Month: January 2013

There were boyfriends on the same hockey team, and partners playing tennis. There was a father-son duo of teammates in softball and an almost-all straight basketball team. The 6th annual Sin City Shootout Sports Festival, held in Las Vegas Jan. 19-21, certainly criss-crossed the LGBT rainbow. There were 5,271 registered participants, an increase of about […]

Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe joined our podcast this week. Despite being on vacation in Hawaii, he put down the cholocate-covered macadamia nuts long enough to chat about his NFL season and how his advocacy for marriage equality affected it. At one point, his coaches asked him to slow down his off-the-field work. What was […]

Chris Mears in Gay Times Gay Times, the British gay magazine, is out with its annual naked issue and this one features British Olympians, including what the magazine calls the "ridiculously cute" diver Chris Mears. In an interview, Mears said he met some of his gay friends through fellow diver Tom Daley (hmmm, eyebrows raised). […]

Jeremy Abbott is going for his 4th U.S. title (Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports) Lets just start off by saying the U.S. Figure Skating Assn. must be gasping for air in this pre-Olympic year. Let's have a look at whom you will not be seeing at the U.S. Nationals this weekend in Omaha, Neb. 2010 National […]

NFL prospect's answer to question leaves many questioning even more

Some of the best photos from Gay Games VI in Sydney in 2002, featuring swimmers, runners, basketball players... and body paint

Phone records indicate the Notre Dame linebacker talked a lot with Ronaiah Tuiasosopo

Barbara Walters and 20/20 revisited transgender tween Jazz in a fantastic special that aired this past Saturday. They previously did a segment on the cute girl five years ago; This was a follow-up that delves into some groundbreaking territory. Jazz was being prevented from playing youth soccer as a girl. She and her family forged […]

If a player on the San Francisco 49ers came out as gay, Coach Jim Harbaugh said he would treat him as he would any other player. Harbaugh will coach against his brother John in the Super Bowl next week between the 49ers and Baltimore Ravens. “I ask all players to play through their own personality […]

A straight student at the University of Virginia has written a powerful column in the student newspaper calling those who chant “not gay” during sporting events cowards and bullies. Students have been inserting the word “not” before the word “gay” (originally meant as happy) in the school’s “Good Ol’ Song” sung before most sports events. […]

U.S. women’s soccer star Megan Rapinoe appears in a new video for GLSEN produced by AOL and their You’ve Got series. In the video, Rapinoe is looking as radiant as ever talking about her new partnership with GLSEN: I think sometimes people say things without even really knowing or thinking about the connotation that they're […]

The New York Ramblers gay soccer team has published a 2013 calendar, with some of the proceeds going to help a shelter for gay homeless youth damaged by Hurricane Sandy. From Shaun Hart of the Ramblers: We created the calendar to raise funds to help send a team to the International Gay and Lesbian Soccer […]

Brendon Ayanbadejo is a linebacker for the AFC Champion Baltimore Ravens and will play in the Super Bowl Feb. 3 against the San Francisco 49ers. He is passionate about gay rights and wants to use the media frenzy a Super Bowl brings to call attention to the issue. From Frank Bruni in the New York […]

Images from the 2010 Hypo meet in Austria.

Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination bill is proposed as new legislation

Now that the Olympics are a distant memory, swimmer Michael Phelps is indulging perhaps his real sporting passion — cheering on the Baltimore Ravens. The Baltimore native is a huge fan of the Ravens, a constant presence at games, and was on hand as they beat the New England Patriots in Foxboro, Mass., to reach […]

Super Bowl XLVIII is set with the San Francisco 49ers meeting the Baltimore Ravens. The Niners are early 4.5-point favorites. It’s the first Super Bowl matching head coaching brothers, Jim (49ers) and John (Ravens) Harbaugh. It will also be the last game of Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis, the most annoying player in the NFL. I […]

The NFL prospect quarterback is Christian and has had a gay teammate in the past

Mike Danton With the sports world gripped by the story of Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o, I've been brought back to the last "most bizarre sports story I've ever heard." It involved St. Louis Blues defenseman Mike Danton hiring someone to kill his agent, David Frost. Speculation flew about the true nature of the relationship […]

It's because of homophobia in religion and sports.