Andrew is a 17-year-old high school senior in Minnesota and captain of his swim team. I have written before about his terrific blog the Transpiration of Andrew. He has an awesome post up now that has him writing to his 11-year-old self, a scared boy coming to terms with his sexual orientation. It is moving [...]
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Top French handballer Alexandra Lacrabère comes out, will play in Summer Olympics
We now know that at least one out lesbian will be participating in the Summer Olympics in London. Alexandra Lacrabère came out to little fanfare in the French magazine Hand Action last November. Yagg.com caught up with her recently and she talked more about being an out lesbian in the popular French sport. Via a rough translation: [...]
Brian Burke: There is a lot of support for gay players in the NHL
There was an awesome interview yesterday with Brian Burke, general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, about whether the NHL is ready for an openly gay player. Burke’s son, Brendan, was gay and died two years ago in a car accident. Brian Burke has become a strong public advocate for gays in sports. Here is [...]
English Premier player Joey Barton says soccer needs to embrace a gay player
Joey Barton plays for the Queens Park Rangers in the English Premier League, one of the top soccer leagues in the world. In a BBC documentary on gays in soccer, Barton reveals that he has a gay uncle and implores his sport to embrace a gay player. There is no doubt in my mind that [...]
Rick Welts talks about ‘fear of the unknown,’ says he never experienced homophobia
Rick Welts gave an interview to LZ Granderson at a forum for the 2011 Out & Equal Workplace Summit in which he talked about coming out at work. When asked about what made Welts think he couldn’t come out of the closet in the NBA for so many years, he reiterated what we’ve been saying [...]
Out gay volleyball coach shares positive experiences, urges others to come out
Nick Clark, 25, is the assistant men’s and women’s volleyball coach at Pfeiffer University in Misenheimer, N.C. By Nick Clark I am just a little past the midway point of my first season as an “out” coach. It has been largely gratifying with few hiccups. I was hired by Pfeiffer University in May 2011, a [...]
Andrew Goldstein, America’s first out pro team-sport athlete, issues a challenge
When we put together our list of the 100 most important moments in LGBT sports history, we knew we’d probably overlook something. Maybe an Austrian hurdler came out in the Eighties, or some Slovakian soccer player had said something horribly homophobic and damaging. And we may have missed something like that. But I was incredibly [...]
High school athlete links Tennessee teen suicide, proposed anti-gay bill
Phillip Parker, 14, of Gordonsville, Tenn., killed himself this month, a victim of constant bullying at school, his parents said. “He kept telling me he had a rock on his chest,” said Ruby Harris, Phillip’s grandmother. “He just wanted to take the rock off where he could breathe.” His death stunned his family (750 people [...]
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 [...]
Brian Burke tells PFLAG: My son Brendan was my hero
Brian Burke, general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, was honored by PFLAG as an “ally” at a dinner this week. Burke’s son Brendan was an assistant on the Miami of Ohio hockey team and died in a car crash on Feb. 5, 2010. Brendan’s coming out story was told just months prior on ESPN.com. [...]
German soccer head at odds with key player over whether gays should come out
The departing head of German soccer is at odds with one star player over whether gay players should come out openly. Theo Zwanziger told gay players to “have the courage to declare themselves.” He spoke at a discussion panel on homophobia in soccer sponsored by the German soccer federation of which he is president. “It [...]
College tennis player comes out to “It’s Raining Men”
Brian Healey is captain of the men’s tennis team at Saint Michael’s College in Colchester, Vermont. By Brian Healey I came out to two of my best friends on one of Saint Michael’s most storied days of revelry. P-Day at Saint Mike’s is our answer to the traditional “Spring Weekend” before finals. It feels like [...]
Meet openly gay pro motorcycle racer Luke Huff
The guys at Queers4Gears have a lengthy interview with out professional motorcycle racer Luke “Lucky” Huff. He talks with them about his longtime partner, his management company (promoting motorcycle racers), and being openly gay in the sport. As we’ve heard over and over again from athletes in many sports, motorcycle racing simply isn’t as overtly [...]
Puck Buddys interview with a gay high school hockey player
Our friends over at Puck Buddys, the terrific website for gay hockey fans, are publishing the first part of an interview with Zach, a gay high school hockey player. Zach is a gay hockey player. He’s been skating since he was a kid and moved up through the ranks from his area’s youth hockey leagues [...]
Kris Humphries, Kim Kardashian’s ex, obsesses whether another guy is gay
Kris Humphries, the NBA player whose claim to fame is that he was married to Kim Kardashian for 72 days, was on the latest episode of the reality series “Kourtney & Kim Take New York,” where he obsesses over whether Kim’s publicist is gay. The publicist says he’s not, but Humphries won’t take no for [...]