Website launches on LGBT sports issues
Ellen Staurowsky, a Drexel University professor, launched a website Oct. 11 that compiles the work of scholars and activists around the country on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues in sports. Staurowsky, a professor in the Goodwin College ...thetriangle.org
Deaf university roiled by gay marriage controversy
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23 Straight Professional Athlete Allies Who Support Gay Marriage And LGBT ...
Perhaps due to the hyper-masculine atmosphere of the locker room and playing field or court, the sports world has often been viewed as markedly homophobic.www.huffingtonpost.com
Website advocates for Gay athletes in professional team sports
News of homosexual issues in team sports has been prominent lately, particularly in the NFL, with Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe and Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo writing letters in support of Gay marriage. Meanwhile ...blog.sfgate.com
Gallup study: 3.4 percent of US adults are LGBT
KEYC - Mankato News, Weather, Sports -Gallup study: 3.4 percent of US adults are LGBT. Member Center: Create Account|; Log In; Manage Account|; Log Out.www.keyc.tv
Major Sports Leagues Will All 'Go Purple' In Support Of LGBT Youth On Spirit Day
As athletics have often been an area where LGBT youth feel the most pressure to stay in the closet, this support from the professional athletic community sends a really strong message. Plus we're super curious about how all of these jocks are going to ...instinctmagazine.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
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.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. The topic of LGBT inclusion in sport is now a standard ...www.opposingviews.com
Nepal: First gay sports festival held in Kathmandu
Some 250 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) athletes competed in a sports festival in Kathmandu over the weekend in an effort to fight homophobia in the conservative Hindu nation.www.globalpost.com
Nepal Holds Asia's First Gay Sports Festival
Organizers billed it as Asia's first gay sports tournament, although as the New York Daily News points out: "New Zealand and Australia host the 'Asia-Pacific Outgames', another multi-sports gay event.www.queerty.com
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The findings, released Thursday, were based more than 121,000 interviews conducted from June through September. Gallup said it is the largest study ever aimed at calculating the nation's LGBT population. The report's lead author, demographer Gary Gates ...www.necn.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
Nepal Hosts South Asia's First Gay Sports Festival [PHOTOS]
The gay sports festival held at Kathmandu's Dasharath Rangashala (DR) stadium and the National Theatre Hall saw as many as 350 Nepali amateur athletes from the LGBT community and at least 150 foreign athletes from over 17 countries participating in ...www.ibtimes.co.uk
Gay Games to skip sports conference in Russia out of fear for safety
The Federation of Gay Games is skipping the upcoming Peace and Sport conference in Sochi, Russia, after conference organizers could not ensure the safety of the Gay Games delegate. Russia is homophobic and a judge this year banned a Pride House for ...outsports.com
New Website Highlights LGBT Issues in Sports
"The LGBT Issues in Sport: Theory to Practice blog represents a wonderful and unique collaboration among activists, coaches and scholars," said website co-founder George Cunningham, professor and associate dean for academic affairs in the College of ...education.tamu.edu
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Nepal holds first LGBT sports festival: "About 1,500 spectators cheered as the athletes, waving rainbow colored flags, marched at the Dasharath Stadium in the heart of Kathmandu in the opening ceremony of the three-day event that showed how attitudes ...www.towleroad.com
30 Gay, Lesbian and Bi Athletes Who Have Come Out in the Past Year
He acknowledges he once felt internal pressure about being a gay man in what some label the "gay sport" of gymnastics.www.huffingtonpost.com
Sexism and Homophobia in Sports: A Co-Dependency That Needs Our Attention
With every week, "homophobia in sport" grows as a common talking point in mainstream media, a vague catchphrase to explain specific and convoluted problems in athletics, problems like the lack of openly LGBT athletes and the use of anti-LGBT insults.www.huffingtonpost.com
Open Playing Field
But as the gay-rights movement makes strides in society at large—including the Obama administration backing marriage equality, more states voting to legalize gay marriage, and the military ending its "don't ask, don't tell" policy—the sports world is ...prospect.org
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