Figure skater Ashley Wagner speaks out against anti-gay laws; Evan Lysacek, others wimp out
Wagner speaks out at U.S. Olympic gathering, while Lysacek is in the majority who refuse to take a stand.
By Jim Buzinski | September 30, 2013Wagner speaks out at U.S. Olympic gathering, while Lysacek is in the majority who refuse to take a stand.
By Jim Buzinski | September 30, 2013The bad boy of downhill skiing speaks strongly in support of the LGBT community
By Cyd Zeigler | September 30, 2013The International Olympic Committee said that new anti-gay laws passed in Russia don't violate the Olympic charter and that there will be no discrimination, drawing condemnation from gay rights groups. The comments came during a site visit to Sochi, site of the Winter Olympics, by Jean-Claude Killy, chairman of the IOC's Co-ordination Commission. "The Olympic […]
By Jim Buzinski | September 27, 2013The openly gay speed skater from New Zealand is taking the first of four concrete steps toward Olympic qualification
By Cyd Zeigler | September 26, 2013The openly gay speed skater from New Zealand is taking the first of four concrete steps toward Olympic qualification
By Cyd Zeigler | September 26, 2013How small is the possibility that there are no gay footballers in the UK? It's as close to zero as you can get without being zero
By Cyd Zeigler | September 19, 2013Championship track & field and cross-country coach Micah Porter talks to Outsports about being a gay high school coach in Denver
By Cyd Zeigler | September 19, 2013With Sochi closed to them, the Russian LGBT Sport Federation will hold Open Games event in Moscow. Co-chair Konstantin Yablotskiy criticizes the IOC for silencing LGBT supporters. "Human rights are not politics."
By Cyd Zeigler | September 18, 2013Openly gay figure skater Johnny Weir has been getting a lot of attention for his views on Russia's anti-gay laws in view of the upcoming Sochi Winter Olympics, but he won't be attending as an athlete. From the Associated Press: U.S. Figure Skating confirmed Tuesday that Weir did not register for the qualifiers for the […]
By Jim Buzinski | September 17, 2013Brittany and Robbie Ross talk about being Christian and loving their LGBT friends in part because of their religious beliefs.
By Cyd Zeigler | September 17, 2013By creating generic 'anti-discrimination' language, the United Nations masks over the discrimination of LGBT people and gives cover to problematic nations like Russia
By Cyd Zeigler | September 16, 2013American gold medal Olympic snowboader Seth Wescott has become the latest athlete to denounce Russia's new anti-gay laws in the run-up to the Sochi Winter Games. "The human rights stuff that's going on, there's a potential for it to be an incredibly negatively overshadowed Olympics," Westcott, 37, told The Associated Press.Westcott told the AP that […]
By Jim Buzinski | September 12, 2013Jeff Adams explores what happens when two high school hockey teammates explore a romantic relationship
By Cyd Zeigler | September 11, 2013Wrestling is back as an Olympic sport through 2024 after making changes to the sport that got it approved by the International Olympic Committee this weekend. Wrestling had been dropped earlier this year and was forced to win a vote for reinstatement starting in 2020. Among the changes will be the way wrestlers are dressed, […]
By Jim Buzinski | September 10, 2013The governing body for English soccer is targeting homophobia with its policies, and Gibbons is a big part of that
By Cyd Zeigler | September 10, 2013Openly gay American figure skater Johnny Weir has always expressed his love of things Russian and is married to a man of Russian descent. Weir was on ESPN2 on Monday night being interviewed by Keith Olbermann about whether the Sochi Winter Olympics should be boycotted because of Russia's new anti-gay laws. It was a great […]
By Jim Buzinski | September 10, 2013Japan has mixed record on LGBT issues, but climate is generally favorable. Pride House calls it a "promising choice."
By Cyd Zeigler | September 9, 2013British Olympic diver Tom Daley says he's not gay. In an interview with the London Mirror, Daley said: "I think it's funny when people say I'm gay… I laugh it off," says Tom, who was voted the world's sexiest man by iconic gay magazine Attitude last week. I'm not. But even if I was, I […]
By Jim Buzinski | September 8, 2013By Matt Horner Brian Burke saved my life.At a very dark time in my life he stepped forward and opened a door for me that I thought would forever remain closed. With a simple act of loving and accepting his son, Brian Burke gave me the courage to live.In late 2009, when Brendan Burke publicly […]
By Outsports | September 3, 2013Canadian speedskater Anatasia Bucsis has become the second Winter Olympics hopeful to come out publicly as gay in response to the passing of anti-gay laws in Russia. Bucsis marched in this weekend's Calgary pride parade. From the Toronto Globe and Mail: "I could never promote that message of concealing who you are with all of […]
By Jim Buzinski | September 3, 2013