Month: February 2013

On July 7, the New York Gay Football League held a fantastic AussieBum swimwear and underwear fashion show on Fire Island to raise money for Gay Superbowl 7, to be held in New York City Oct. 3-7. The event was also sponsored by Coors, P.I.N.K., Corazon, JetBlue & Orbitz.

The New York Warriors won Gay Bowl VIII in Salt Lake City in 2008, defeating the Salt Lake City X-Communicated in the finals. It was their third consecutive title. The Warriors are coached by Cyd from Outsports. Jim's L.A. Motion team finished third along with San Diego. The weather was the coldest ever for a […]

The 2009 Gay Softball World Series was held in Milwaukee. Here are the results: A-Division: Phoenix Toros over Orlando Force. B-Division: Chicago Spin Cougars over Orlando Crush. C-Division: Ft. Lauderdale Cyclones over Seattle Maulers. D-Division: Nashville Players over Seattle Avengers Check out our blog posts from the event. Photos by Ross Forman

Images from early-round action at the Gay Softball World Series held in Seattle. It rained a bit at times, but overall the games came off. In the Open Division, the Los Angeles Vipers took the A title, returning to grab the crown they owned in 2005-06. The Boston Club Cafe Crew took B, the Dallas […]

Until about an hour ago, I had no idea what the “Harlem Shake” was, but apparently all the kids are doing and it is taking schools by storm. It’s basically people badly dancing to a beat, starting with somebody in a mask and breaking into a mass of them shaking and baking. It's become a […]

Robbie Rogers (Greg M. Cooper-USA TODAY Sports) In the the aftermath of a big news story, Twitter is a great first-read on how people are seeing an event. With pro soccer player Robbie Rogers announcing he is gay and stepping away from the game, Twitter was abuzz with reaction and it was universally supportive. "Thank […]

Robbie Rogers comes out as gay, the first active player in one of America's Big Five sports, with Major League Soccer.

The Football Association is considering action against Kazim-Richards

Tim Tebow He may have been a bust with the New York Jets, but that isn't stopping Tim Tebow from praising God and rubbing elbows with virulently anti-gay pastors. The latest is Tebow's scheduled "morning worship" on April 28 at the First Baptist Church of Dallas. The pastor there is Robert Jeffress, who has a […]

To measure the progress we’re making in the fight to end homophobia in sports, we need just two things: Cause and effect. The cause is the news story. Today, professional soccer player Robbie Rogers provided that when he came out publicly. Having struggled with his sexual orientation for years, today he open the door for […]

Vladimir Uruimagov claims gays decided to remove the sport

Former Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets catcher Mike Piazza is out with his memoir and in it he reiterates what he said publicly in 2002 — he is not gay. The New York Post has excerpts from the book: “I found it hugely insulting that people believed I’d go so far out of […]

Bruce Silverman discusses the importance of straight allies in winning equality in sports

Rudy Gay From the Department of Wonderful Coincidences: Rudy Gay of the Toronto Raptors hit a jump shot with less than five seconds remaining Tuesday night to beat the Denver Nuggets, 109-108. The shot happened on Proud to Play night, honoring PFLAG and EGALE, the biggest Canadian LGBT advocacy organization. Daniel Engel, a fan, sent […]

Courtesy of Philip Bradley When my partner, Dan, and I signed up for last week's Atlantis cruise in the Caribbean, I quickly realized we'd be halfway to St. Maarten during the Super Bowl. When I approached Atlantis about hosting a Super Bowl party on the cruise, they told me that less than 20 people would […]

Liz Carmouche remembers the fear she had while a U.S. Marine stationed in Iraq in 2006. A fear not only of the enemy outside but of her friends and colleagues inside. Those who made hurtful comments about gays and lesbians, including a close friend who said that if gay soldiers came out they should be […]

Images from the day at the track stadium, which included a lot of sprint medals.

Scenes from around the pools at swimming, water polo and diving. Photos by Outsports.com

Denver Nugget with two moms becomes an ambassador to do more focused work for LGBT athletes

In the continued assault on long-standing sports, the International Olympic Committee has removed wrestling from the docket of the 2020 Olympics. The IOC previously dropped baseball and softball from inclusion. One “wild card” spot is open for a sport, and wrestling now joins these two plus six others in bidding for that final spot. Wrestling […]