A documentary film crew followed several teams heading into the 2010 Gay Bowl in Phoenix, Ariz. The crew was headed up by NYGFL player Seth Greenleaf, a theater and documentary film producer. Recently they released an extended 5-minute trailer highlighting some of the themes of the movie and introducing some of the main characters. It’s [...]
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Trans athlete Chris Mosier faces transphobia in LGBT sports leagues
Trans triathlete Chris Mosier has found nothing but welcoming arms from his Empire Tri Club, which is not LGBT. It’s been the LGBT sports leagues where he has faced sometimes overt discrimination. He writes for Original Plumbing: In designated LGBT sports spaces, I have encountered problem after problem, and an unwillingness or lack of effort [...]
Former high school footballer Adam Goddard’s amazing poetry slam for gay marriage
When we first met Adam Goddard about a year ago, he was overjoyed to have found the Los Angeles Gay Football League. A student at Long Beach State and attracted to both men and women, he was struggling to find his corner of the LGBT community; As a former high school fullback (“the meanest 130 [...]
Paris Jackson as good at flag football as Michael Jackson was at the moonwalk
As a big Michael Jackson fan, I found this kinda cool. The king of pop’s daughter, Paris, apparently got her father’s dance moves and is taking them to the football field. The 13-year-old became the first girl to join her private school’s flag football team as a linebacker this autumn. You can follow the actress-athlete [...]
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 [...]
Salina Sychla is first female quarterback to lead her team to victory in Gay Bowl
Gay Bowl XI in Houston had several firsts. The Toronto Mounties made the tournament “international;” The final day of competition was canceled due to a rare, freak storm. But the source of deepest pride for the members of the Denver Summit 2 was their claim to fame: They were the first team to win a [...]
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 flag football, not Rick Perry, brings much-needed rain to Houston
Maybe God does listen to the gays. Houston — like the rest of Texas — is in the middle of a terrible drought and in April, Gov. Rick Perry issued a proclamation officially praying for rain. His prayers were ignored, the drought continued and then Gay Bowl XI came to town this weekend. Sunday saw [...]
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 [...]
Moment #6: Corey Johnson’s story is told by Bay Windows and the New York Times
Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Football, 2000. OK, it’s is a bit of a cheat: This moment is really two moments that each elevated an important story in our history. In April 2000, New England-based Bay Windows printed the story of Masconomet (Mass.) High School football player [...]
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 [...]
Mark Bingham remembered
Mark Bingham was a friend of ours here at Outsports. He was, from all that I knew of him, exactly the man he’s been portrayed as by the media. While his contribution to gay rugby is well-known, it was his participation in gay flag football that we came to know Mark. He played for the [...]
Phoenix Hellraisers win Pride Bowl in Chicago
The Phoenix Hellraisers (right) won their third straight Pride Bowl last weekend, beating the San Diego Bolts in the final, 41-33. The Pride Bowl is the annual gay flag football tournament in Chicago held the two days before the city’s pride celebration. In the third-place game, the New York Warriors avenged their loss in the [...]
DC gay flag football league to publish calendar
The DC Gay Flag Football League is publishing a 24-month calendar to help raise money for gay and lesbian youth. The calendar will be available starting in August. The calendar will feature both gay and straight players from the league. DCGFFL has released two It Gets Better videos, one that had straight players talk about [...]
Video: Straight players tell why they like playing in the DC gay flag football league
Here is an “It Gets Better” video with a twist: Straight players telling why they enjoy playing in a gay-oriented league. The players are with the DC Gay Flag Football League. Their stories dovetail with my experience here in LA with our flag football league. This season, about a third of the players are straight [...]