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 [...]
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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 [...]
Calls increase for NHL to fine Wayne Simmonds for gay slur
While the NHL has said it will not punish Philadelphia Flyer Wayne Simmonds for using a gay slur directed at Sean Avery during Monday’s game, that hasn’t stopped a growing chorus of people asking them to do so. A change.org petition asking for the NHL to fine Simmonds had over 35,000 signatures as of Thursday [...]
Podcast: Jason Whitlock talks about racial and gay slurs & homophobia in the black community
We are so thrilled to have Fox Sports columnist Jason Whitlock, one of our favorite sports columnists, join our podcast this week to discuss his column about why he’s jealous of gay people. We talked about why black athletes are more homophobic, how gay people are using sports to promote equality, and Whitlock lets on [...]
Mirel Radoi fined by Saudi soccer group for making gay comment about another player
Mirel Radoi (Mirel Rădoi) is a Romanian-born soccer player in Saudi Arabia who has been fined $5,500 and suspended two matches for hinting that a Saudi player might be gay. Before you hail the Saudi football league as gay-friendly, apparently the reason he was fined is because the comment is being viewed as racist against Arabs. Here’s [...]
John Amaechi alleges racism at gay bar
John Amaechi claims that a gay bar in Manchester refused to admit him because he is black. Amaechi went to the bar Crunch Friday night and was allegedly prevented from going in while other members of his party were admitted. Said Amaechi on Twitter: I can’t believe it. I got barred from entering a bar [...]
Being white will hurt Toby Gerhart in draft
Here’s a twist on a story involving race: Being white will hurt Stanford’s Toby Gerhart in this week’s NFL Draft, because there are virtually no white running backs in the league. As Michael Silver of Yahoo reports: One longtime NFL scout insisted that Gerhart’s skin color will likely prevent the Pac-10’s offensive player of the [...]
Activist: Bring more minority voices to Outsports
Editor’s note: After a dialogue with Our Group treasurer Jenelle DeVits, I invited her to express her concerns about the gay-sports community on our blog. Her entries will appear from time to time. Coming across Outsports early in my collegiate career opened my eyes to gay media. Dominated by white masculinity I was bothered by [...]
Ryan Moats video is hard to watch
It took me a couple days to see the video from the Ryan Moats incident with police officer Robert Powell. In case you didn’t see it, Moats and his wife went to see his dying mother-in-law at the hospital, ran a red light (he says safely), and Moats was detained in the hospital parking lot [...]
Dykstra article alleges homophobia and more
With the recession continuing to ravage the nation, there’s been a lot of discussion about last week’s interview of CNBC’s Jim “Mad Money” Cramer by Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. Stewart effectively picked apart Cramer’s reputation as a financial expert (at least from some reports — I didn’t watch it myself so I can’t [...]
A racist column about Plax?
Al Sharpton has made his way back into headlines with an attack on a New York Post column about Giants WR Plaxico Burress, calling the column racist. In his Monday column, Post writer Steve Serby started his rant about Burress with: Good for Tom Coughlin. Good for Coughlin for tightening the noose around Plaxico Burress. [...]
More on racism in motorsports
It’s good to see this subject finally talked about. And we needn’t look as far away as Spain to find this ugliness. Right here in the good old U.S. of A., the motorsports fans can watch NASCAR racing till the cows come home, and they will see nary a black driver in top competition. At best, the fans might see one or two in [...]
Racism in Formula One racing
Racism is rearing its ugly head in auto racing after Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton, who is black, was jeered by fans in Spain, some of who dressed up in blackface (photo here). “The truth is that I feel somewhat sad, I am in love with this country, and especially the city of Barcelona and [...]