Aussie Rules Football League players come out as gay couple
Australian couple still not allowed to marry.
By Cyd Zeigler | February 13, 2017Australian couple still not allowed to marry.
By Cyd Zeigler | February 13, 2017These two New Zealand radio hosts took aim at just about everybody, including those 'homos' in Aussie Rules Football's tight pants.
By Cyd Zeigler | July 8, 2016Dimitri Petrakis says even his boyfriend heard the comments at a game.
By Jim Buzinski | August 31, 2015The AFL's St. Kilda F.C. Saints want to make a bit statement about inclusion by hosting an LGBT pride night in primetime next season
By Cyd Zeigler | August 6, 2015Gay athletes and straight allies part of three floats leading the parade.
By Jim Buzinski | March 6, 2015Australian actor Rob Mills celebrated the Australian Football League championship with a photo of two "men" having sex, playoff off the idea that women and "bottoms" are weak and losers.
By Cyd Zeigler | October 1, 2014Rhyian Anderson-Morley plays in a semi-pro league says he sees the "the good, the bad and the ugly" in his sport.
By Jim Buzinski | June 3, 2014Stars 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.
By Cyd Zeigler | April 11, 2014Australian sports heads of ARU, NRL, AFL & FFA are coming together to support the Bingham Cup.
By Cyd Zeigler | April 3, 2014Another media member indicts everyone else while claiming how forward and positive "the media" is.
By Cyd Zeigler | March 17, 2014Jason Akermanis weighs in on the state of homophobia in Aussie Rules Football
By Cyd Zeigler | August 21, 2013Jason Ball Jason Ball is a 24-year-old amateur Australian Rules Football player for Yarra Glen, a team located northeast of Melbourne. He came out in September as an openly gay player and now been invited by the professional AFL Players Association to talk to young players at the draftee induction camp in January. This comes […]
By Jim Buzinski | December 17, 2012Ben Kennedy, Brodie Grundy and Tim Broomhead We have written before about the grand tradition in Australian Rules Football of players doing recovery sessions as part of their training. This involves shirtless athletic men and bodies of water. The teams are in the offseason now but still doing some training. With it being late spring […]
By Jim Buzinski | December 3, 2012Jason Akermanis, the controversial Australian Football League player who created a storm of controversy by telling gay players to stay in the closet, had his contract terminated by the Western Bulldogs six weeks before the end of the season. “He hasn’t earnt the trust of the group,” a source told The Age. “It’s a pattern […]
By Jim Buzinski | July 21, 2010