We have featured Brenner Green before, a college runner in Connecticut who did a great It Gets Better video and also wrote about his coming out experiences. He has a great idea for his senior honors thesis and needs the help of other athletes. I’ll let him explain: Hi, my name is Brenner Green and [...]
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Moment #4: Publication of ‘The Front Runner’
Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Books, 1974. Many would be surprised to know that the best-selling gay novel of all time is a story about a gay coach and his Olympic runner as told in Patricia Nell Warren’s 1974 best seller, ‘The Front Runner.’ The novel centered [...]
Outsports It Gets Better video: Brenner Green, collegiate runner
The latest video in Outsports’ partnership with the It Gets Better Project comes from Brenner Green, who is starting his senior year at Connecticut College. Brenner became known to Outsports readers after he wrote about how coming out gave him more confidence as a runner. I like Brenner’s use of humor in the video, especially [...]
Moment #37: Eric Anderson’s runner attacked allegedly for coach being gay
Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Cross-country, 1996. We hear about the fear of “guilt by association” driving homophobia in locker rooms, but we don’t have many specific examples of it happening. One of the rare cases involves a distance runner on the Huntington Beach (Calif.) High [...]
Front Runners New York to donate Pride Run proceeds to It Gets Better Project
Front Runners New York, initially inspired by Patricia Nell Warren’s best-selling novel The Front Runner, is teaming up with the It Gets Better Project for its 30th annual Pride Run next month. Check out the press release for more details: NEW YORK, NY (May 11, 2011) – Front Runners New York (FRNY) is proud to [...]
Transgender triathlete Chris Mosier vying for national TRX sponsorship
We have a great article from transguy triathlete Chris Mosier, who talks about once being an MVP in women’s sports to being a middle-of-the-pack dude in men’s triathlon. Trans issues in sports are getting increased visibility, and Chris is the latest example. Plus, he is on a mission to land a coveted sponsorship with training [...]
‘It Gets Better’ video: SF Frontrunners
We have been seeking sports-related videos for the “It Gets Better” project and the latest comes from the San Francisco Frontunners: Share on Facebook
More “It Gets Better” sports videos
The “It Gets Better” project keeps growing, with more and more videos added each day. We have posted some sports-related videos (links below). Here are three more — the New York FrontRunners, the San Francisco Fog rugby and Seattle Quake rugby. Share on Facebook
Gay Games: Stephen Kovacev, marathon
One in a series of first-person articles from athletes competing in the 2010 Gay Games in Cologne. Stephen Kovacev Provincetown, Mass. I am a 56 year-old athlete living with AIDS who lives on Cape Cod. I am the Captain of Team Provincetown. I will be competing in the marathon in Cologne. I will be representing [...]
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 [...]
Weekend Hot Jocks: LA Marathoners
The Los Angeles Marathon was held last weekend, with a course that started at Dodger Stadium and ended at the Santa Monica Pier. Fortunately, photographer Matthew Finley was on hand to capture these shots: Share on Facebook
Kelly Kulick and Woman vs. Man
On January 24, leading professional bowler Chris Barnes went down in flames to a woman — Kelly Kulick — in the 2010 PBA’s Tournament of Champions. And David Whitley over at FanHouse couldn’t contain himself as he pooh-poohed Kulick’s performance. He started by crowing that “bowling is not an athletic event.” Then he alleged that [...]
Western Cup adds dodgeball, curling champs.
Western Cup is an annual gay multisport event in the cold of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. This April 1-3, Apollo Calgary celebrates the 28th anniversary of Western Cup, making it the longest running annual LGBT multi-sport tournament in North America. Apollo was formed in 1981 after a small group of individuals came together with the idea [...]
New revelations in Caster Semenya case
According to the AP, the South African Olympic committee is finally investigating the Caster Semenya case. Questions about the runner’s gender, and how SA officials handled a “developing situation” prior to the IAAF world championships in Berlin, have continued to emerge in the SA press. The hearings began last Friday and are sure to produce [...]
Outgames: Iceland, Denmark, swimming
The Second World Outgames have hit day 3 of competition in Copenhagen, and we have reports from swimming, soccer, handball and the marathon, plus reports from the Icelandic and Danish contingents. Check out our daily recap with news, notes and photo galleries from the event, including this Italian swimmer! Share on Facebook