Are athletes who speak their minds out of bounds?
Ayanbadejo, one of the first pro athletes to publicly support gay marriage, saw Burns' efforts to stifle him as a violation of his First Amendment rights.www.cnn.com
23 Straight Professional Athlete Allies Who Support Gay Marriage And LGBT ...
Today marks the last day of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network's Ally Week, a week for "students to identify, support and celebrate Allies against anti-LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) language, bullying and harassment in ...www.huffingtonpost.com
GO! Athletes Empowers Gay Students With New Site
The nation's only national network of LGBT athletes, Generation Out Athletes (GO! Athletes), has moved forward with a new website, new name, and a reinvigoration to continue its mission of reaching athletes across the country. The first organization of ...www.southfloridagaynews.com
Has the Search for Gay Male Athletes Distracted Us from Homophobia in ...
For someone like me who has made a career advocating for the elimination of the discrimination and harassment that LGBT people experience in sport, it has been a dizzying two years of progress.www.opposingviews.com
Op-Ed: Asia supports gays with first ever gay sports tournament
As reported by US Daily News, on Friday a hundred plus athletes had a chance to be part of Asia's first sports tournament for lesbians, gays, bisexuals and trans-genders. Events covered many types of ordinary sports such as basketball, volleyball and ...www.digitaljournal.com
Seimone Augustus Endorses Gay Marriage: Lynx Star Against Minnesota ...
Augustus' decision to take a more public role in advocating for gay rights is drawing some applause from an athletic scene that has never been particularly welcoming to gay athletes. No active male athlete in the four major pro sports - football ...www.huffingtonpost.com
A Shifting Playing Field: Coming Out As A Gay Athlete
Today, King is also an advocate for gay rights, but for most of her career, she stayed in the closet. Now, it's not uncommon for a female pro athlete to come out, but as of yet, no current male players of America's four major pro sports (football ...www.npr.org
Gay boxer receives group hug of acceptance
An athlete's sexuality shouldn't be a seismic news story, after all. But Cruz remains among a handful of gay athletes who have come out in public. Former tennis great Billie Jean King was outed by her former lover in 1981. Martina Navratilova came out ...www.orlandosentinel.com
Nepal hosts South Asia's first-ever gay sports tournament
Nepal hosted South Asia's first-ever gay sports tournament last weekend at Dasharath Rangashala Stadium, the nation's largest sports venue.outsports.com
A gay Kappa wedding: The latest challenge to black America's hyper-masculine ...
Describing his lifelong, "robot"-like desire to conform and be accepted by others, Wade Davis's open letter to young, gay athletes offers troubling insight into the 11 years he lived a "carefully crafted heterosexual life." He describes his sexuality ...www.washingtonpost.com
30 Gay, Lesbian and Bi Athletes Who Have Come Out in the Past Year
Here are the 30 coming-out-in-sports stories featured on Outsports since last National Coming Out Day, with links (just click on the name) so that you can read more about each athlete. Think of this the next time someone tries to argue that gays and ...www.huffingtonpost.com
REPORT: Gay College Athletes Experience More Negative Climate
REPORT: Gay College Athletes Experience More Negative Climate | A study released last week examined the experiences of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and queer-identified college athletes and found that they perceive a more negative climate than their ...thinkprogress.org
When Will We See Openly Gay Players in the MLB, NFL, NBA and NHL?
If you wanted to count on your fingers how many openly gay athletes there are in the NHL, MLB, NFL, or NBA you could do it while wearing mittens, there are none.www.huffingtonpost.com
First gay sports fest shows changing Nepal attitudes
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Clad in pink, blue and yellow clothes, more than 250 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) athletes took part in a sports festival in the Nepali capital, Kathmandu, at the weekend, billed by organizers as the first in ...www.reuters.com
Asia's first gay sports tournament begins in Nepal
Some 300 local athletes had signed up for the games while 20 gay athletes arrived from countries including the United States, Russia, Japan, France and Bangladesh, Pant said.www.nydailynews.com
Pro athletes vs. Texans: What they think about gay marriage, abortion and ...
To find out where jocks stand on the upcoming presidential election, social issues and who among them would make the best senator, ESPN The Magazine's Oct. 15 issue asked 62 members of the four sports leagues.www.dallasnews.com
Players dish on politics, gay marriage
In the D.C. issue of ESPN the Magazine (grab a copy if you haven't yet), there's a two-page spread that confidentially examines the politics of athletes across all four major professional sports. It's a fascinating look at the personal political views ...insider.espn.go.com
Gay athletes to raise awareness of homophobia in sport
PHILADELPHIA -- Out professional soccer player Joanna Lohman will headlining an event to raise awareness of homophobia and discrimination in sport.sdgln.com
Professional soccer player shares experience as openly gay athlete
GO! Athletes is the first national network of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning and allied college students, coaches and former student-athletes. The organization was founded in 2008 under the name "Our Group Athletes." Since then ...www.thedp.com
Nepal hosts South Asia's first gay sports tournament
A gay rights group in Nepal is staging South Asia's first tournament for gay athletes, in the capital Kathmandu. Organisers said more than 300 gay, bisexual and transgender athletes from 30 countries were registered to compete in the three-day event.www.bbc.co.uk
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