Month: July 2011

Many have bemoaned the fact that the Emmy-nominated documentary ‘Out: The Glenn Burke Story‘ has only been aired in Northern California. Now Versus, best-known for their NHL broadcasts, is stepping up to air the film nationally on Tuesday, Aug. 9, at 10pmET. From the Versus press release: “Out. The Glenn Burke Story” tells the dramatic […]

Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Softball, 2010: The 2008 Gay Softball World Series was not initially noteworthy, but the lawsuit filed in April 2010 from an incident in that event made national news. The National Center for Lesbian Rights, representing three players from a San Francisco […]

Outsports is co-sponsoring two screenings at NewFest this year. NewFest is New York City’s top gay film festival. Please come out and join us for these films and so much more! Renee and The Devotion Project: More Than Ever (screening together)Saturday, July 23, 5:00 PM at Cinema VillageMonday, July 25, 5:30 PM at Cinema Village […]

Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Swimming, 1998. Mark Tewksbury was one of the most celebrated athletes in Canada in the late 1980s and early 1990s. When he won the gold medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics for 100m backstroke, he was the first Canadian swimmer to […]

Thanks to photographer Brent for this terrific shot he took recently of Lopez, a Spanish player on the professional tennis tour:

Sherri Murrell is a trailblazer in college basketball, living her life openly in Div. 1.

Lahoud's Chivas USA team in Los Angeles will host Equality Night this Saturday, July 23, to welcome LGBT fans. Earlier this month Michael Lahoud became one of the rare professional athletes to step foot in front of the NOH8 cameras to take a stand against homophobia. For the Chivas USA midfielder, it was the opportunity […]

Brendan Burke’s family has a long history in hockey and the NHL. He added to it.

The Chicago White Sox have offered to support the Gay Softball World Series in Chicago, but declined a request to have player Gordon Beckham throw out the ceremonial first pitch. Beckham got in hot water and apologized after writing “Getz is gay” in the infield of a July 4 game with the Kansas City Royals. […]

Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Various sports, 2003. We first heard about the Gay and Lesbian Athletics Foundation in 2002 when the brains behind the event, Mac Chinsomboon, first contacted Outsports to be part of his new organization. The organization would focus on eradicating homophobia in […]

Local organizers of NAGAAA‘s Gay Softball World Series have invited Chicago White Sox second baseman Gordon Beckham (right) and team owner Jerry Reinsdorf to the Gay Softball World Series in late August. Beckham previously “apologized” for scrawling “Getz is gay” in the infield of a recent matchup with the Kansas City Royals. From the Windy […]

Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Football, 1998. Greg Congdon is a reluctant gay pioneer. Reluctant because he was outed when he was 17 and still playing high school football. But he has endured and hopes to become a forceful voice in the fight for gay equality […]

ESPN is being criticized by a media watchdog group for giving too much attention to the issue of gays in sports. The Media Research Center Network, a media critique site run by self-described social and religious conservatives, is upset with ESPN’s recent coverage. Gay ‘rights’ and same-sex marriage have been all over the news lately. […]

Everyone seemed to be talking about Michael Irvin’s appearance in ‘Out’ magazine last week discussing his gay brother and his support for gay marriage. We talk about how the article came about. On the flip side, very few people were talking about the revelation that Sheryl Swoopes has ended her relationship with a woman and […]

Los Angeles Dodgers hosted the first Major League Baseball "Gay Night" in 2000 after ejecting two lesbians for kissing.

Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Multisports, 1992: The Gay Games started in 1982 and had been held in North American cities until 1998. In Europe, the EuroGames were created in 1992 to allow more participation from the continent. The first EuroGames in The Hague, Netherlands, was […]

Outsports generated some heat on ESPN’s ‘Outside the Lines’ on Friday when former NFL center LeCharles Bentley and I got into it. Bentley said I’m “one of the pariahs within the gay community” because Michael Irvin appeared without his shirt on on the cover of Out magazine. When the host asked me to respond, I […]

Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Football, 1992. There have only been three openly gay NFL players and most people can name two, Dave Kopay and Esera Tuaolo. There is a third, former Redskins and Giants offensive lineman Roy Simmons. But his story is less well-known. After […]

Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Basketball, 2005: Harris was kicked off Penn State's basketball team in 2005 by coach Rene Portland, who accused her of being a lesbian. Portland had a long history of homophobia, claiming she would not have lesbians on her team. In December […]

This was very cool for Jim and me, to be named by Sports Illustrated as one of the top 100 sports Twitter feeds to follow on Twitter’s fifth birthday. A couple things that jump out at us. First, we’re by far one of the least-followed Twitter feeds on the list; Second is the process by […]