Uprising of Love launches with celebrities to support LGBT rights in Russia
Outsports joins group of celebrities and activists aiming to support and raise money for LGBT Russians
By Cyd Zeigler | December 10, 2013Outsports joins group of celebrities and activists aiming to support and raise money for LGBT Russians
By Cyd Zeigler | December 10, 2013While big names like Jason Collins and Brittney Griner are there, Towleroad also highlights stories from high school and college sports
By Cyd Zeigler | December 9, 2013The 2014 calendar hopes to promote the sport of swimming, and apparently the gorgeous bodies of swimmers themselves
By Cyd Zeigler | December 8, 2013Openly gay speed skater Skjellerup missed out on an automatic bid to the Sochi Olympics by one position.
By Cyd Zeigler | December 8, 2013Pride House International was rejected by the Russians, now they want to take their LGBT-inclusive message to cities around the world this February
By Cyd Zeigler | December 6, 2013There are several Olympics-related items that merit attention: Johnny Weir Faces Off With LGBT Activists Over Sochi Olympics — Vocativ“I never had a bad experience in Russia. I’ve never had someone call me a fag, or queer, or try to beat me up,” he said. “I’m very lucky that I’ve only seen the rosy side. […]
By Jim Buzinski | December 3, 2013Athletes and coaches, like Phil Jackson, MMA fighters and the Ole Miss football team, said and did really stupid anti-LGBT things this year. Here's just a smattering.
By Cyd Zeigler | November 26, 2013Despite saying that Fox isn't the better fighter and has disadvantages, Evans-Smith doesn't think Fox should fight women
By Fallon Fox | November 20, 2013Vitaly Mutko, the minister of sports in Russia, says his country should have waited until after the Olympics to pass anti-gay legislation because of the reaction from the West. "Perhaps the state authorities should have waited a little," Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko was quoted as saying by the RBK business newspaper on Monday. "It […]
By Jim Buzinski | November 18, 2013Today's roundup of gay sports news hits a lot of different angles. Soccer Star Robbie Rogers — Dating the Guy Who Created 'Arrow' | TMZ.comL.A. Galaxy stud Robbie Rogers — the first active openly gay male athlete in major U.S. team sports — has got himself a boyfriend … and the guy is a pretty […]
By Jim Buzinski | November 15, 2013"I can't shake the feeling that we've gone too far. Allies have raised our profiles beyond what is necessary to help the LGBT community."
By Patrick Burke | November 7, 2013It does take a bit of an ego and a ton of self-confidence to appear in front of a 30-foot high photo in one's underwear, but when you are Cristiano Ronaldo and are rich, famous and have that body, it makes sense. The soccer superstar unveiled his CR7 line of underwear Thursday in Madrid. Must […]
By Jim Buzinski | November 1, 2013College football fans don't need one day a year to dress up or go shirtless and paint themselves to show their school pride. From Florida to Oregon, a little body paint and imagination is all you need. More from Outsports:
By Jim Buzinski | October 30, 2013Putin specifically welcomes people of any 'sexual orientation' to visit Sochi for the Winter Olympics
By Cyd Zeigler | October 30, 2013Charles Barkley has always made a ton of sense when talking about gay players in the NBA, saying for example that "every player has played with gay guys." So I was very interested to hear his take on the openly gay Jason Collins still being unsigned. He did not disappoint in this wide-ranging Q&A with […]
By Jim Buzinski | October 30, 2013The anti-gay laws in Russia and their relationship to the Olympics continue to be a major story: Olympics: Boycott won't help gay rights, say ski champs | GlobalPostBoycotting the Winter Olympics in Sochi would do little to help gay rights in Russia, the world's top skiers said, asking that sports remain free of politics. Sochi: […]
By Jim Buzinski | October 27, 2013National Governing Bodies from dozens of sports participated in conversations about gender, disabilities and sexual orientation
By Cyd Zeigler | October 25, 2013Figure skater Johnny Weir made official what had been apparent since he said last month he would not be trying out for the U.S. Olympic team in Sochi, Russia — he's retiring. Weir, 29, announced his retirement at the same time he took a job as an analyst for NBC's Olympics coverage. Anyone hoping that […]
By Jim Buzinski | October 24, 2013Harri Tikkanen is a 15-year-veteran in the Finnish Hockey League, the most popular sports league in Finland, and he showed his support for gay players by putting a rainbow decal on his stick during a match this weekend. This is the first time any Finnish athlete has displayed a gay rights symbol. It came after […]
By Jim Buzinski | October 16, 2013Amnesty International and GO! Athletes rallied to support LGBT Olympic athletes and Russian citizens
By Heather Hargreaves | October 9, 2013