Former Oneonta State lacrosse player Andrew McIntosh, whose story Outsports made public in early 2010, is making a difference as a public speaker at schools across the country. He returned to Upstate New York last week and gave a presentation at the University of Albany. Upcoming speaking engagements for the former lacrosse captain will be in [...]
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GForce adds gay lacrosse team
GForce, which has organized an all-star gay hockey team for several years, has announced the start of an all-star gay lacrosse team. The team, headed by Andrew McIntosh (right), will start play this autumn. Anyone interested in playing on the team should contact GForce. We have the full press release from GForce after the jump. [...]
Discussion of gay issues to take place at national hockey coaches convention
More great news out of college hockey. GForce is again teaming up with Patrick Burke to present a conversation, this time at the American Hockey Coaches Convention, April 28-May 1 in Naples, Fla. The panel discussion features Burke, out former Oneonta State lacrosse captain Andrew McIntosh, and out former Univ. of Pennsylvania hockey captain Dave [...]
Vote: Outsports Sportsperson of the year
While the search for the first openly gay active pro athlete in the big four American sports continues, there was a lot of good that happened for gays in sports in 2010. Many more athletes came out, many more straight allies came on board, and transgender athletes became big stories for the first time in [...]
Two athletes included in Out 100
Athletes have returned to the Out 100 this year. Figure skating phenom Johnny Weir graces the pages with quite possibly his most feminine photo yet (if that’s possible) as Out’s “Diva of the year.” And former college lacrosse captain Andrew McIntosh (right), who came out publicly here at Outsports, also made the list. And on [...]
Andrew McIntosh to speak at Fresno church
Andrew McIntosh, the openly gay lacrosse captain at Oneonta University, will be the featured guest at a joint event of two Fresno-based gay groups: Community Link and Bulldog Pride. The event is free and takes place at the First Congregational Church (2131 N. Van Ness). Kudos to McIntosh for going into the belly of the [...]
Andrew McIntosh featured in New York Times
Today’s New York Times profiles Andrew McIntosh, the lacrosse player at Oneonta University in New York, who came out publicly as gay in a column for Outsports. From the Times article: But this season, the team is developing a new reputation — as models of tolerance — after one of its captains announced in an [...]
Andrew McIntosh wins equality award
Oneonta State lacrosse captain Andrew McIntosh, who chronicled his coming out in a story on Outsports.com earlier this year, was presented by his college with a prestigious award this week. With the president and vice-president of Oneonta State present, the school’s Office of Multicultural Affairs recognized Andrew with the Audre Lorde/Marlon Riggs Gender Equity Award [...]
Positive reaction to gay lacrosse player
Andrew McIntosh, captain of the Oneonta University lacrosse team in New York state, wrote about his coming out process in a moving piece for Outsports. His story touched a lot people and McIntosh has been deluged with e-mail from athletes, coaches and fans. His local paper, the Oneata Daily Star, has published a story and [...]
College lacrosse captain comes out as gay
When Oneonta State University lacrosse player Andrew McIntosh contacted Outsports a couple weeks ago, it was to thank us for all of the coming-out stories we had featured on the site. Today, his story joins the list. It continues to surprise me how welcoming so many college sports programs are for gay athletes, and McIntosh’s [...]