“Which Phillies and Eagles are gay?” is the provocative, if somewhat misleading, headline on a story in Philadelphia magazine by Robert Huber. The story does not play a guessing game (though it does mention a bisexual Phillies player) but simply asks the question of Eagles players, along with some from the Flyers, about whether they [...]
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Retired Swedish Olympian Kajsa Bergqvist divorces man to be with a woman
Kajsa Bergqvist is well-known in the track and field community as a champion high jumper from Sweden, winning an Olympic bronze medal in 2000 and the world title in 2005. She has now gone public, confirming that she is in a relationship with a woman, after divorcing her husband, Swedish film director Måns Herngren about [...]
Mark Cuban says an NBA player will come out in the next ‘three to five years’
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban joined TMZ Live recently to talk about the prospects of a female coach in the NBA. Cuban said the NBA will eventually embrace a female coach, just as they will soon embrace an openly gay player. “I think within the next three to five years, absolutely,” Cuban said. When asked [...]
Soccer players kiss — in video game
There is a full-on kiss between two soccer players on the pitch, but this one takes place in the popular soccer video game “FIFA 12.” From Kotaku: Some might call this a fluke, a twist of fate—a coincidence. Striker Andy Carroll makes his way down the pitch, tries to score a goal and ends up [...]
NBA player Von Wafer says he’s not gay, blames hack of Twitter account
Von Wafer, a career journeyman in the NBA who played with the Boston Celtics last year and currently plays in Italy, says he’s not gay and blames a hacker on Twitter for sending out a tweet that says he was. Wafer wrote this on Twitter after his agent said his account was hacked: i cant [...]
Dad on teen athlete’s son’s coming out: ‘A liberation for all of us’
Editor’s note: A month ago, we ran the first-person coming out story by high school volleyball player Galen Dodd. His father, Ian, wrote us a week later and then gave us permission to reprint his letter. We seldom hear from parents about how their child’s coming out affected them and thought Ian Dodd’s letter would [...]
Journalist and sports fan Steve Kornacki tells his coming out story
Steve Kornacki is a political reporter who has written for several publications and is now with Salon. I have seen him on TV many times and always been impressed by his knowledge and insight. And he also pinged my gaydar. Kornacki has now come out in a terrific column on Salon. I just didn’t fit [...]
DePaul’s student body president is a gay athlete
Anthony Alfano was deep in the closet when he entered DePaul University, America’s largest Catholic university. Just three years later he’s openly gay and was elected the school’s student body president. The openly gay part is recent: He came out last month as part of National Coming Out Day. Still, other students have known for [...]
Ex-teammates glad that David Testo came out, assume everybody knew
Former teammates of David Testo, the pro soccer player who came out as gay, say they learned a lot from him about homosexuality and are glad he is at peace. Nevio Pizzolitto believes most of the North American Soccer League knew Testo was gay, adding he thought “everybody” already knew. “It wasn’t like it seemed [...]
Advocate’s list of 2011′s top news lacks major sports stories
First let me say that we love our friends at The Advocate. The iconic gay-news publication has done great work for decades. But I remember when we were presented with our first NLGJA Award years ago the presenter said it was in part because we were not afraid to criticize the media’s handling of gay-sports [...]
David Testo tells Outsports why jocks stay closeted, and his first relationship
Moments after professional soccer player David Testo publicly came out of the closet in an interview with Radio-Canada’s Marie Malchelosse, the reporter warned Testo that his revelation would have far-reaching implications. Testo felt bad for Malchelosse: She seemed like a nice woman, and he was afraid she was too excited about a story that wouldn’t [...]
Montreal Impact knew David Testo was gay when they signed him in 2007
The Montreal Impact, the former team of openly gay professional soccer player David Testo, knew they were acquiring a gay player when they signed him in 2007. Impact president Joey Saputo said in a statement today, according to the Associated Press: David Testo’s declaration is in fact very personal. We knew David’s orientation prior to [...]
David Testo, American pro soccer player, comes out as gay, regrets not doing it earlier
Exclusive Outsports interview: Click here for our exclusive interview with David Testo. He talks about staying closeted, why he came out when he did, and his first gay relationship with a ‘Road Rules’ star. David Testo, former MLS player with the Columbus Crew, has told the CBC that he is gay. He is the first [...]
Dana White says he wishes gay UFC fighters would come out
Dana White, president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, both apologized (again) for his past homophobic comments while encouraging gay fighters to come out. “I’ll tell you right now, if there was a gay fighter in UFC, I wish he would come out,” he said. “I could care less if there’s a gay fighter in the [...]
Welsh rugby player Jed Hooper comes out after meeting someone
Jed Hooper, captain of the Bristol, England, Old Ruffians rugby club, has come out as gay. The catalyst was a man he started to see. He told the Bristol Post: “I met someone earlier this year who said he could not be with someone who was in the closet. That, basically, was the catalyst that [...]