Belmont University fired soccer coach Lisa Howe a year ago because she came out to players on her team. She’s been out of work since then, but she’s landed a great new job at the Nashville GLBT Chamber of Commerce: “Lisa Howe knows first-hand how it is to come out in the work place and [...]
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Hudson Taylor: More support for LGBT coaches is badly needed
While many people are focused on LGBT athletes and when we’ll have the first out male pro athlete in America in one of the big five leagues, Hudson Taylor wants more attention to be paid to coaches. And he’s 100% right. On the Huffington Post he details the importance of laying out the welcome mat [...]
Update on outed lesbian softball player Skye Wyatt’s lawsuit
Pat Griffin has a full rundown of the latest from the Sky Wyatt lawsuit. Watt alleges that her high school softball coach in Kilgore, Texas, outed her to her mother, violating her right to privacy. From Griffin’s blog: The lawsuit claims that the coaches: 1. Called Skye to a fake team meeting 2. Locked Skye [...]
Soccer America’s Youth Soccer Insider talks to Dan Woog about coaches and gay issues
Part of the problem of homophobia at the high school and youth levels is that coaches don’t have the best tools to deal with homophobia when they see or hear it. So it’s fantastic that Soccer America sat down with one of the foremost experts on the subject: Openly gay author and high school soccer [...]
High school crew coach Kevin Hogan is…gay porn star Hytch Cawke
It seems Mystic Valley Regional Charter School in Malden, Mass., recently hired a new English teacher and crew coach named Kevin Hogan. The local Fox affiliate got a tip that that new teacher also happened to appear in porn. Gay porn. With the terrible porn name of Hytch Cawke. The school has put Hogan on [...]
Wyoming high school football coach resigns after mock survey has question “I am a queer”
A head high school football coach in Wyoming has resigned after he gave his team a mock survey that used homophobic and sexist language. The coach, Pat Lynch, of Buffalo High School handed out the survey called “Hurt Feelings Report” to his players prior to a playoff game. (Update: See survey below). It provided boxes [...]
Associate Michigan rowing coach is gay and makes no apologies for it
You should check out this powerful essay we posted by Charley Sullivan, the associate head coach of the University of Michigan’s rowing team. In it he talks about being unapologetically out his entire career and how it has made him a better coach. While I know it’s fashionable, and even somewhat expected, to say “I’m [...]
Moment #37: Eric Anderson’s runner attacked allegedly for coach being gay
Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Cross-country, 1996. We hear about the fear of “guilt by association” driving homophobia in locker rooms, but we don’t have many specific examples of it happening. One of the rare cases involves a distance runner on the Huntington Beach (Calif.) High [...]
Pat Summit, winningest coach in NCAA history, has dementia
She’s one of the lightning rods of women’s sports with a tough coaching style and lots of national championships. But no matter what side of the fence you’re on, your heart has to feel for Pat Summit. The legendary Tennessee Lady Vols coach announced this week that she suffers from the early onset of dementia [...]
New gay coaching alliance forms
We got this in today from Roger Brigham, a high school wrestling coach, Gay Games advocate and longtime sportswriter. We couldn’t think of a more perfect person to launch the project advocating equality for gay coaches, and he’s joined by many of our favorite people: Lou Tharp, Mari Burningham, Helen Carroll, Pat Griffin, Dan Woog and [...]
With a gay brother, Adelphi University soccer coach knows what his player is going through
College soccer player Brandon Stoneham writes a terrific coming out story for Outsports and opens with about how he told his coach at Adelphi University. The coach, Carlo Acquista, knows something about the difficulty of coming out through the experience of his younger brother Paolo. “I totally know where [Stonerham’s] coming from because my brother [...]
Roger McDowell suspended. Another fan Todd Achondo doesn’t claim homophobia
Major League Baseball has suspended Atlanta Braves pitching coach Roger McDowell for two weeks. The suspension comes in response to allegations that the coach made highly inappropriate comments (including homophobic comments) and gestures toward fans during a game at San Francisco on Easter. McDowell apologized for transgressions without admitting to anything in particular. Meanwhile, another [...]
Braves coach Roger McDowell accused of homophobia by Gloria Allred and Justin Quinn
Atlanta Braves pitching coach Roger McDowell has apologized for his response to heckling fans in San Francisco on Easter. The apology was spurred by accusations by Justin Quinn of Fresno, Calif., that McDowell threatened Quinn with a baseball bat and made homophobic remarks. It’s a strange situation, and it’s hard to believe everything Quinn is [...]
Discussion of gay issues to take place at national hockey coaches convention
More great news out of college hockey. GForce is again teaming up with Patrick Burke to present a conversation, this time at the American Hockey Coaches Convention, April 28-May 1 in Naples, Fla. The panel discussion features Burke, out former Oneonta State lacrosse captain Andrew McIntosh, and out former Univ. of Pennsylvania hockey captain Dave [...]
Bowdoin College has out lacrosse captain, first publicly out NCAA varsity men’s head coach
We’re proud to bring you today the stories of two men at liberal arts college Bowdoin College. Lacrosse captain Ben Chadwick has been out on his team for over two years; Men’s head tennis coach Colin Joyner has been out for even longer. Both men have come together to tear down walls of homophobia in [...]