German soccer-player agent Rudi Assauer couldn’t be more appropriately named. Last week he said that not only does he think gays shouldn’t be in soccer, but he once told a gay team masseur to find another job.
Perhaps [gays] are okay in other sports but not in football. If a player came to me and said [...]
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German manager against gays in soccer
Homophobia rampant at Stars on Ice?
As the “Johnny Weir family-friendly” story goes viral, it’s interesting to look at the ice-show political background. Just two years ago, as 2008 came in, Johnny was set to skate for Champions on Ice, the gay-friendly tour where Rudy Galindo skated for an entire decade. Remember Rudy Galindo? Our 1996 U.S. [...]
Austin gay softball players attacked
Two gay softball players in Austin were assaulted over the weekend in what they are calling a hate crime. Matthew Morgan and Emmanuel Winston say they left the gay bar Oil Can Harry’s in their softball uniform and were physically attacked by four men yelling anti-gay epithets. Said Morgan:
I’m not gonna go through this and [...]
Feb. 19 is Football v. Homophobia Day
The Justin Campaign has chosen Feb. 19 as the day to fight against homophobia in soccer. They’re hoping it becomes an annual event; This year they’re launching it in the UK (where the group is based. And even without the FA commercial, they’re moving on.
On February 19th 2010, The Justin Campaign are launching an initiative, [...]
Basketball player apologizes for anti-gay slurs
Drew Schifino is a former University of West Virginia basketball player who now has a career in Europe. He was on Facebook recently in a thread discussing NFL quarterbacks. One thing led to another and someone on the thread mentioned Dallas QB Tony Romo. Which caused Schifino to refer to him as “Tony Homo,” which [...]
Watch the FA anti-homophobia ad
The expletive-laden Football Association ad aimed at fighting homophobia has hit the internet. It is full of about a dozen nasty gay epithets. And I think it’s brilliant. It demonstrates the power of the words and shows how out-of-place they are in today’s society. While some gay activists are crying foul, I think it’s just [...]
Football Association pulls anti-homophobia ad
The English Football Association was set to release an anti-homophobia ad tomorrow, but the FA has decided not to release the ad in a last-minute reversal. The ad, created by Ogilvy, “shows a man taunting, a newspaper seller, a fellow commuter on the tube and work colleagues with anti-gay language, accompanied by the caption, ‘This [...]
CBS: No gays. But violence, sex, drugs OK.
I’ve rarely been as pissed at the Super Bowl ads as I was yesterday. CBS rejected two gay-themed ads (albeit the production value of one was so low that I would have rejected it) because of their “standards,” yet the commercials they allowed unleashed a barrage of violence, alcohol and nudity. They rejected a fun, [...]
Lambda Legal responds to Ovie Mughelli
We recently reported on the legal action Atlanta Falcon Ovie Mughelli had taken against some blogs that published the claims of a man alleging a sexual relationship with Mughelli. Now Lambda Legal is fighting back saying calling someone gay is not defamatory.
In the letter sent to various blogs, Mughelli’s attorney Phaedra Parks claimed the blogs [...]
CBS hasn’t approved Mancrunch, GoDaddy ads
The excuses are running out for CBS regarding their decision to air an advocacy ad against abortion, created by the hate group Focus on the Family and starring Tim Tebow, during the Super Bowl. The latest is news they rejected a gay-themed ad from GoDaddy.com that showed a former pro football player who had become [...]
Tim Tebow’s really bad day on- and off-field
Yesterday was not a good day for Tim Tebow. On top of a bad day of practice for the Senior Bowl, the former Florida quarterback who has cut a commercial for Focus on the Family is the target of a protest by a coalition of women’s organizations unhappy with the anti-abortion-rights message of Tebow’s commercial. [...]
ESPN confirms: Johnny Weir is a real man
In case you were wondering, ESPN has confirmed that Johnny Weir is a Real Man. I guess maybe some people were wondering, since the figure skater dragged reporter Jim Caple (and yes, I’m sure it was ESPN’s idea, but that’s not how it’s played) for a mani-pedi during his interview with Weir for a “who-to-watch” [...]
CEO of Evil Company Departs For Even More Evil
David Brandon, the Chief Executive of Domino’s Pizza, has decided to leave his position there to become the new Athletic Director at the University of Michigan.
Domino’s as you may know is evil for several reasons: Tom Monaghan, the founder of Domino’s is a very avid anti-gay crusader who gives money to wonderful organizations like Operation [...]
Westboro Baptist Church targets hockey
Thanks to Brendan Burke, it seems the folks at Westboro Baptist Church now have the sport of hockey in their crosshairs. The “God Hates Fags” clan is infamous for protesting anything or anyone they believe has any connection to homosexuality. Now that the NHL has a general manager with a gay son, they have another [...]
It Takes a Team coming to a close
The economic recession has claimed a new victim. For the last few years, the Women’s Sports Foundation has funded the It Takes A Team project run by gay-sports pioneer Pat Griffin. The project has worked at various levels of sport, making inroads at the NCAA, various colleges and high schools. Unfortunately, the project will end [...]
