Outsports

Jalen Rose has a problem with shirtless men chest-bumping one another

Categories: Apologies, Homophobia, NFL, Racism, Radio

Tags: ESPN, ESPN Radio, Jalen Rose, LMFAO, Mike & Mike, Mike and Mike, non-apology, Rob Gronkowski, Rob Gronkowski shirtless, shirtless bump, shirtless dance, Super Bowl, Super Bowl XLVI

Jalen Rose is in hot water over calling Patriots tight end “white boy wasted” this morning on the Mike & Mike Show, but it’s his homophobic comment that has out wrestler Akil Patterson hot under the collar. According to Patterson, Rose (who is an expert on losing championships) said in his tirade against Gronkowski’s post-Super [...]

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LZ Granderson: NFL deserves gay rights credit

Categories: NFL, Straight Allies

Tags: cba, collective bargaining agreement, ESPN, gay NFL, gay NFL players, LZ Granderson, nfl cba, Paul Tagliabue, Roger Goodell

ESPN columnist LZ Granderson recently gave the NFL a pat on the back for their gay-rights efforts. I personally think they have a long way to go, and I know the NFL is currently refusing to talk about LGBT issues, leaving it up to the teams. Still, LZ’s point is that they have at least done [...]

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Jordan Rodgers, Aaron’s brother, speaks out against Vanderbilt’s nondiscrimination policy

Categories: Academia, Homophobia, Religion

Tags: Jordan Rodgers, Vanderbilt

Jordan Rodgers, quarterback at Vanderbilt University and the brother of Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, was among students speaking out against the school’s nondiscrimination policy as it applies to student groups, especially religious ones. Rodgers is a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, which is opposed to homosexuality and whose website talks about [...]

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Brandon Jacobs to Tom Brady’s wife, Gisele Bundchen: ‘Stay cute and shut up’

Categories: Athletes Behaving Badly, NFL

Tags: Brandon Jacobs, Gisele Bundchen, Super Bowl, Tom Brady

New York Giants running back Brandon Jacobs is the early leader in the race for Male Sexist Pig of the Year award after saying this about supermodel Gisele Bundchen, the wife of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady: “She just needs to continue to stay cute and shut up.” After the Patriots lost to the [...]

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Diana Nyad attempting Cuba to Florida swim for the fourth time

Categories: Swimming, Women

Tags: Cuba, Cuba swim, Diana Nyad, Diana Nyad swim, Florida, Florida Keys, Florida swim, jellyfish, lesbian swimmer, out swimmer, Xtreme Dream

Out distance swimmer Diana Nyad says she will again attempt to swim from Cuba to the Florida Keys this summer. It will be her fourth attempt. She first tried what she calls the “Xtreme Dream” in 1978 at the age of 29, but she was thwarted by bad weather. Last summer she attempted the swim [...]

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Trans triathlete Chris Mosier wins USA Triathlon Spirit Award

Categories: Awards, Transgender, Triathlon

Tags: Chris Mosier, Empire Triathlon Club, New York, Spirit of Multisport Award, trans athlete, trans triathlete, trans triathlon, transgender athlete, USA Triathlon

Great news from Chris Mosier today. I wonder what it is about triathlons that make the sport so inclusive. Maybe it’s the respect for any athlete who can put themselves through a grueling race combining three tough distance sports. Either way, this is really encouraging. USA Triathlon awarded trans triathlete Chris Mosier an honorable mention [...]

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English soccer player Ravel Morrison sends homophobic tweet to fan

Categories: Athletes Behaving Badly, Homophobia, Soccer

Tags: Ravel Morrison, Soccer

Soccer player Ravel Morrison, formerly of Manchester United and now with West Ham of the English Premier League, is in hot water after sending a homophobic tweet to a fan. From Goal.com: Morrison’s tweet, which has since been deleted, read: “crack head ? Go suck out u little faggot your a guy that talks if [...]

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Gay high school swimmer gives advice to his younger, scared self on acceptance

Categories: Coming out, High school

Tags: High school, Swimming

Andrew is a 17-year-old high school senior in Minnesota and captain of his swim team. I have written before about his terrific blog the Transpiration of Andrew. He has an awesome post up now that has him writing to his 11-year-old self, a scared boy coming to terms with his sexual orientation. It is moving [...]

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ESPN’s Rob Parker doesn’t like men dancing alone together

Categories: Homophobia, TV

Tags: Charissa Thompson, ESPN, ESPN's First Take, First Take, New England Patriots, No Homo, Rob Parker, Super Bowl, Super Bowl XLVI

Updated at 2:43pmPT with comments from Charissa Thompson. Today’s episode of ESPN’s First Take tackled the issue of the New England Patriots’ post-game party. While Skip Bayless didn’t find much fault with the players dancing (possibly intoxicated) at a previously planed event, Rob Parker was most concerned about the fact that there didn’t seem to [...]

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Top French handballer Alexandra Lacrabère comes out, will play in Summer Olympics

Categories: Coming out, Olympics

Tags: Alexandra Lacrabère, France, gay handball, gay Olympics, Hand Action, handball, lesbian handball, lesbian Olympian, lesbian Olympics, out handball, out Olympics, Yagg.com

We now know that at least one out lesbian will be participating in the Summer Olympics in London. Alexandra Lacrabère came out to little fanfare in the French magazine Hand Action last November. Yagg.com caught up with her recently and she talked more about being an out lesbian in the popular French sport. Via a rough translation: [...]

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