CNN commentator Roland S. Martin is in a heap of trouble after tweeting what some are claiming is an anti-gay tweet during the Super Bowl. After David Beckham’s horribly tame H&M underwear ad was aired, Martin showed his fear of the bulge: Share on Facebook
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Tony Dungy promotes “pro-family alternative” to Madonna’s Super Bowl halftime show
Former Indianapolis Colts coach and now NBC analyst Tony Dungy is part of a three-minute video for a Christian adoption agency that is billed as a “pro-family” alternative to Madonna’s Super Bowl halftime show. Dungy has raised money for groups fighting gay marriage. From One News Now, which runs news from a Christian perspective: Most [...]
Brian Burke: There is a lot of support for gay players in the NHL
There was an awesome interview yesterday with Brian Burke, general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, about whether the NHL is ready for an openly gay player. Burke’s son, Brendan, was gay and died two years ago in a car accident. Brian Burke has become a strong public advocate for gays in sports. Here is [...]
NBC: Tim Tebow didn’t snub Rosie…who likes Tebow’s eyes
12:40pmPT: Rosie O’Donnell has finally tweeted about meeting Tim Tebow: And apparently she tried to set up the Broncos back-up starting back-up starting quarterback with Jenny McCarthy: 11:21amPT: NBC Sports says the rumor is not true, and that Tebow talked to Rosie for about 30 seconds. We’ve heard from at least one person who heard [...]
All 20 clubs in Premier League sign Sports Charter to tackle homophobia and transphobia
All 20 soccer clubs in the English Premier League have signed the government’s Sports Charter to tackle homophobia and transphobia in sport. From the UK government’s Web site: Premier League Chief Executive Richard Scudamore said: ‘The Premier League and our member clubs believe that everyone should be able to participate in, watch and enjoy sport [...]
GLSEN gay bullying ‘Think before you speak’ PSA to run at Super Bowl XLVI
GLSEN has announced that PSAs about anti-gay bullying will run on a video billboard outside Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis as football fans enter the Super Bowl. The “Think Before You Speak” ads will not run on television (unless somebody has a few million dollars lying around the house). The opportunity comes thanks to the [...]
Rudy Galindo snubbed by U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame. Homophobia or racism at play?
U.S. Figure Skating has again snubbed openly gay former U.S. champion Rudy Galindo for their Hall of Fame (video of his amazing championship 1996 performance is below). And some are wondering how many different prejudices have come into play this time. For the Mexican-American, openly gay skating champion who publicly disclosed he has HIV, there [...]
Being hit by rock causes gay teen athlete to stand against homophobia
Two years ago, Jacob Gardner of Madison, Conn., was walking on the track before a high school track meet when he was hit in the head by a rock thrown by a teammate who said he did it because Jacob is gay. A great story in the Shorline (Conn.) Times relates that this has a [...]
Martina Navratilova to Margaret Court: Don’t deny us same-sex marriage
Tennis great Margaret Court stirred controversy at this year’s Australian Open with his vocal opposition to same-sex marriage. She was taken to task by activists on the issue and by tennis legends Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova. As the event was ending this past weekend, Navratilova, right, wrote an open letter to Court that [...]
BBC explores lack of openly gay athletes in British soccer
Amal Fashanu, niece of Justin Fashanu, the only professional British soccer player ever to come out of the closet, has worked with filmmakers to put together a documentary exploring why no gay soccer players have come out since her uncle. Not surprisingly, she found the fans pointed fingers at the establishment, the establishment pointed fingers [...]
Is the ‘lax bro’ culture keeping gays out of lacrosse?
Josh Acut of LaxAllStars.com dove headfirst this week into the question of gay athletes in lacrosse. He related an eye-opening story about talking to a group of college students about lacrosse’s “Grow The Game” initiative. What he came up against was lacrosse’s dominant “bro culture”: This week, I was talking at a school with an [...]
Out gay volleyball coach shares positive experiences, urges others to come out
Nick Clark, 25, is the assistant men’s and women’s volleyball coach at Pfeiffer University in Misenheimer, N.C. By Nick Clark I am just a little past the midway point of my first season as an “out” coach. It has been largely gratifying with few hiccups. I was hired by Pfeiffer University in May 2011, a [...]
Andrew Goldstein, America’s first out pro team-sport athlete, issues a challenge
When we put together our list of the 100 most important moments in LGBT sports history, we knew we’d probably overlook something. Maybe an Austrian hurdler came out in the Eighties, or some Slovakian soccer player had said something horribly homophobic and damaging. And we may have missed something like that. But I was incredibly [...]
Openly gay David Testo elected to U.S. Soccer Athlete Council
Openly gay professional soccer player David Testo has been elected by his peers to one of 18 open positions on the U.S. Soccer Athlete Council. Testo is the first publicly out man to serve on the council; He has been elected to a two-year term. His election is a testament to where the world of [...]
Non-Apology: Lee Steele’s new team, Nantwich Town FC, excuses Steele for anti-gay tweet
After being released by his former team for sending a homophobic tweet directed at Gareth Thomas, rugger Lee Steele has been quickly snatched up by Nantwich Town FC. The team wasted no time excusing Steele for his anti-gay tweet: Lee,38, was released by Oxford City this week due to comments on a social media site, [...]
New Jersey Assemblyman Charles Mainor directs anti-gay Tweet at Philadelphia Eagles
There is so much wrong with what New Jersey Assemblyman and Jersey City cop Charles Mainor tweeted while watching the Giants-Packers game Sunday night: “We are not going to just lay down, we come to play,” the message read. “Who the hell do you think we are the DALLAS COWGIRLS OR THOSE GAYBIRDS FROM PHILLY…NO WE [...]
Another gay teenager, Jeffrey Fehr, commits suicide. Closeted athletes still offer no help.
Every time I see a kid has killed himself, I can’t help but think about the professional athletes who are closeted. In case you missed it, teenager Jeffrey Fehr killed himself near Sacramento, Calif., on New Year’s Day. He was gay, and it’s now evident that anti-gay bullying was part of what lead him to [...]
Laura Robson wears rainbow hair ribbon at Australian Open
British tennis player Laura Robson wore a rainbow hair ribbon at the Australian Open on Sunday, and she was well aware that the gesture made a statement about equality for LGBT people. She said, according to The Guardian: “It was just a rainbow-coloured hairband,” Robson said. “I didn’t see anything about a protest today. I [...]
Anti-gay Tony Dungy writes about Martin Luther King Jr.’s fight for equal rights
I woke up this morning to some Tweets that left me wondering if the words of Martin Luther King mean anything today. The tweet that started it was from NBC’s NFL analyst Tony Dungy, who has helped raise tens of thousands of dollars for an anti-gay organization and has said he opposes equality for gay [...]
CBS airs Focus on the Family ad during Tim Tebow game
I was sitting down to watch the Patriots-Broncos AFC playoff game, and I was not expecting an ad from the anti-gay group Focus on the Family. The ad featured a bunch of a adorable kids quoting the Biblical verse John 3:16, closing with “life … wow.” Focus is not a religious organization but rather a [...]