There was by all accounts a fantastic forum last Monday, Oct. 17, at the campus of the Christian Science Church in Boston. Discussion panels can be boooooring and not particularly productive. This one was lively in large part because of the collegial, open tone that developed into honest discussions about gay athletes showering with straight [...]
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Battle erupting this weekend over Gay Games and Outgames one quadrennial event
As the Federation of Gay Games meets this weekend in Toronto, the hot topic will be the potential merger* of quadrennial events between the Gay Games and Outgames in 2018. While a combination of events is being discussed, no merger of organizations is on the table. Eight years after the Outgames separated from the Gay [...]
Andrew McIntosh making rounds as public speaker
Former Oneonta State lacrosse player Andrew McIntosh, whose story Outsports made public in early 2010, is making a difference as a public speaker at schools across the country. He returned to Upstate New York last week and gave a presentation at the University of Albany. Upcoming speaking engagements for the former lacrosse captain will be in [...]
Nike hosts gay coming out day event highlighting straight allies
Read more from Pat Griffin on her blog. Last spring just after GLSEN launched Changing the Game, our new sports project, I got an email from Edward Tylicki from Nike. Edward is a member of Nike’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Friends Employee Network. Edward sought me out as director for the Sports Project because [...]
Gay Bowl XI notes: Rain-out, referees, second teams, Hall of Fame, poetry
Gay Bowl XI was held in Houston Oct. 7-9, the second time it took place in Texas. These are just a few thoughts from a super dry…then super wet weekend. Championships. The final day of the tournament was rained and thundered out. Seventeen games were scheduled to take place on Sunday, so a bunch of [...]
Gay Bowl XI kicks off in Houston
Gay flag football players from across North America descend on Houston this weekend to take part in Gay Bowl XI, the sport’s national championship. This is the second time Texas has hosted the tournament; Dallas was the site of the 2006 Gay Bowl. The two-time defending champion Los Angeles Motion (the team Jim and I [...]
New York Mets hosting gay night Sept. 26
When I hosted the first LGBT Community Night with the New York Mets in 2004, it took a lot of convincing for them to open the doors for the event. One of their big concerns was how to handle a transgender person using the restroom. Now the team itself is reviving the LGBT Community night [...]
Swim for Equality ends season this weekend
The Swim for Equality will complete its second season this weekend with a finish-line party in Malibu, Calif., Saturday, Sept. 24, 12noon-5pm. The party is a celebration of the swim earlier that day. You can buy tickets to the party, at the home of composer and Out 100 honoree Nathan Barr, at the Equality California [...]
Boston gay football hosts youth field day this Saturday
On Saturday, September 24, 2011, Boston’s FLAG Flag Football League and the Massachusetts Commission on GLBT Youth will be hosting a first-ever GLBTQ Youth Field Day. The event will be held from 1pm-5:30pm on the M Street Field in Independence Park in South Boston, located on E. 1st Street between M and N Streets. Teens [...]
DC United is first MLS team to create ‘It Gets Better’ video
The DC United are the first Major League Soccer team to create and ‘It Gets Better’ video (watch after the jump). In fact, as far as I know they’re the first non-MLB pro team of any other sport to make a video. It features United players Josh Wolff and Clyde Simms. This one also has the [...]
‘Get Wet’ in Palm Springs Sept. 3
Equality California is hosting its second Swim For Equality Sept. 24 in Malibu. Supporters and participants of the swim include Olympic gold medalists Gary Hall, Lenny Krayzelburg and Greg Louganis. Anyone interested in participating in one of the swims should head over to the EQCA site. Mike Holtz, whom we’ve written about several times on [...]
Two former Bengals Anthony Munoz and Jim Breech sponsor event for anti-gay group
Two former Cincinnati Bengals, including Hall of Famer Anthony Muñoz, are co-sponsoring a fundraiser for the Ohio-based anti-gay hate group Citizens for Community Values. Former kicker Jim Breech joins Muñoz as a co-sponsor. The group’s annual golf classic, to be held on Sept. 6, costs $110 per person to participate and will raise tens of thousands of [...]
Chivas USA gets big win at Equality Night; Justin Braun scores a hat trick
In the first Equality Night with Major League Soccer’s Chivas USA last night the home team scored a big 3-0 win over the Houston Dynamo. It was a fun night with a couple hundred gays and lesbians attending the pre-game reception with the NOH8 campaign then watching an historic game as Chivas’ Justin Braun (right) [...]
NewFest features documentary film about Renee Richards this weekend
Outsports is co-sponsoring two screenings at NewFest this year. NewFest is New York City’s top gay film festival. Please come out and join us for these films and so much more! Renee and The Devotion Project: More Than Ever (screening together) Saturday, July 23, 5:00 PM at Cinema Village Monday, July 25, 5:30 PM at [...]
Los Angeles’ Chivas USA to host Major League Soccer’s first ‘Equality Night’ for gay fans
Los Angeles-based Chivas USA is holding Major League Soccer’s first-ever ‘Equality Night’ on Saturday, July 23. It is shaping up to be a really special night. They are hosting the Houston Dynamo that night; Dynamo star Mike Chabala has been an outspoken advocate against homophobia and participated in the NOH8 campaign. The Chivas cheerleaders have [...]
Michael Lahoud of Chivas USA soccer is strong advocate for equality
Lahoud’s Chivas USA team in Los Angeles will host Equality Night this Saturday, July 23, to welcome LGBT fans. Earlier this month Michael Lahoud became one of the rare professional athletes to step foot in front of the NOH8 cameras to take a stand against homophobia. For the Chivas USA midfielder, it was the opportunity [...]
Moment #82: Gay and Lesbian Athletics Foundation conference in Boston
Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Various sports, 2003. We first heard about the Gay and Lesbian Athletics Foundation in 2002 when the brains behind the event, Mac Chinsomboon, first contacted Outsports to be part of his new organization. The organization would focus on eradicating homophobia in [...]
Gay Softball World Series invites White Sox Gordon Beckham and Jerry Reinsdorf to attend
Local organizers of NAGAAA‘s Gay Softball World Series have invited Chicago White Sox second baseman Gordon Beckham (right) and team owner Jerry Reinsdorf to the Gay Softball World Series in late August. Beckham previously “apologized” for scrawling “Getz is gay” in the infield of a recent matchup with the Kansas City Royals. From the Windy [...]
Moment #84: Lesbian couple ejected from Dodgers Stadium for kissing creates ‘gay days’
Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Baseball, 2000. When Danielle Goldey and Meredith Kott went to the Los Angeles Dodgers game on Aug. 8, 2000, they never imagined they’d set off a chain of events that would lead to “gay days” at pro sporting events for years to [...]
Chivas USA’s Justin Braun and Michael Lahoud become first pro teammates in NOH8 campaign
In recognition of the team’s Equality Night on July 23, Chivas USA players Justin Braun and Michael Lahoud are the first professional teammates to appear in the NOH8 campaign together. They join teammate and goalie Dan Kennedy in publicly opposing homophobia. Chivas USA is one of two Major League Soccer teams based in Los Angeles. [...]