Campus Pride has released its list of the 10 most LGBT-friendly colleges for athletes. The schools that made the list are: Bates College (who hosted Hudson Taylor, left), Bowdoin College, Bucknell University, Columbia University, Indiana University, Ithaca College, Kennesaw State University, New York University, Stanford University and Whitman College. Campus Pride founder Shane Windmeyer is making [...]
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UCLA fights homophobia in athletic department with Hudson Taylor
UCLA, with one of the most storied athletic departments in the NCAA, has embraced the fight against homophobia in sports with a full Athlete Ally initiative including a visit from Hudson Taylor on Monday. For the last week, varsity and club-sport athletes have taken part in an ally photo shoot. Participating in the shoots have [...]
Bret Lockett, Patriots safety, joins NOH8 campaign, supports gay marriage
While many are talking today about his alleged ties to Kim Kardashian, New England Patriots safety Bret Lockett is the latest professional athlete to pose in front of Adam Bouska’s camera for the NOH8 campaign (click on photo for full image). A former standout at UCLA, Lockett spent last season on injured reserve after his [...]
Stanford ends UConn’s win streak at 90
The last team the UConn women’s basketball team lost to before winning 90 straight games was the Stanford Cardinal. On Thursday night Stanford ended that UConn streak beating the Lady Huskies in convincing fashion, 70-59. The win avenged Stanford’s loss to UConn in the national championship game last April. A video recap of the game [...]
USC, UCLA show NCAA what class is
It is great to hear about the cooperation being exhibited this week between USC football coach Pete Carroll and UCLA’s Rick Neuheisel, and how they gave the big middle finger to the NCAA. For years, both USC and UCLA wore their dark home jerseys in their annual end-of-season rivalry game. But the big, mean NCAA [...]