Month: March 2013

(This article was published in 2000). By: Michael Muska From the Chronicle of Higher Education (reprinted with permission by Michael Muska) t 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 […]

Daniel Scott Hamm was a strong influence on his Olympic nephews on and off the mat

Only 11 Competing in Athens Are Publicly Out

Skater Picks His Favorite Poem About Him

Robert Dover Has a New Horse and His Eye on a Medal

On the eve of the U.S. Supreme Court hearing arguments on same-sex marriage, Cleveland Browns linebacker Scott Fujita has written a beautiful and powerful column for the New York Times on why gay marriage should be legal. Here are two paragraphs I especially like: My belief is rooted in a childhood nurtured by a Christian […]

Trainer John Fain and fighter Peggy Morgan release deeply anti-trans rant video, refusing to fighter Fox, calling her 'he,' and making false claims

Athletes and others in sports team up to sign the Athletes Brief urging the Supreme Court to legalize same-sex marriage

In a "gotcha" moment, TMZ surprises the Hulkster with a question, and his gender-confused answer doesn't disappoint the TMZ crowd

English rugby star Ben Cohen to hold a gay night celebration.

(This story was published in 2007). By: Ross Forman Within days after arriving at umpire school in January 2002, Shane Wright was dealing with off-field drama. His roommate at the Harry Wendelstedt School for Umpires in Florida was paranoid-schizophrenic, and the staff took the situation very seriously. They moved Wright to another room and assigned […]

(This story was published in 2007). By: Ross Forman J.P. Calderon was closeted, despite accurate rumors that he was gay, during his run on CBS-TV’s Survivor: Cook Islands. Now Calderon, 32, of Southern California, will be honored Oct. 12, at Runway ALMA in Chicago at the annual benefit for the Association of Latino Men for […]

(This story was published in 2007). By: Ross Forman J.P. Calderon never envisioned he’d be a volleyball coach, certainly not for girls and women. He was, you see, a player, good enough in the late-1990s to play for Long Beach State University and even be the team captain as a senior, leading the 49ers to […]

Elite athlete Christopher Bergland preaches exercise to the masses

(This story was published in 2007). By: Ross Forman To make it in professional baseball, Tyler Garrison went back in the closet. Being openly-gay was not an option, even as an umpire. Or, particularly because he was an umpire. Garrison came out to his family and friends in 2002, shortly after graduating from Lewis-Clark State […]

An athlete studies S. Africa's education system

Gay triathlete on a mission: going pro while erasing hate

Harvard Panel Looks at Sports and Sexuality

Christina Kahrl is a trailblazer for transgender people in sports and sports media.

(This story was published in 2007). David Klotz is an openly gay man working in the front office of Major League Soccer’s Colorado Rapids. He’s never hidden his identity there, never had a problem, and can’t understand for the life of him why more people aren’t out in sports. “I read these stories all the […]