After two years of promotion for what was supposed to be the biggest, flashiest, gayest presence at the Olympics, organizers have canceled Pride House for the London Games, according to Pink News. While the idea was big, sponsors and funding were nowhere to be found. Unfortunately for the event, it’s tough to find big American companies [...]
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Concrete Hero raises money for AIDS Project Los Angeles
AIDS Project Los Angeles has a cool annual fundraiser called Concrete Hero. The event is a 5k obstacle course through Downtown Los Angeles on July 15. There are a couple ways you can help! First, I’m racing in this crazy event on Team Kick A$$ (it’s about fundraising, after all), and I would appreciate any donation [...]
Gay-friendly Ultimate ‘Frisbee’ launches professional American Ultimate Disc League
Ultimate has a very important place in my heart; It’s because of Ultimate that I came out when I did, and it’s why Outsports exists today. On a whim, I went to UCLA to play in a pick-up Ultimate game one Saturday in 1996 (I had played in college). It was there I saw one [...]
UCLA athletic department shows outpouring of support for LGBT athletes
Gay basketball legend Mark Chambers contributed to this report. The UCLA athletic department has established itself as one of the most inclusive places for LGBT athletes to participate in NCAA sports after a wildly successful Athlete Ally day on Monday. The event was part of UCLA’s Ally Week and was the brainchild of UCLA undergrad Cyrus [...]
UCLA fights homophobia in athletic department with Hudson Taylor
UCLA, with one of the most storied athletic departments in the NCAA, has embraced the fight against homophobia in sports with a full Athlete Ally initiative including a visit from Hudson Taylor on Monday. For the last week, varsity and club-sport athletes have taken part in an ally photo shoot. Participating in the shoots have [...]
Gay polo tournament in South Florida this weekend
The Third Annual International Gay Polo League Tournament is this Saturday, April 14, at the Grand Champions Polo Club in Wellington, Fla. The club is the birthplace of polo in the United States. The tournament features four teams, each one led by a professional player. From the South Florida Gay News: “Overall, the established polo [...]
Texas A&M hosts LGBT sports conference
Texas A&M hosted an LGBT sports conference last week that featured a strategy session with academics and activists focused on working more closely together to end homophobia in sports. The Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Sport Conference was organized by George Cunningham (right), associate dean for academic affairs, professor of sports management and director [...]
The Dinah attracts lesbians from around the world. Oh yeah, there was golf too.
It may now be called the Kraft Nabisco Championship, but to the thousands of women who flocked to Palm Springs last weekend, it’s still “The Dinah.” The annual pro golf tournament dropped “Dinah” from its name in 1999, even as it was becoming of the largest (some claim the largest) annual lesbian party in the [...]
Johnny Weir shows off his wedding ring and husband Victor Voronov at GLAAD Awards
Johnny Weir was at the same time the “sparkliest” and the sportiest thing (would you have it any other way?) on the red carpet at the GLAAD Media Awards Saturday night in New York City. He attended the event with his new husband, attorney Victor Voronov. The two showed off their wedding rings (Johnny’s is bigger) [...]
Friday media watch: Nepal, Scott Heggart, lesbians on ice
The story of Nepal’s first “gay Olympics” got a lot of attention from the mainstream press this week: The Wall Street Journal: “Welcome to South Asia’s Most LGBT-Friendly Country” – this may well become the new motto for Nepal, which is set to host the region’s first sports competition for the lesbian, gay, bisexuals and transgender [...]
Nepal’s Blue Diamond Society to hold country’s first LGBT sporting event
Nepal’s LGBT-rights organization Blue Diamond Society announced they’ll host the nation’s first-ever LGBT sporting event this September. From the organization’s Web site: This event and the launch of the program represents a significant moment for Blue Diamond Society and the LGBTI rights movement in Nepal. As noted by regional activists and US Secretary of State, [...]
Exeter City FC fights homophobia this Saturday as part of ‘Football v. Homophobia’
Can you imagine several San Diego Chargers standing outside their stadium before a game handing out pamphlets against homophobia in sports? Or how about Vincent Jackson and Shaun Phillips showing up to coach San Diego’s gay flag football league? Yet Exeter City FC is doing exactly that: Players have already had a coaching session with [...]
Brian Burke and Toronto Gay Hockey Association host LGBT event
The Toronto Marlies, a farm team of the Maple Leafs, held a sold-out LGBT event on Saturday featuring Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke. The event was co-hosted by the Toronto Gay Hockey Association and featured a hockey shinny (the equivalent of a pick-up game) with Burke! He later Tweeted about it as only a GM [...]
Andrew Langenfeld at the World LGBTQ Youth Leaders Summit
Former Purdue swimmer Andrew Langenfeld is at the World LGBTQ Youth Leaders Summit in Tel Aviv this week. He’s representing the Federation of Gay Games and LGBT sport in general; Langenfeld is an advisory board member of Our Group and GLSEN’s Changing The Game. You can check out his progress on the Gay Games’ blog, including [...]
Puckbuddys celebrate one year with Washington Capitals gay night
Our good friends at Puckbuddys are celebrating their gay NHL blog’s one-year anniversary with the first-ever gay night with the Washington Capitals. Co-hosted by Team DC, the event this Saturday, Dec. 3, against the Ottawa Senators. The block is sold out, but you can try to snag some tickets from Ticketmaster or Team DC. Congratulations [...]
GLAAD gets amped with 1.5-mile swim in Ft. Lauderdale
GLAAD teamed up with MKH2O to host their first-ever 1.5-mile swim fundraiser in Ft. Lauderdale on Nov. 12. Get Amped featured 35 swimmers, each of whom had a fundraising goal of $500 for the media watchdog organization. According to Open Water Source, Ricardo Valdivia was the first out of the water in about 22 minutes. [...]
Esera Tuaolo hosting Holiday Show benefit for St. Jude’s Hospital
One of the most beautiful Christmas carols I listen to every year is Esera Tuaolo’s version of Silent Night featuring only his beautiful voice and a ukulele. I’m hoping that will be part of the performance for Tuaolo’s Fifth Annual Holiday Show in Minneapolis benefiting St. Jude’s Hospital on Saturday, Dec. 10. The show, featuring [...]
National Association for Sport and Physical Education joins GLSEN’S Changing The Game
We can’t say enough about the work being done by GLSEN’S Changing the Game project. While so many other organizations preach to the choir or hope the voices of celebrities do the talking for us, Pat Griffin and her crew are taking the message of inclusion where it counts. The latest is the announcement that [...]
First-ever gay Ultimate Frisbee tournament this weekend in Los Angeles
This weekend Big Gay Frisbee in Los Angeles is hosting the first-ever gay Ultimate (Frisbee) tournament. The event will be held at Pan-Pacific Park on Saturday, Nov. 12, from 1pm-5pm. There will be eight teams in the tournament, and everyone is guaranteed to play at least two games (games run 30-40 minutes). All skill levels [...]
Team DC gives out awards, scholarships
Team DC, the umbrella gay sports organization in Washington DC, handed out awards on Oct. 22 at their Champions Awards reception. The most impressive component of the awards are the scholarships given to student-athletes. Three athletes received college scholarships: Northern Virginia Community College’s Joe Acevedo; Washington University’s Nate Eckland; and University of Maryland’s Justin Kanga. Awards [...]