Month: March 2013

Connor Barwin and Chris Kluwe dispute the idea that the NFL won't be able to handle all the attention that will be focused on a gay player.

It's getting hard to keep up with all the stories mainstream media outlets are writing about gays in sports. Not all of them are worth a separate story, so here is a roundup of stories from the past few days. The tight end tells ESPN what he told Outsports last year — he would be […]

Out collegiate softball player tells her Penn classmates:`I am proud of who I am. I hope that you are able to look yourself in the mirror and say the same thing.'

The out footballer opens up about his childhood, homophobia in sports and his need to work through his own issues right now.

The defensive end says athletes should come out in high school, not the pros

The former NFL player and Stanford Cardinal opens up for the first time about being closeted in football

I have been so used to writing and reading positive, supportive articles about gays in sports, that it's easy to forget that the whole thing still makes a segment of society uncomfortable. It's a shrinking segment, but nonetheless still there. This was brought home when I stumbled across a website called the American Thinker and […]

This week's offerings include the NCAA basketball tournament, NCAA wrestling, Aussie rugby and football, baseball spring training, a hockey black eye, soccer in the snow and David Beckham's new tattoo.

Wisconsin made history in November by electing the first openly lesbian U.S. senator in Tammy Baldwin. Now, the Milwaukee Wave of the Major Indoor Soccer League has made some history of its own by naming Sue Black its president and chief executive officer. Black joins Golden State Warriors President Rick Welts as the only male […]

No. 42 was a special man at a special time in history.

Bomani Jones joined me to talk about the possibility of sponsorships for the first out athlete in one of the big pro sports leagues

USA Today article makes the case that Major League Baseball will have the first out gay athlete in the big pro sports

A mainstream sports site stirs up some controversy with its gay guide to hot Australian hunks.

The former Oakland A's slugger Tweets his support for marriage as the Supreme Court deliberates 'gays and ungays.' Mr. Scalia! Paging Mr. Scalia!

Charles Naurath left sports when he began exploring his sexuality. But after a year abroad, he found his love of sports again in Ultimate.

An anonymous gay NFL player wants to go public but fears the reaction from fans, according to a report.

Conference in Orlando aimed at bringing baseball to inner-city kids includes discussion about LGBT youth and homophobia with Wade Davis, Darnell Moore and Aaron McQuade

Domonique Foxworth encourages the Supreme Court to strike down same-sex marriage bans in USA Today column

The trans MMA fighter signed bout agreement this morning with Championship Fighting Alliance, manager says she will have an opponent

Drug Accusations Tar the Innocent