Month: October 2012

Agnos, Olague, Carroll & Yacker The City of San Francisco on Tuesday announced their official support for The Last Closet campaign, which aims to help end homophobia in men's pro sports. Specifically, the city is requesting that the commissioners of the five major sports leagues sit down for interviews with the online video campaign and […]

Scene from “The First Out” trailer Producers of "The First Out," a film about a teenage baseball phenom who is outed after being drafted have started a Kickstarter campaign to raise money to make the movie. The film is written by Rick Bauer and directed by Joshua B. Porter. From the campaign pitch: We are […]

We’re big fans of pro soccer player Lance Parker, who plays for the North American Soccer League’s FC Edmonton. For a couple reasons. First, he’s incredibly gay-friendly. A supporter of same-sex marriage, he told Outsports earlier this year that he would have no problem with a gay teammate. Second, he's smoking hot. He's also a […]

Damian Goddard was fired by Rogers Sportsnet in Canada last year after he tweeted his opposition to NHL player Sean Avery’s support of gay marriage. Goddard is now featured in ads in four states where gay marriage is on the ballot next Tuesday. He told Canada’s National Post: I think it’s important in this day […]

The English Football Association will train gay, lesbian, bisexual and transsexual referees in Kent, England, as part of its Opening Doors campaign to fight homophobia. Stephanie Gadd, FA inclusion officer, said the training (to be held Nov. 17-18) is designed to help people who feel "anxious" about being involved in the sport due to a […]

As San Francisco Giants fans celebrate their team’s World Series win, the City and County of San Francisco and the Board of Supervisors are announcing their support for LGBT professional athletes. At a press conference Tuesday, they will throw their support behind The Last Closet, a campaign to end homophobia in men’s professional sports, and […]

Boston Spirit magazine sat down with Boston Celtics head coach Doc Rivers to talk about gay issues on the Celtics and in the NBA. Rivers opened up about the state of the NBA on this issue, why he is so gay-friendly, and the similarities between the struggles for gay equality and racial equality. Rivers had […]

OK, maybe the headline is a tad hyperbolic since I have not seen every uniform worn by every sports team in history (I hear the ancient Assyrians had no fashion sense). But the Pittsburgh Steelers throw-up … I mean throwback … uniforms they wore Sunday against the Redskins were hideous (see visual evidence below). At […]

Giants win (Photo: Tim Fuller-USA TODAY Sports) After two National League playoff series of living on the edge, the San Francisco Giants swept the Detroit Tigers in four games to win their second World Series title in three seasons. The Giants won Game 4, 4-3, in extra innings. The Giants had an amazing postseason. They […]

The Pac-8 Hockey Conference has thrown its support behind the You Can Play project. The conference (which actually has nine members) consists of teams from the Pac-12 conference. “It’s unfortunate that this sort of declaration is still necessary,” said Johnny Nguyen, Executive Director for the PAC-8, “but the teams of the PAC-8, and the conference […]

HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel takes a look at why pro athletes aren’t coming out of the closet in their latest episode, airing the next couple of weeks. One of the people highlighted in the piece is boxer Orlando Cruz, who came out publicly earlier this month and won his first match last week […]

Georgia-Florida in 2011 (Photo: Kim Klement-US PRESSWIRE) The universities of Georgia and Florida will play Saturday in Jacksonville like they have all but twice since 1933. Dubbed the "World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party," the game is a Southern tradition. Now, LGBT alumni and their allies from both schools warn the city that its anti-gay stance […]

Last week Jim wrote about what a cesspool so much of Twitter has become for gay people. It’s entirely possible that none flush more crap into it than St. Louis Cardinals fans. They’re so notorious that a Twitter account has popped up focused on retweeting “the fans of the senior circuit’s most decorated franchise and […]

Chargers tight end Dante Rosario We've been begging reporters for years to start asking professional athletes their thoughts on gay issues and having a gay teammate. For the most part they've been afraid to do so. Enter U-T San Diego sports writer Matt Calkin, who tracked down several professional athletes in Southern California for this […]

1 We present our favorite photos of the past sports week. This week’s offerings include a shirtless soccer celebration, the World Series and NFL action as the season nears its midpoint. We also have images from college football, including fans celebrating, figure skating and soccer. Click image for larger, full-sized view: 1 We present our […]

Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe has recorded a brilliant 60-second radio ad for Minnesotans For Equality (listen below) that plays off his “lustful cockmonster” comments about an anti-gay marriage politician. Kluwe is opposing a ballot amendment to the Minnesota constitution that would prohibit same-sex marriage. The ad, produced by legendary Minnesota adman Bill Hillsman, has […]

The San Francisco Giants take on the Detroit Tigers in the World Series starting Wednesday night in San Francisco. At the start of the season, both of these teams were in Vegas’ top 10 for odds to win the World Series, with some bookies making the Tigers the overall favorites. For the gay fan, the […]

While most of the country yawned at Patriots linebacker Brandon Spikes‘ “homophobic” joke on Twitter two weeks ago, some in New England aren’t satisfied with the non-response from the team and no apology from Spikes. MassEquality, one of the state's leading gay-rights groups, wants to see Spikes and he Patriots show they won't tolerate anti-gay […]

John Dillinger (Photo by: Robbie Quinn) John Dillinger did a double-take as he walked through the lobby of the Seaport Marina Hotel in Long Beach, Calif., one night in 2005 after a baseball game. He saw a flier with a “really good-looking, furry, muscular guy on it.” It advertised Bear Night once a month at […]

The Federation of Gay Games celebrated the 30th anniversary of Gay Games I last weekend in Los Angeles. The weekend of events included several sports exhibitions, discussion panels and a lovely awards brunch at the House of Blues. It was great to meet many of the FGG officers who have put so much time and […]