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A Rower Comes Out: If Your Teammates Don’t Accept You, Then You Really Aren’t on a Team

(This story was published in April 2003). Yet another pitcher in Major League Baseball has a problem with gay people. Todd Jones, a relief pitcher for the Colorado Rockies, had some choice words for the Denver Post after a reporter asked the pitcher about the Broadway play, Take Me Out, in which a professional baseball […]

(This story was published in 2002). Lesbians for Liberty plan a demonstration outside Madison Square Garden this Sunday, August 11, in protest of the New York Liberty’s refusal to honor Lesbian and Gay Pride Month and acknowledge their large lesbian fan base. In a phone call Thursday, a Liberty representative declined protest organizers’ request for […]

(This story was published in 2002). A group of lesbians, fed up with the New York Liberty’s refusal to have a gay pride night, is planning a kiss-in during the Liberty’s Friday night game against Miami at Madison Square Garden. The game will be on ESPN at 7 p.m. (EDT). “Are you tired of the […]

(This story was published in 2007). By: Ross Forman There are two gay umpires in Major League Baseball. Maybe more, but at least two, saysTyler Hoffman, a gay former minor league umpire who has had a face-to-face conversation with one and traded emails with the other. Neither is out, nor expected to come out anytime […]

(This story was published in 2007). By: Ross Forman Dave Pallone has been out of baseball since 1988 and yet the mail still comes on a regular basis. Mostly it’s e-mail correspondence, though he still gets some snail-mail letters, often with autograph requests for some of the umpire cards he appeared on in the 1980s. […]

(This story was published in 2003). With the Major League Baseball season about to get underway, former professional umpire Tyler Hoffman took some time with Cyd Zeigler to reflect on his years in pro baseball and tell us about his latest project. Tyler lives with his partner of three years, Randy Lauzon, in Vancouver. Tyler […]

The distracting steroid scandal presents a golden opportunity for a gay baseball player to come out of the closet

(This story was published in 2001). By Randy Boyd One in Ten. Most of us have heard of this stat when it comes to estimating the number of gay men lurking about the population. But did you know that the figure is based on a survey done way back in 1938 AD? That’s right. One […]

Glenn Burke: A Gay "Hero" With Feet of Clay

(The story was published in 2001). The Atlanta Braves’ pregame event to support the city’s bid for the 2006 Gay Games went off without incident Wednesday night, according to the Associated Press. The Atlanta Braves’ pregame event to support the city’s bid for the 2006 Gay Games went off without incident Wednesday night, according to […]

A discussion on coming out and the idiocy of John Rocker

The Padres’ Ryan Klesko talks about the prospect of an openly gay ballplayer

(This story was published in 2007). By Jalen Finney Outsports.com columnist Randy Boyd‘s “list of gay ballers in the NBA” generated quite a stir when the column first appeared in 2001. It got attention again this past February when John Amaechi, one of the players on that list, went public about his homosexual orientation. Also […]

Bruce Silverman discusses the importance of straight allies in winning equality in sports

Robbie Martin's teammates in college did not mind having a gay teammate. Martin has rekindled his love for the sport in the gay volleyball world.

Neither totally out nor closeted, kicker finds the right environment to be himself.