There was by all accounts a fantastic forum last Monday, Oct. 17, at the campus of the Christian Science Church in Boston. Discussion panels can be boooooring and not particularly productive. This one was lively in large part because of the collegial, open tone that developed into honest discussions about gay athletes showering with straight [...]
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Boston gay football hosts youth field day this Saturday
On Saturday, September 24, 2011, Boston’s FLAG Flag Football League and the Massachusetts Commission on GLBT Youth will be hosting a first-ever GLBTQ Youth Field Day. The event will be held from 1pm-5:30pm on the M Street Field in Independence Park in South Boston, located on E. 1st Street between M and N Streets. Teens [...]
Moment #82: Gay and Lesbian Athletics Foundation conference in Boston
Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Various sports, 2003. We first heard about the Gay and Lesbian Athletics Foundation in 2002 when the brains behind the event, Mac Chinsomboon, first contacted Outsports to be part of his new organization. The organization would focus on eradicating homophobia in [...]
Boston lashes out at Cleveland Gay Games
When the Boston delegates went to the Federation of Gay Games meeting to bring the 2014 games to their city, they thought they had it all locked up. But, like the undefeated 2007 Patriots heading into the Super Bowl, they got a rude awakening when the final decision came down: Cleveland was selected as the [...]
Ellen shows (gay) footballers dancing
I was so happy to see the Boston gay football league‘s dance video did finally end up on Ellen. It’s great exposure for gay athletes to be shown having fun on one of daytime’s most popular shows. On the flip side, it’s pretty disappointing that Ellen didn’t mention it’s a GAY flag football league! She [...]
Boston gay football dances all over Beantown
The Boston gay football league sent over a video of some members dancing to Jai Ho, a la the final scene from Slumdog Millionaire. Their hope is that Ellen will take notice and put them on her show. I love that they shot part of it in the subway station with people exiting the train; [...]
Gay Games visit potential 2014 hosts
As the Gay Games’ final decision for the location of the 2014 games draws near, the three cities in contention are rolling out the red carpet. A small committee of Gay Games representatives visited Cleveland last week, Boston this week, and they’re on to Washington D.C. this weekend. Roger Brigham, a longtime Federation of Gay Games [...]
Gay Games 2014 bid analysis
Longtime Federation of Gay Games member Roger Brigham has been kind enough to pore over the three final bids for the 2014 Gay Games, and he’s written a synopsis of them for the Bay Area Reporter. Of course, everyone’s wondering whom the FGG will select in September, and Brigham’s analysis gives key insight into all [...]
Gay Games 2014 down to three cities
The Gay Games are coming back to the United States in 2014. Only three cities submitted the necessary paperwork by this past weekend’s deadline, so organizers in either Boston, Cleveland or Washington, D.C., will be very busy in the next five years. Miami had been named one of four finalists last year, but they apparently [...]
Boston gay football celebrates 10 years
One of the oldest gay-football groups in the world, Greater Boston’s Friends, Lesbians and Gays (FLAG) Flag Football League is celebrating a decade of existence. The group was started by Robert Saurer, whom we met at the first Gay Superbowl in Los Angeles in the spring 2002. Saurer actualy has the distinction of being the [...]