Month: April 2014

SiriusXM's OutQ channel has a new gay sports show on Sundays, hosted by Eddie Robinson. Here's their press release: NEW YORK, April 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — SiriusXM today announced it will launch The Outfield, a new weekly sports talk show on SiriusXM OutQ, Sirius XM's 24/7 channel for the LGBT community. The live call-in show […]

QUOTE GOES HERE, AND SAYS SOMETHING MEANINGFUL -Attribution goes here (optional) The famous gay artist Tom of Finland drew a lot of homoerotic locker room scenes, but it's a stretch to say he delved at all into sports. Nonetheless, it's cool that the Finland postal service will issue three stamps commemorating his work later this […]

Erskine College, with gay players Drew Davis and Juan Varona, will play for the national championship in Chicago in two weeks.

Kentucky coach praises player and his coach. Meanwhile, Speedo-clad UMass students march for LGBT solidarity.

Former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason shares his thoughts on gays in sports.

A petition on Change.org asks FIFA to move 2018 World Cup due to Russia's human rights record.

Athletic director Steve Nelson is joined by athletes from various sports in sending message of support for gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans athletes and coaches.

Ravens, Falcons, Patriots, Colts, Browns and Jets show interest in the openly gay player.

Can you cheer for a guy like Bubba Watson, who says being gay is a sin?

"I realize that now that I don’t have weight on my shoulders to keep my head down," Lauren Elizabeth Neidigh writes. After she comes out, she finds an inner peace that was lacking.

Michael Sam (No. 9) and Brittney Griner (No. 31), two young athletes at the beginning of their careers, are the first professional athletes included in Out's Power 50.

Various taxi drivers in Cleveland refuse to drive cabs that hold a special placard promoting Gay Games 9, set for Cleveland and Akron this August.

Several former professional and Olympic athletes will appear at the GMCLA Voice Awards.

High school basketball coach Anthony Nicodemo was with the UMass basketball team when Derrick Gordon came out to them as gay.

Buy a piece of history with a Jason Collins No. 98 jersey, and support GLSEN and the Matthew Shepard Foundation.

Emy Ritt is excited about the sailing events in Cleveland, her fifth Gay Games after discovering the event.

Bubba Watson, who leads The Masters after Day Two, says "your'e not supposed to be gay." Go Brendt Snedeker!

Stars from all of the top Australian pro sports leagues create a You Can Play video, as the heads of all the leagues unite for a joint press conference in support of gay athletes.

Clyde Rathbone, a rugby union player for the Brumbies in Australia, begins his column in the Canberra Times this way: I'm in love with a gay man.It's a bromance born out of deep respect and admiration for a kindred spirit. My friend is as close to a brother as a person not born of the […]

The openly gay UMass basketball player already faces harassment from fans, as does every other college athlete.