon, whose Out magazine
column about his affair with a gay major leaguer kicked off a major
league media guessing game, is among a stellar panel for a
discussion on homosexuality and sports in New York on July 25. Story
"Not Gay" at UVA
For more than 20 years, the fans at
Virginia home football games have declared their heterosexuality
after every home team touchdown, field goal and safety. Now,
some student-athletes are doing something about it. Story.
Harvard Event Debunks Myth About Gays And Sports
An event in February at
Harvard raised awareness about homosexuality in athletics
and elevate understanding about gays among straight men and women in
sports. Panel featured former NFL player Dave Kopay. Story. Stanford Looking For Gay
Athletes For Athletics Progam
Stanford University is looking for gay
athletes who would be willing to participate in a program for the
Athletics Department. Story.
NCAA Considering Gay and
Lesbian Council
In January 2000, the NCAA modified its nondiscrimination policy by adding "sexual orientation" to its list of age, color, disability,
gender, national origin, race, religion, and creed. Story.
Reflections Of A
Gay Athletic Director
It was just over two years ago that The Chronicle
"outed" me. Give the
folks there credit for getting the scoop, but I had decidedly mixed feelings about it. A Chronicle reporter had been talking to a former
Oberlin College employee and had been told: "Oberlin is so liberal, they
just hired a gay male athletic director." Story.
Building a Rainbow
Coalition in Hawaii
I n July
2000, the University of Hawaii decided to change the
nam e
and logo of
their football team from the Rainbow Warriors to the Warriors
because of the association with the gay rainbow flag.
Members of the gay community in
Hawaii have been in an uproar since then, and are striving to
end this discriminatory policy at the University. Story.
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