Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Olympics, 2004. There had been the occasional out athlete at the Olympics before, but 2004 was a coming out party for Olympians. All told at least 11 openly gay athletes participated in the Olympics in the birthplace of the Games. From [...]
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Moment #51: Amelie Mauresmo wins Wimbledon
Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Tennis, 2006. Amelie Mauresmo seemingly had nothing to prove. She had reached the world No. 1 ranking in 2004 and was the first lesbian to reach the pinnacle of women’s tennis after publicly declaring her homosexuality. Yet the reputation that built around [...]
The Mirror distorts reality with ‘Price gay sports stars paid for coming out’
British tabloid The Mirror published in January a short piece today on the “Price gay sports stars paid for coming out.” It’s a bizarre choice, given that I haven’t heard a negative coming-out story in sports in over 10 years. They include Martina Navratilova (who came out in 1981) and Justin Fashanu (who came out [...]
Amelie Mauresmo talks before Oz Open
Pro tennis player Amelie Mauresmo rarely talks about her sexual orientation, so I was a little surprised to see a two-page article about her in the latest issue of The Advocate. But not as surprise, it seems, as Mauresmo was to find out she was doing an interview with the gay mag. Douglas Robson writes: [...]