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 [...]
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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. [...]
British swimmers get naked for cancer awareness
Swimmers James Goddard, Ross Davenport and Grant Turner were among 28 British celebrities to pose naked for Cosmo UK in a June centerfold spread designed to raise awareness of male cancers like prostate and testicular cancer through the Everyman campaign. Said Davenport: “I feel so comfortable in my swimming trunks but, without that thin layer [...]
Openly gay college swimmer just one of the guys
Openly gay college swimmer Kevin Rohle finds that humor and perseverance have a gone a long way to fitting in on his team at Adelphi Unversity on New York’s Long Island. Rohle is the subject of a terrific profile in Garden City Patch, where he talks about his career goal of being a nurse. “People [...]
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 [...]
Gay swimmers miss mark on anti-gay letter
U.S. Masters Swimming has apologized for running a homophobic letter to the editor in its magazine in response to a profile of an openly gay swimmer. The apology came after pressure from gay swimmers, many of them affiliated with International Gay and Lesbian Aquatics. One group, though, was way out of line by threatening the [...]
Swimmer’s personal reasons for NoH8 photo
Ryan Nadeau is a 23-year-old former club swimmer at Boston University. He is straight but his father and his brother are gay and he has many gay friends. So he readily accepted the invitation from wrestler and gay rights activist Hudson Taylor to participate in a NoH8 photo shoot late last year in New Jersey. [...]
Vote: Outsports Jerk of the Year
Many advances were made for gay equality in sports in 2010, but there were also some setbacks. Still, despite the homophobic actions of some there was a silver lining: The public reaction to them was overwhelmingly negative, demonstrating that while homophobia still exists, it is tolerated less and less. This year five people or groups [...]
Gallery: European swimming
The European short course swimming championships were held this past weekend in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Here are some select photos courtesy of G. Scala at Deepbluemedia.eu Share on Facebook
Out athletes abound at Yale
Think out NCAA athletes are still rare? That’s changing fast. There’s a fantastic article in the Yale Daily News about gay athletes on campus there, and they name names of a half-dozen out athletes at the school, including diver Colton Staab ’12 (right). The best story of the bunch involves a swimmer (the one out [...]
Swimmers mourn death of Fran Crippen
Fran Crippen was a 26-year-old competitive swimmer who died off the coast of the United Arab Emirates this weekend during a 10-kilometer open water swim. The exact cause of his death is still unknown, but Crippen apparently said he was not feeling well prior to the race, which was held in very hot conditions. It’s [...]
Michigan athletes support gay student president
University of Michigan student body president Chris Armstrong has come under attack recently from Michigan Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell simply for being gay (Shirvell’s hateful blog is now readable by invitation only). But athletes from football, baseball, hockey, gymnastics, rowing, softball and many other sports aren’t standing for it. Instead, they have posed for [...]
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 [...]
Anti-gay slur costs Stephanie Rice her Jag
Jaguar wasted no time in dropping Australian swimmer Stephanie Rice as a spokeswoman for the car maker after she tweeted “Suck on that faggots!” in response to the results of a rugby match. It’s not known whether the Jaguar agreement involved any financial payment, but Rice will be without a car after the company confirmed [...]
EQCA swim pool party in Palm Springs
Equality California will host a Malibu-based swim event on Sept. 25, and to kick off the final month of fundraising for the event they are hosting a pool party this Labor Day Weekend! The event is Saturday, Sept. 4, from 12noon-4pm at a gorgeous private home in Palm Springs. Tickets are $40 if purchased in [...]