This is a first: KSL, a local Salt Lake City TV station aired a report on this past weekend’s Gay Bowl (won by Cyd’s New York Warriors; my L.A. team finished third). The report says all the players are gay, which is not true, but it was nice to see some coverage in the mainstream [...]
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Hot footballers at Gay Superbowl
Every year since 2002, the national gay flag football championship has been held. This year, Gay Bowl 8 will take place Oct. 9-12 in Salt Lake City. I’ve heard a few players say they’re psyched to go to the tournament because there’s a notion that Mormon guys in Utah are hot. The local organizers offer [...]
Boston gay football celebrates 10 years
One of the oldest gay-football groups in the world, Greater Boston’s Friends, Lesbians and Gays (FLAG) Flag Football League is celebrating a decade of existence. The group was started by Robert Saurer, whom we met at the first Gay Superbowl in Los Angeles in the spring 2002. Saurer actualy has the distinction of being the [...]
In the NFL, courage stays in closet
Mike Freeman, a writer for CBS Sportsline, pens a terrific piece about a panel last week on gays in the NFL. The event was held in New York as part of Gay Bowl VII, the gay flag football championships, and featured former NFL players Dave Kopay and Esera Tuaolo, Jackie Lepow, a lesbian who [...]
Gay flag football practice
The Texas Bulls are one of 16 teams in the Oct. 5-7 Gay Bowl, and the first we’ve seen with their own YouTube videos (a second, longer video is here):
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