Orlando Cruz Wins Second Fight After Coming Out
The openly gay Cruz wore a rainbow flag during the match, now faces a shot at the WBO title.
By Cyd Zeigler | March 16, 2013The openly gay Cruz wore a rainbow flag during the match, now faces a shot at the WBO title.
By Cyd Zeigler | March 16, 2013Group raises money for LGBT students athletes with local athletes modeling underwear
By Jim Buzinski | March 15, 2013GLAAD, You Can Play and Athlete Ally will help the League form a game plan to tackle homophobia, out athletes and other issues.
By Cyd Zeigler | March 14, 2013Cason Crane has only two more of the world's tallest mountains to climb as he raises money and awareness for gay youth suicide prevention.
By Jim Buzinski | March 14, 2013A straight fan calls out the New England Patriots linebacker after an Instagram comment.
By Jim Buzinski | March 13, 2013After Polish advocate's anti-gay remarks, San Francisco supervisor moves to rename street after Gay Games founder
By Cyd Zeigler | March 13, 2013The coaches of my youth—including my father, who managed my little league team for two years—were morally deficient. Their principle shortcoming, to a man, was their failure to nurture their players—or, much worse, to nurture a select few while allowing the others to languish. "He’s soft," my father told my mother when she asked how […]
By Bill 'Muffy' O'Brien | March 13, 2013The UFC president says Fox is 'so freaking far' from being ready for the big time.
By Cyd Zeigler | March 13, 2013It seems that every week brings more and more pro sports athletes supporting an openly gay athlete. In just the past few days, I have seen pro football, soccer, hockey and baseball players voice their support. The NBA is the one league where very little has been said, though Kobe Bryant did admonish a Twitter […]
By Jim Buzinski | March 12, 2013Newsome says she should have been told Fox is trans; Agent cites an early referee whistle, along with Fox's lack of disclosure, as reasons for appeal.
By Cyd Zeigler | March 11, 2013The 62-year-old former golfer at McMaster Univ. says younger golfers are her appropriate competition
By Cyd Zeigler | March 11, 2013The San Jose Shark is an advisory board member for the You Can Play Project and says the sport is ready for an openly gay player.
By Jim Buzinski | March 11, 2013The reaction to the coming out for former Major League Soccer player Robbie Rogers has been all positive. Further evidence of this happened when Sports Illustrated soccer writer Grant Wahl did a survey of 18 players on a variety of league issues. He granted the players anonymity in return for them being open and one […]
By Jim Buzinski | March 10, 2013Keselowski's pro-gay comments have drawn the ire of the "God Hates Fags" group
By Cyd Zeigler | March 9, 2013"This isn't a sex issue, it's a love issue," the former light-heavyweight champion tells Outsports about why he is petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to approve same-sex marriages.
By Jim Buzinski | March 8, 2013Two Chicago sports legends — Ernie Banks and Richard Dent — are among athletes who have signed a letterr urging Illinois legislators to pass a bill allowing same-sex marriage. Banks is known as Mr. Cub, while Dent was a feared pass rusher for the Bears. Both are in the Hall of Fame. A letter showing […]
By Jim Buzinski | March 7, 2013The Galaxy and FC Dallas players offer their support for LGBT athletes
By Cyd Zeigler | March 7, 2013Travon Free is a writer for "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart," but was a college basketball player at Long Beach State from 2003-2007 and helped the 49ers to the 2007 NCAA Tournament. Two years ago, he came out as bisexual on his blog. In an interview with Think Progress, Free says he considered coming […]
By Jim Buzinski | March 7, 2013Baseless rumors only put straight athletes, in this case an NHL player engaged to his girlfriend, in a terrible position
By Cyd Zeigler | March 6, 2013The president of Nigeria's women's soccer federation, Dilichukwu Onyedinma, said that any lesbians will be kicked off the team. From All Africa: "It (lesbianism) is happening but we have to talk to the clubs, and look inside the clubs and these things have to do with clubs," Onyedinma said. "There are particular clubs that don't […]
By Jim Buzinski | March 6, 2013