OMGay.tv has put together what they call the “Best of Gay Sports” videos. No, it’s not the finals of the latest Gay Softball World Series. You won’t see any thunderous dunks from the Coady Roundball Classic. Failing to make the cut were any of the hard hits from the Gay Superbowl. No, the producers decided [...]
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Hulk Hogan: If ‘I was a homosexual I would embrace it’
Former pro wrestling superstar Hulk Hogan is suing his ex-wife for defamation after she said he cheated on her with fellow wrestler Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake and was violent and abusive (Brutus is filing his own suit). It sounds like a nasty marital spat but what struck me was Hogan’s defense: “If any of that [...]
My Life, Part 1: Greg Congdon shares his story of being closeted…and being outed
Editor’s Note: Greg Congdon was a high school football player and wrestler in rural Pennsylvania. He struggled with his sexual orientation for years until he was outed. It was such a touchstone in 1998 that it is our #83 most important moment in gay sports history. For the first time ever, Greg tells his story [...]
Straight Harvard wrestlers show their support as allies on National Coming Out Day
The Harvard wrestling team showed their endorsement of National Coming Out Day on Tuesday, gathering with rainbow pins and fun T-shirts to support gay athletes and students. One of the T-shirts worn by a wrestler summed it up perfectly: “Some dudes marry dudes. Get over it.” From the Harvard Crimson: Before their Tuesday afternoon practice, [...]
Hudson Taylor profiled in NCAA’s Human Highlight Reel
Recently married Hudson Taylor is the focus of the NCAA’s recent Buick Human Highlight Reel, which profiles people who have committed their time to improving collegiate sports in and out of competition. The video chronicles Taylor’s efforts to reach straight athletes on the issue of homophobia and his group, Athlete Ally. Check out the video [...]
Hot Halloween costume for 2011: Mongolian wrestlers
Mongolians take their wrestling seriously…and their wrestling outfits even more seriouslier. In 2004, China set the world record for the largest wrestling tournament with over 2,000 competitors. That didn’t sit well with these Mongolians, who staged a 6,000-person wrestling tournament over the weekend to take the new world record (though, with over a billion people [...]
Moment #45: Straight wrestler Hudson Taylor comes out as ally of gay athletes
Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Wrestling, 2010: In February 2010 I wrote an article about wrestler Hudson Taylor taking a stand for gay rights. Taylor was then a nationally ranked 198-pounder on the University of Maryland team. The article became our most read of that year [...]
Moment #52: Roger Brigham comes out to his managing editor
Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Sports reporting, 1982. When Anchorage Daily News sports editor Roger Brigham walked into his managing editor’s office in 1982, he began a 30-year legacy that is rivaled by few in all of gay-sports journalism. He came out to his editor that day [...]
The ‘Flying Squirrel’ wrestling move goes viral
Forget Rocky and Bullwinkle, this guy’s got a flying squirrel that I can’t stop watching. American junior wrestler Ellis Coleman is stretching the limits of creativity in the wrestling world with a new move that sends him airborne and over the head of his opponent. I wonder how Akil Patterson would stop the move. See [...]
Michael Irvin on the cover of ‘Out,’ talks about his gay brother, supports gay marriage
Read the full article in Out magazine here. It was about two years ago that Michael Irvin first talked to me about a secret he’s carried with him for 30 years. “You know, Cyd, my brother was gay,” he said. Actually, I didn’t know. And neither did virtually any of Michael’s teammates at the University [...]
Openly gay wrestler Akil Patterson profiled by his hometown newspaper
Last year we ran the story of Akil Patterson, the former University of Maryland football player who is now an elite-level Greco-Roman wrestler. Today his hometown paper, the Baltimore Sun, ran a terrific front page story in sports recounting how Patterson substance abuse and anger issues were related to him dealing with his sexuality. What [...]
WWE commentator Michael Cole calls a colleague ‘faggot’ on Twitter
Just a week after the WWE claimed a new commitment to stop homophobia and bullying in the pro wrestling organization, one of their commentators Tweeted that another WWE commentator is a “faggot.” Michael Cole sent the jab at Josh Matthews because, you know, that’s the worst thing you can call someone in the WWE. Still. [...]
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
WWE claims it will stop anti-gay messages. They also have a bridge for sale…
The WWE is finally trying to catch up to TNA wrestling. After decades of gay-baiting and homophobic slurs by WWE executives, writers and wrestlers, the nation’s most-watched pro wrestling group now claims it is against “discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation,” in response to outreach by GLAAD. Forgive me if I’m doubtful. You don’t [...]
Straight high school wrestler shows support for gay rights with HRC sticker on headgear
Jonathan Correia is a 17-year-old sophomore high school wrestler from East Providence, R.I. In a sign of support for gay rights, he wore a sticker for the Human Rights Campaign on his headgear during matches and practices this season. Jonathan was inspired by the same gesture made by then-University of Maryland wrestler Hudson Taylor last [...]