Month: July 2013

Plus, Cyd reports from Reykjavik where he sees the naked pictures of Aussie rugger George Burgess for the first time

This week's selection includes baseball's All-Star Game, Tom Daley getting ready for the world diving championships, UFC and more Aussie jocks in the surf. More from Out Sports:

While out within NASCAR circles the first time around, Rhodes wants to be out to the public while on the track this time around

George Burgess is an English-born player in the National Rugby League of Australia, where he plays for the Sydney Rabbitohs. He has a twin brother, Tom, who also plays on the same team and two other brothers — Sam and Luke — who are also ruggers. At 6-5 and 21 years old, George is a […]

The now-openly gay NBA player still does not have a team, but it's early in free agency and he's been here before.

"Major League Baseball has a zero-tolerance policy for harassment and discrimination," Commissioner Bud Selig says.

Our latest roundup of gay sports news features a beautiful column written by Chuck Culpepper on wrestling coach Roger Brigham; a feature on gay athletes at the University of Georgia, where a football star is a straight ally; and pro soccer clubs standing up against homophobia. Years after a deathwatch, a coach is still inspiring. […]

The Australian diver raises money for gay marriage, strips for charity.

Pro soccer player Robbie Rogers gave his first interview to a gay publication as the cover model for Out magazine's sports issue. It's a Q&A with editor Matthew Breen that is well done, and the part that was new was Rogers opening up a bit for the first time about his private life with these […]

Next year's Winter Olympics are in Sochi, Russia, and come on the heels of Russia enacting horribly repressive laws that basically criminalize homosexuality. The laws are among the most punitive in the world and a giant step back for gay rights. Against this backdrop, gay Winter Olympians will have to consider how open they want […]

The longtime ally of gay athletes stars in ad for new fragrance.

Former NBA player Tim Hardaway continues to show the power of redemption. The man who in 2007 famously said "I hate gay people" last week was the first person to sign a petition for a ballot initiative to allow same-sex marriage in Florida. "If you're married you're married – you should see your significant other […]

Olympic medal-winning British gymnast Louis Smith graces the cover of Gay Times magazine clad only in a light-blue bikini-type swimsuit (see below). He certainly does not mind being ogled by gay men and even bit when asked if he was gay, who would he want to be with. "I got asked this the other day […]

A roundup of gay sports news includes the first interview with the woman Jason Collins was set to marry, and video of two UFC fighters "kissing." Jason Collins Is My Ex-Fiancé And I Had No Idea He Was Gay – Cosmopolitan"I empathize with Jason and support him. But at the same time, I remain deeply […]

If the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue is a rite of winter (at least for straight men), ESPN The Magazine's body issue is a summer staple in what is a slow sports time. At least the magazine features men, unlike Sports Illustrated, and this year 20 athletes stripped down for tasteful nude shots. Among the men […]

NHL player Tyler Seguin, just traded from the Boston Bruins to the Dallas Stars, is involved in another homophobic Twitter incident, this time claiming his account was hacked. This is a tweet from Seguin's account this weekend: “Only steers and queers in Texas, and I’m not a cow.” He then followed that up with this: […]

Featuring Ryan Lochte, Nathan Adrian, Matt Grevers and soccer's Fernando Torres in the water.

The July 14 event in Downtown Los Angeles will raise money for AIDS Project Los Angeles

GO! Athletes launches campaign to fight against transphobia and nasty misinformation directed at Fallon Fox

The best thing about the video from the University of California-Berkeley for the You Can Play Project is the diversity of sports and voices, maybe the most diverse I've seen in these things. There are appearances by Chancellor Nicholas Dirks, athletic director Sandy Barbour, football coach Sonny Dykes, men's basketball coach Mike Montgomery, women's basketball […]