CNN commentator Roland S. Martin is in a heap of trouble after tweeting what some are claiming is an anti-gay tweet during the Super Bowl. After David Beckham’s horribly tame H&M underwear ad was aired, Martin showed his fear of the bulge: Share on Facebook
Posts Tagged ‘GLAAD’
GLAAD media awards nominees announced; sports virtually absent
Over the last few years we’ve been very pleased to see GLAAD recognize the increasing LGBT work done in sports with multiple sports-related nominees for their media awards. This year, as far as we can tell only one of the 151 nominees is directly related to sports: ESPN’s segment on Kye Allums. What makes that [...]
GLAAD gets amped with 1.5-mile swim in Ft. Lauderdale
GLAAD teamed up with MKH2O to host their first-ever 1.5-mile swim fundraiser in Ft. Lauderdale on Nov. 12. Get Amped featured 35 swimmers, each of whom had a fundraising goal of $500 for the media watchdog organization. According to Open Water Source, Ricardo Valdivia was the first out of the water in about 22 minutes. [...]
Shaq voices support for gay youth
Former NBA superstar (and sure-to-be Hall of Famer) Shaquille O’Neal has recoreded a short video (watch after the jump) against bullying of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth. Shaq looks like he’s put on a couple pounds since retirement, but he also speaks with more inflection than usual; Somebody’s doing good work with him on [...]
Moment #84: Lesbian couple ejected from Dodgers Stadium for kissing creates ‘gay days’
Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Baseball, 2000. When Danielle Goldey and Meredith Kott went to the Los Angeles Dodgers game on Aug. 8, 2000, they never imagined they’d set off a chain of events that would lead to “gay days” at pro sporting events for years to [...]
Hershey Bears saying no to homophobic taunts
The minor league hockey team Hershey Bears in Pennsylvania are saying no to homophobic taunting from their own fans, all because a lesbian fan had had enough. From GLAAD: The incidents were brought to the team’s attention by Bears fan Abigail Habbert. Habbert and her partner are season ticket holders, and noticed in January that [...]
Lakers and NBA to work with GLAAD
Just like Tim Hardaway’s “I hate gay people” years ago opened the door to opportunities, so has Kobe Bryant’s “fucking faggot” slur. GLAAD today has a joint statement with the Los Angeles Lakers and is announcing a cooperation with the NBA to undermine homophobia. Lakers spokesman John Black said: What happened in Tuesday night’s game [...]
Kobe Bryant’s non-apology isn’t enough
The Los Angeles Lakers posted this statement from Kobe Bryant after he called a referee a “faggot” in last night’s game: What I said last night should not be taken literally. My actions were out of frustration during the heat of the game, period. The words expressed do NOT reflect my feelings towards the gay [...]
Kobe Bryant headed for suspension? Immediate outpouring of reaction to anti-gay slur
According to TMZ, the NBA is reviewing tape of Kobe Bryant’s homophobic tirade at last night’s Spurs-Lakers game. Athletes clearly have not gotten the message that this language is not okay: The only appropriate course of action at this point would be to suspend Bryant for a playoff game. We’ve learned athletes don’t learn from [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Outsports nominated for GLAAD Award
We were thrilled to hear yesterday that Outsports has been nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for the second year in a row. Jim’s piece last winter that introduced Hudson Taylor to the world was nominated for best Digitial Journalism article along with four other articles. Other sports pieces nominated include two documentary films (Prodigal [...]
Fujita and Weir make gay-event appearances
Two big-time spots figures were featured at the Los Angeles GLAAD Awards this past weekend, and I had the privilege of personally thanking them both for all their gay-positive public statements. NFL linebacker Scott Fujita (left in pic at the Awards with LZ Granderson) and his lovely wife were front-and-center at ESPN’s table. Fujita said [...]
Sports honored at GLAAD Awards
Outsports was well-represented at the GLAAD Awards in New York City Saturday night. While we didn’t win in the Outstanding Digital Journalism category in which we were nominated, we were very proud to be nominated with in such a strong category (with so many other sports-focused articles). Not only did we not win, we didn’t [...]
Sporty GLAAD awards this weekend
This weekend are the GLAAD Awards in New York City where the sportiest of their 2010 Awards, Outstanding Digital Journalism-Article, will be handed out. It’s one of a select few awards being handed out on stage this year, which is a nice nod to the sports world. I’ll be attending, and Brian Sims (who inspired [...]