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 [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
Get your wetsuit on! Swim For Equality now accepting registrations.
Equality California’s Swim For Equality is now accepting registrations for this year’s swims! On June 26 in San Francisco, and on September 24 in Malibu, more than 100 swimmers will swim off the coast to raise critical awareness and funds to advance LGBT rights in California. Do you have what it takes to make it to [...]
Swim For Equality set for San Francisco and Malibu; Kickoff party in L.A. May 28
Equality California is hosting its second Swim For Equality this year in two locations: June 26 in San Francisco and Sept. 24 in Malibu. Supporters 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 wins athlete of the year award
Mike Holtz, a friend of Outsports and a co-organizer of the Equality Night with the Los Angeles Clippers, has been named the Athlete of the Year for 2010 by Compete Magazine. I’m proud to have been asked by Mike to be one of his references for the award. Mike has dedicated his last few years [...]
Rugby players in red dresses
Gotta love sports groups getting creative to raise money. In Nashville, Tenn., the Grizzlies Rugby Football Club held its Red Dress Rampage and raised over $4,000 for the group. The event features teammates and supporters wearing red dresses as they run from bar to bar, supported by many local businesses. Check out Total Sports’ video [...]
Dog Tag Project looks good on athletes
The Dog Tag Project was started by Matt Freeman, a former executive at Here! media. The project’s aim is to put names and faces on the fight against Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. They have teamed up with various former military personnel who have been discharged by the military under Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, and they [...]
Swim For Equality this Saturday
Equality California’s Swim For Equality is this Saturday in Malibu. Even if you’re not participating, you can head to Malibu to watch the swim and attend the post-party at a gorgeous home in Topanga. The party is $50, but you get in free if you donate said $50 to the swim. A couple teams you [...]
Big Gay 10k coming to San Francisco
San Francisco’s annual Bay to Breakers 12k race is a 100-year-old tradition, complete with runners in wacky costumes. With the announcement today, just a week after the race, that sponsor ING is pulling out of the event, the recently formed Big Gay 10k in San Francisco could be the beneficiary. While nothing can replace the [...]
Lambda Basketball player auction May 30
Lambda Basketball, the Los Angeles-area gay basketball group, will hold a fun player auction and fundraiser at Here lounge, May 30. The proceeds will help pay for players to go to the Gay Games in Cologne later this summer. And one of the raffle prizes is a round trip ticket from Los Angeles to Cologne [...]
Stonewall Fire Island swim raises $100k
Last Saturday, the Stonewall Community Foundation in New York hosted an open-water swim to Fire Island that raised a whopping $100,000 for the organization! Next up for the Stonewall group is a second annual golf tournament. It’s great to see these organizations turning to sports to raise money and raising the awareness of athletics in [...]
Granderson chats about Dungy today
Our good friend LZ Granderson of ESPN wrote a column praising now-retired Tony Dungy for his work with black men. To me, LZ glossed over Dungy’s anti-gay record too much in his column; And I took Dungy to task for his actions in a column of mine. No matter where you fall on the topic, [...]
‘Gods of Football’ gallery
Players from Australia’s Rugby League and Aussie Rules Football, such as Kayne Lawton (photo), have teamed up to pose nude for the 2009 “Gods of Football” calendars. The proceeds from the calendars and DVD benefits the McGrath Foundation, which provides funding for breast cancer nurses, a terrific cause for hot jocks to strip down. One [...]
VLOG: The recession and gay sports
With the economic downturn, gay-sports groups are suffering. Events are being canceled and teams and athletes are scaling back their travel plans. But, it doesn’t have to be that way: We offer some ideas on how to raise money for your gay-sports group. We also go behind the scenes of the “revealing” New York Gay [...]
Series battle extends to gay centers
I got an e-mail from the William Way Community Center, Philadelphia’s LGBT center. Inspired by the Phillies-Rays World Series matchup, the Philly center and its Tampa counterpart, the Tampa Metro Center, are taking part in what they’re calling the World Series of Community Support. From the e-mail: The rules are simple: – All gifts made [...]
Cool Tug McGraw bracelet
I noticed a cool bracelet on the wrist of a friend I had drinks with last night. With so many issues-oriented groups opting for plastic bands of solid colors with inspirational words inscribed on it, this one stood out as it looked like the stitchings of a baseball. He said it’s for the Tug McGraw [...]