ESPN’s ‘Outside the Lines’ Sunday featured a story on transgender basketball player Kye Allums hours before the start of the Women’s Final Four. The piece covered a lot of territory from Kye’s relationship with his mother, Rolanda DelaMartinez, to his high school basketball career, to the acceptance of his team at George Washington. Two videos [...]
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ESPN’s Outside the Lines profiles Kye Allums
This Sunday’s ‘Outside the Lines’ on ESPN will feature a lengthy segment on transgender NCAA basketball player Kye Allums and other trans issues in sports. You can see a short clip of the segment after the jump, and it shows they ask Allums some tough questions, some of which we’ve delved into in our coverage [...]
Hudson Taylor of Athlete Ally visits with Thomas Roberts of MSNBC
Hudson Taylor, whom we originally profiled a year ago, was a featured guest today on MSNBC to talk about gay equality in sports and his non-profit group Athlete Ally. Check out the video of his 4-minute appearance after the jump. Share on Facebook
Nancy Locke and Meredith Baxter appearing on Oprah today to discuss revealing new book
While many people know Meredith Baxter from her long-running stint on Family Ties, not many know much about her partner, Nancy Locke. Nancy happens to be the contractor on our home (no, she’s not giving me a discount for saying wonderful things about her). And I know she’s an avid sports fan (while Meredith couldn’t [...]
Michael Vick cancels Oprah Winfrey interview
A couple days after Oprah Winfrey announced should would interview Michael Vick today, the NFL quarterback has canceled his appearance. Fox News claims it was the Philadelphia Eagles who squashed the interview, though the Eagles deny that. “After careful consideration, I will need to postpone the taping of the Oprah Winfrey interview scheduled for February [...]
Oprah Winfrey to interview Michael Vick
On his continued road to rehabilitation, Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick will sit down with Oprah Winfrey on her daytime talk show this Thursday. According to the Associated Press: Officials with Chicago-based Harpo Productions say the interview will cover Vick’s time in prison, his work with the Humane Society and his return to the NFL. [...]
Barkley loves the ‘homosexuality people’
At least his heart was in the right place. Barkley talked about the importance of including gay people in the vision or Martin Luther King Jr on TNT yesterday and said he loves gay people (calling them “homosexuality people” at first). Check out the video clip after the jump (Barkley talks at 5:50 in the [...]
Video: Gareth Thomas’ appearance on Ellen
Gareth Thomas is a special guest on Ellen DeGeneres’ show today, and they have released a clip of his appearance. In the clip he talks about his wife and tells a very cool story about coming out to his parents including his macho dad. Every time Gareth talks he seems like a genuine, down-to-earth guy [...]
Gareth Thomas appearing on ‘Ellen’ Tuesday
Out pro rugby icon Gareth Thomas is headed to Los Angeles this week and will sit down with Ellen DeGeneres on her daytime talk show on Tuesday. As the show writes on their Web site: Rugby player GARETH THOMAS broke new ground when he became the first openly gay professional male athlete… in the world! [...]
No Yankees. No Phillies. No problem.
Just a week or so ago, most people were probably imagining a rematch of last year’s Fall Classic participants, the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Phillies. Alas, both teams failed to win there respective leagues and instead the uncanny San Francisco Giants and the resilient Texas Rangers are facing off in the 2010 World [...]
Does watching ‘Glee’ make you gay?
I have been very frustrated with the way the Atlanta Braves have been playing the past couple of weeks. I never thought the Braves were going to run away with the National League East nor did I expect the Phillies were going to fade away. In fact I expect the race for this division to [...]
More athletes are ‘Dancing with the Stars’
Two-time NFL MVP Kurt Warner is one of the big names announced for the next season of Dancing with the Stars. Arizona Cardinals fans still holding out hope that Warner will come back to the team this season are crying today! Former Boston Celtic and Los Angeles Laker Rick Fox will also hit the dance [...]
Podcast: More out athletes on TV shows
In the last week we’ve heard of male athlete characters coming out of the closet on three shows: Degrassi, Glee and 90210. All of these shows target teens and twentysomethings. Why is this new trend taking hold now, and what effect can it have on our culture? We talk about the growing presence of these [...]
Now ’90210′ will have out gay athlete
Three days, three TV shows we feature that have or will have new openly gay athletes on the show. 90210‘s Teddy, the womanizing tennis pro (played by Trevor Donovan), will come out of the closet this season and embark on a relationship with another man this season. Executive producer Rebecca Sinclair explained how the story [...]
Gay football player on “Degrassi”
We mentioned yesterday that the show “Glee” will have a character who is a gay quarterback. We now hear from a reader that the show “Degrassi” already has introduced a character, Riley, who is a gay football player. “Degrassi” is a Canadian show that can be seen on Teen Nick in the U.S. Never having [...]
Glee, Kurt Hummel to get gay quarterback
It looks like a gay (or at least curious) athlete will soon be a part of the hit show GLEE. The uber-gay Kurt Hummel is about to get a boyfriend, and it’s going to be the quarterback of the football team. According to E!: Rumors that new cast member Chord Overstreet [right] will play Chris [...]
Tony Dungy finds new target in Rex Ryan
Former NFL coach Tony Dungy is now aiming his hardcore religious conservatism at New York Jets coach Rex Ryan. The latter’s language on HBO’s Hard Knocks has been profanity-filled and Dungy doesn’t like it one bit, telling Dan Patrick he hopes NFL commissioner Roger Goodell gets involved! Dungy also said he wouldn’t hire someone “like [...]
Will Bragman bring an athlete out on TV?
With the announcement today that Hollywood publicist Howard Bragman is developing a show with A&E about celebrities coming out of the closet, I’m left wondering if athletes might be a part of that. Howard has helped many celebrities and singers come out, but he has also virtually cornered the market on athletes coming out over [...]
Jilted lover tries to out British footballer
We have speculated for years that the first out active athlete might not announce he’s gay…as much as a jilted lover might. We saw an episode like that with Ovie Mughelli. And now it’s happening in British soccer. Pink News is reporting on a reality TV star who claimed to have a year-long affair with [...]
Craziest match in tennis history ends, 70-68
In the craziest match in tennis history, John Isner beat Nicolas Mahut, 4-6, 3-6, 6-7, 7-6, 70-68. That fifth set looks like a basketball score. Isner got Mahut on a backhand rocket, the shot that had been the weakest part of Isner’s match. They played the equivalent of over three matches. Every length record was [...]