Month: August 2011

Hudson Taylor (photo by Lewis Payton) Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Wrestling, 2010: In February 2010 I wrote an article about wrestler Hudson Taylor taking a stand for gay rights. Taylor was then a nationally ranked 198-pounder on the University of Maryland team. The article became […]

Gay sports bar Boxers in New York City ‘s Chelsea neighborhood is looking to open a second location in Hell’s Kitchen…and some New Yorkers aren’t happy about it. The proposed location is around the corner from a school and residents are using that excuse to fight it. From the New York Post: "It's disgusting," fumed […]

Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. College basketball, 2010. When Kye Allums contacted Outsports in the spring of 2010, he was afraid of the repercussions of coming out as the first publicly out transgender male playing women’s college basketball. Other trans athletes like Keelin Godsey had come […]

Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. NBA, 2011. We had heard athletes use the words ‘fag’ and ‘faggot’ before. In 2006, Pittsburgh Steeler Joey Porter called Kellen Winslow a ‘fag.’ Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen use the same word that year. Detroit Lions President Matt Millen […]

I guess when you're straight and you spend most of your time with half-naked men you might feel the need to distance yourself as far as you can from the gays. It seems to be the case for many UFC fighters, and Michael Bisping is the latest (Bisping earlier this year called a fighter a […]

Photo by Bret Grafton By Ross Forman Bob Strada played second base in 1983 for the Chicago Sidetrack softball team that won the championship in the Gay Softball World Series, run by the North American Gay Amateur Athletic Association. That ’83 Series was the last time Chicago hosted the annual, multi-day tournament and the first […]

Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. College basketball, 2007: Rene Portland had a simple rule during her 27 years as Penn State's women's basketball team — no lesbians were allowed. Finally, in 2007, after the culmination of a lawsuit by former player Jen Harris and fought by […]

The DC United are the first Major League Soccer team to create and ‘It Gets Better’ video (watch after the jump). In fact, as far as I know they’re the first non-MLB pro team of any other sport to make a video. It features United players Josh Wolff and Clyde Simms. This one also has […]

Of all the Outsporters over the years, possibly none have been around as long and developed the personal profile on this site that Joe In Philly has. He’s been a constant commentor on the discussion board, an occasional blogger for us, and attended both Outsports conventions in the early 2000s. He’s now up for an […]

UFC fighter and former Interim Heavyweight Champion Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira told UOL Esporte he would not train with a gay fighter. Bloody Elbow has the translation of the 35-year-old Brazilian born fighter’s interview: I have no prejudice against the gays, but I wouldn't train with someone who's gay. I have no malice, I don't take […]

This is one of the most positive stories I’ve seen in a long time: Former NBA player Tim Hardaway, who in 2007 said he “hates” gay people, is now campaigning in El Paso, Texas, against the recall of three city officials who restored domestic partnership benefits after they were stripped in a ballot referendum. Hardaway […]

Equality California is hosting its second Swim For Equality Sept. 24 in Malibu. Supporters and participants of the swim include Olympic gold medalists Gary Hall, Lenny Krayzelburg and Greg Louganis. Anyone interested in participating in one of the swims should head over to the EQCA site. Mike Holtz, whom we’ve written about several times on […]

I hope people read the article we posted this week on Vincent Pryor, the TCU player who came out as gay to his team in 1994 and then set a school record for sacks in a game. His story is amazing and demolishes the idea that it’s not possible for an openly gay man to […]

Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Figure skating, 2000: Ondrej Nepela won the gold medal in men's figure skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics. He skated for Czechoslovakia. But in 2000, seven years after Slovakia and Czech split, the Slovak Nepela was named his country's athlete of […]

The ‘It Gets Better’ videos produced by Major League Baseball teams keep breaking new ground. The most recent is the Seattle Mariners video, which includes players from four Seattle-based pro sports teams. Mariners relief pitcher Brandon League and infielder Brendan Ryan are there, but so are Seattle Seahawk wide receiver Mike Williams, MLS players Mike […]

By Chris Mosier On Aug. 7, I competed in the New York City Triathlon, an Olympic distance race that takes place on my home turf and training grounds. I competed in the race two years ago, but it was special for me this year: this was the first race that I have ever competed in […]

Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Olympics, 1999. In the early 1960s, rumors swirled around the Soviet and Eastern Bloc Olympic teams that some of the women were actually men. While Avery Brundage requested gender tests as early as the Berlin Games of 1936, it wasn’t until […]

Mark Sanchez isn't afraid to talk about his interests in non-football things.

In November, 2009, we highlighted Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck as our weekend hot jock. We said then he was one to watch and that you’d be hearing a lot about him. Certainly his performance on the field has lived up to our hype – but the latest cover of ESPN the Magazine makes us rethink […]

Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Tennis, 2006. Amelie Mauresmo seemingly had nothing to prove. She had reached the world No. 1 ranking in 2004 and was the first lesbian to reach the pinnacle of women’s tennis after publicly declaring her homosexuality. Yet the reputation that built […]