One of the more interesting and charismatic (and best-looking) Olympians is U.S. middle distance runner Nick Symmonds. If he’s not having lunch with Paris Hilton, he’s winning the 800 meters at the U.S. Olympic trials by sticking out his tongue at the finish line. He’s cool while being hot. And the New York Times reports […]
By Jim Buzinski | July 5, 2012If you’d like to host Gay Games X in your city in 2018, time’s running out. The deadline to submit the Federation of Gay Games‘ request for information is July 15. So far, five cities have submitted the necessary documents: Limerick (Ireland), London, Orlando, Paris and Rio de Janeiro. You can read their full press […]
By Cyd Zeigler | July 5, 2012Written by Peter Mandeau I was the deeply closeted assistant coach of Harvard men’s tennis team in 2003, when I accidentally outed myself. I was in my office one day prior to an afternoon practice, writing a private email to a friend in London. I was dishing all of the gay news in Boston that […]
By Cyd Zeigler | July 3, 2012David Boudia, diving With the Fourth of July here and the Olympics less than a month away, it's time to feel patriotic if you're an American. In that spirit, US PRESSWIRE took some awesome photos of Olympic hopefuls showing their colors. These photos were shot in May, so not everyone below qualified for the team. […]
By Jim Buzinski | July 3, 2012Former Olympic diver Thomas Finchum has retired at the ripe-old age of 22. Finchum competed for the United States in Beijing in 2008 but failed to make the Olympic team this year. He told ESPN he’s loved diving, but the thought of another four years of training for the 2016 Olympic Games would have killed […]
By Cyd Zeigler | July 2, 2012Stephany Lee, right, and her wife, Brigg McDonald Stephany Lee, an openly lesbian wrestler who married her partner a day after qualifying for the London Olympics, was kicked off the team after testing positive for smoking marijuana. Pot is a banned substance under U.S. Olympic Committee rules. Lee's win at the Olympic trials and marriage […]
By Jim Buzinski | July 2, 2012The It Gets Better project produced a fantastic, heartfelt full-length special that premiered on MTV earlier this year. It chronicled the stories of three young people in the LGBT community who struggled with some form of coming out or repression. Now they’re producing a second special and they want you to be featured! If you're […]
By Cyd Zeigler | July 2, 2012Jake Dalton The eight-man U.S. Olympic men's gymnastics team was announced on Sunday. Danell Leyva and John Orozco earned automatic spots on Saturday at the Olympic trials by placing in the top two overall and also excelling at individual events. The other three initial spots were handed to Jake Dalton, Jonathan Horton and Sam Mikulak. […]
By Cyd Zeigler | July 2, 2012Megan Rapinoe (Photo by: Jerome Miron-US PRESSWIRE) U.S. star women’s soccer player Megan Rapinoe, who will be on the Olympic team, seemed to be a bit coy in May when she replied “we’re out there” to a question about when a star player would come out. If there was any doubt, she made it official […]
By Jim Buzinski | July 2, 2012Photo Gallery: Meet the U.S. men's gymnastics team After the two-day Olympic trials in San Jose, out gymnast Josh Dixon was not named to the five-man U.S. men's gymnastics team. He was also not named one of the three alternates. In the all-important four-round combined score of the Visa Championships and the trials, Dixon finished […]
By Cyd Zeigler | July 1, 2012