The 2010 European swimming and diving championships were held this month in Budapest, Hungary. And thanks to G. Scala at Deepbluemedia.eu, we were able to put together a photo gallery from the event. One of my favorites is this French foursome who got real close to each after a relay win: Share on Facebook
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Mark Tewksbury head rep for London 2012
I missed this while away in Cologne at the Gay Games, but Canada announced that Olympic swimmer and openly gay athlete Mark Tewksbury has been named the country’s chef de mission for the London 2012 Summer Olympics. This means he will be the head representative and official spokesman for the Canadian Summer Olympics team. Tewksbury, [...]
EQCA swim fundraiser in Wine Country
Equality California is on their summer tour to support their September Swim For Equality in Malibu, and the next stop is Wine Country. The event will be held Saturday, July 31, in Yountville (an hour north of San Francisco). Tickets are $30 in advance, $40 at the door. And you can get a discount on [...]
Gay Games profile: Julio Aponte, swimming
One in a series of first-person articles from athletes competing in the 2010 Gay Games in Cologne. Julio Aponte Cleveland I was born in Colombia in 1945, but in 1949, political violence displaced my family to the capital, Bogota. I was raised in a Catholic homophobic country and felt guilty about being different. I did [...]
Gay Games profile: Paulette Meggoe, cycling
One in a series of first-person articles from athletes competing in the 2010 Gay Games in Cologne. Paulette Meggoe Bronx, NY I have been an athlete ever since I was a child. I grew up with five brothers whom I had to always chase after. For a long time, I was the only girl in [...]
Two straight Olympians support Equality Swim
Equality California’s “Swim For Equality” has garnered the endorsements of two Olympic gold-medal swimmers. Gary Hall and Lenny Krayzelburg (right) are both lending their support for the event that will help raise money to fight for gay rights in California. What makes this particularly newsworthy? Both swimmers are straight. Gary Hall said in a statement: [...]
EQCA event with Greg Louganis June 19
Openly gay Olympic diving champ Greg Louganis is throwing his support behind Equality California’s ‘Swim For Equality’ in September. To kick off his support, Louganis is the headline guest speaker at a cocktail party next Saturday, June 19. I am so proud to be a part of the inaugural Swim for Equality, an event that [...]
Jack Mackenroth’s Gay Games Diary, Part 2
Editor’s note: Swimmer and former Project Runway contestant Jack Mackenroth will blog regularly leading up to his participation in the Gay Games. My last post was last month just after I had finished a week of intense training at swimming boot camp at the Hall of Fame pool in Ft. Lauderdale. Since then my training [...]
Gay Games: A swimmer’s amazing comeback
One in a series of first-person accounts by athletes attending the 2010 Gay Games in Cologne, Germany, July 31-Aug. 7. By Brian Galyean I remember when I was 14 years old and sitting at home that hot Texas summer watching the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Carl Lewis was all over the news with his [...]
EQCA swim event kickoff party May 29
Equality California will host a Malibu-based swim event on Sept. 25, and to kick off a summer of raising money and awareness for the event they are hosting a pool party this Memorial Day Weekend! The event is Saturday, May 29, from 12noon-4pm in the Hollywood Hills. Tickets are $40 if purchased in advance. The [...]
Gay, black swimmer Jeff Commings’ new book
Elite competitive swimmer Jeff Commings, who still swims in master’s meets, is coming out with a book later this month that chronicles his life as a swimmer who also happens to be gay and black. Here is the press release about the book (which can be bought here): Books written by gay athletes in diving, [...]
Jack Mackenroth’s Gay Games Diary, Part 1
Editor’s note: Swimmer and former Project Runway contestant Jack Mackenroth will blog regularly leading up to his participation in the Gay Games. I am obsessed with swimming and as you may know I have no problem prancing around in a speedo. I was wearing one since I was 6. (No-not all the time) However when [...]
Aussie swimmer Daniel Kowalski comes out
Australian swimmer Daniel Kowalski, who won four Olympic swimming medals before retiring, came out as gay in an opinion article he wrote for Australia’s Sunday Age. “Living the lie and deflecting the innuendo grows tiring. It is emotionally exhausting and it flat out hurts no matter how hard you try to block it out,” he [...]
Virus delays NCCA swimming championship
The NCAA men’s swimming and diving championship was supposed to start Thursday, but a nasty virus affectin at least three teams forced the event to be postponed until Friday. Apparently as many as 18 swimmers and divers from Arizona, Stanford and Texas contracted the nasty and highly contagious Norovirus and were instructed not to go [...]
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 [...]