Marc Naimark of the Federation of Gay Games tracked down an interesting video from Eastern Europe that shows…cover the kids’ eyes…two gay sports fans kissing! The video was produced by Danilo Marunovic, who lives in Montenegro’s capital city of Podgorica. From the video’s YouTube page: Video clip “We are part of the team!”, by Danilo [...]
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Poll shows 90% of English soccer fans are gay-friendly, blame closet on agents
Revelations that sports aren’t as homophobic as long thought are becoming a broken record in the mainstream media. The latest is yet still another poll that shows fans don’t care if a player is gay and think homophobia doesn’t belong in sports. In a study by the University of Staffordshire published in the Journal of [...]
Baseball at the All-Star break: Time to get serious!
The Major League Baseball All-Stars have been announced so that means if you wear Yankee pinstripes then you are going to the game whether you deserve it or not. More importantly, the All-Star game marks the halfway point of the season so what better time to evaluate the league and highlight some of the good [...]
Lesbian couple claims anti-gay discrimination by Minnesota Twins security guard
Two lesbians claim they were the victims of discrimination when a security guard for the Minesota Twins told them they couldn’t kiss one another at a Twins game. Taylor Campione and Kelsi Culpepper claim the guard said they couldn’t play “grab ass” and that they must adhere to the Ten Commandments while in the stadium. If [...]
Vancouver fans riot after Canucks lose
Canadian fans can act as idiotic as fans anywhere and Canucks fan are especially bad losers. From the New York Times: Rioting hockey fans overturned vehicles and set them ablaze, broke store and hotel windows and set several small fires in downtown areas here moments after the Vancouver Canucks lost Game 7 of the Stanley [...]
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 [...]
Michael and Scott’s totally L.A. Kings wedding…with Kevin Smith
“I love a gay wedding.” That was just one of the great lines out of director Kevin Smith’s mouth as he officiated a wedding recently between two men who both happen to be Los Angeles Kings fans. The entire wedding was broadcast on Smith’s podcast, and it was all done hockey-style. The wedding was part [...]
Hershey Bears saying no to homophobic taunts
The minor league hockey team Hershey Bears in Pennsylvania are saying no to homophobic taunting from their own fans, all because a lesbian fan had had enough. From GLAAD: The incidents were brought to the team’s attention by Bears fan Abigail Habbert. Habbert and her partner are season ticket holders, and noticed in January that [...]
Professional Footballers’ Association will support a gay British soccer player
Professional Footballers’ Association chief executive Gordon Tyler says the players union would support an openly gay player, but they would have trouble protecting him from fans. While we have made massive improvement in crowd behaviour, it would still be a very, very brave move for a player to come out. If anybody comes out it [...]
Nancy Locke and Meredith Baxter appearing on Oprah today to discuss revealing new book
While many people know Meredith Baxter from her long-running stint on Family Ties, not many know much about her partner, Nancy Locke. Nancy happens to be the contractor on our home (no, she’s not giving me a discount for saying wonderful things about her). And I know she’s an avid sports fan (while Meredith couldn’t [...]
Polish gay soccer fans want separate seating
A group of fans calling themselves the first gay soccer fan club in Poland wants separate seating for themselves at next year’s Euro 2012 tournament, fearing discrimination. From the London Daily Mail: Teczowa Trybuna 2012 – Rainbow Stand 2012 … claims members fear hostility from other fans and want to feel safe during the tournament [...]
The booing is out of control
This trend of crowds booing the home team has started to bug the hell out of me. I’ve been seeing it happen in the first half of games. Last night the spoiled-rotten home crowd at Staples Center actually booed the two-time defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers off the court. Two years in a row [...]
Podcast: Anti-gay chants and bullies
This week on our Outsports podcast we talk about the reaction to anti-gay chants at high school and professional sporting events. Plus, we discuss whether Drew Brees’ anti-bullying PSA on Ellen will have any impact: Jim and I disagree on the potential results…but that’s not why I have a total brain fade halfway through the [...]
Antigay Yankee chanters face ejections
So much for the Y-M-C-Gay chants at Yankees games that got a lot of publicity this week. The New York Yankees have said they will stop the chants and eject any fans performing homophobic chants at their games. According to GLAAD… Yankees spokesperson Alice McGillion told us “the Yankees have zero tolerance for this and [...]