This is not an article from the Onion. There actually is a Catholic group called Courage that is holding a sports weekend as a way for men to channel their same-sex urges into more manly pursuits. From the Philadelphia Daily News: This weekend a group of men will gather at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Homophobia’
Rapper Erick Sermon: You can’t be gay and be a rapper or athlete
Rapper Erick Sermon denies that he is gay and says it’s not possible to be a gay rapper or an athlete. The EPMD member said that Hip Hop will never have openly gay rappers because it can play against an emcee to admit to homosexuality. “No. It’s the same about when you talk about sports [...]
English soccer teams blasted for failure to support anti-homophobia campaign
Homophobia is alive and well in English soccer, where only 16 of 160 clubs in seven divisions reacted positively to an initiative to support gays in the sport, the Independent reports. This comes at the start of a weeklong international imitative, Football vs. Homophobia. The campaign wrote to every professional English club asking them to [...]
Philadelphia Phillies release anti-bullying video for It Gets Better project
Thanks to Joe in Philly for alerting us that the Philadelphia Phillies have released a video for the It Gets Better project featuring Chase Utley, Roy Halladay, Hunter Pence, John Mayberry, Jr. and Michael Stutes. The Phillies, with the Major League’s best record, join the growing list of baseball teams that have produced the anti-bullying [...]
James Harrison calls saying ‘faggot’ a ‘careless use of a slang word’
Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker says he meant no offense when he called NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell a “faggot” (among other things), saying it was a “careless use of a slang word.” I also need to make clear that the comment about Roger Goodell was not intended to be derogatory against gay people in any way. It [...]
Expert panel debates the homophobia that confronts lesbians in sports
When you get Pat Griffin, Lisa Howe, Lauren Lappin, Sherri Murrell and Mechelle Voepel together to discuss the problems facing lesbians in sports, you know the subject will be addressed with honesty, great insight and clarity. The five were on the “Rainbow Ceiling” panel recently sponsored by the Association for Women in Sports Media. Moderated [...]
DeSean Jackson says he’s sorry for using anti-gay slurs, but his anti-bullying image is toast
Reacting to criticism for calling a listener to a radio show a “gay-ass faggot,” Philadelphia Eagles receiver DeSean Jackson says he’s sorry. His statement, via NFL.com: “In a recent radio interview a caller got really confrontational with me,” Jackson said through a spokesman. “I got very heated with the caller, took it a bit too [...]
Seminar to explore why female athletes are MIA in the gay marriage debate
The Association for Women in Sports Media is hosting a free online seminar Monday called the “Rainbow Ceiling,” exploring why female athletes have been largely silent on the issue of gay marriage and on homosexuality in sports in general (the group’s news release is below). It’s a great topic and one that did not strike [...]
Video: 3,000 Brazilian fans taunt pro gay volleyball player with chants of “faggot”
About 3,000 fans at a pro volleyball match in Brazil taunted one player repeatedly with chants of “bicha,” which in Brazilian Portuguese is roughly the equivalent of “faggot” (see video below). The player, Michael (Brazilians refer to their athletes by their first name or nickname), came out publicly after the match as gay and said [...]
Remembering gay sports pioneer, the late Justin Fashanu, on his 50th birthday
Justin Fashanu was the first and still only English pro soccer player to come out. He had a very troubled career and life and committed suicide in 1998. Writer Keph Senett wrote about a ceremony that honored Fashanu on what would have been his 50th birthday. This article is excerpted from the original piece published [...]
Rugby team unveils anti-homophobia jersey
The Sheffield Eagles rugby team has unveiled its uniform, the first of its kind to tout an anti-homophobia message, for a game March 13. Reports the Pink Paper: The white kit, which has been jointly funded by LGBT History Month and Pride Sports with backing from the University & College Union (UCU) and the National [...]
Gay swimmers miss mark on anti-gay letter
U.S. Masters Swimming has apologized for running a homophobic letter to the editor in its magazine in response to a profile of an openly gay swimmer. The apology came after pressure from gay swimmers, many of them affiliated with International Gay and Lesbian Aquatics. One group, though, was way out of line by threatening the [...]
Anti-gay hate at Fresno St. football
(Update: Fresno State president issues statement saying he is “deeply troubled by the homophobic slurs.” See below.) It started out like a normal college football Saturday evening in Fresno, albeit with a little more excitement than usual. The nationally-ranked Bulldogs, for the first time in school history, were hosting another ranked team at home. And [...]