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(This story was published in 2004). Terrell Owens implies that Jeff Garcia is gay. Garcia denies it and mentions that he has had girlfriends. The mainstream media is excited. I yawn. I confess that the Owens-Garcia lover’s quarrel, as one friend jokingly dubbed it, leaves me underwhelmed. I don’t think Owens’ comments, while classless and […]

(This story was published in 2005). While the NFL removed “gay” from its list of words that can’t be printed on the back of one of its official jerseys, this week it added “Mexico” to that list. A number of fans of Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick have attempted to order his Falcons No. 7 […]

The reaction to the coming out for former Major League Soccer player Robbie Rogers has been all positive. Further evidence of this happened when Sports Illustrated soccer writer Grant Wahl did a survey of 18 players on a variety of league issues. He granted the players anonymity in return for them being open and one […]

Professional MMA fighter Damian Norris released a video today in full support of Fallon Fox fighting as a woman. You guys have people in the Olympics that were men to women and women to men. How do you say somebody can't fight in UFG, but they can represent Team USA. … Let her fight. She's […]

I'm glad Steph Daniels from Bloody Elbow is looking into all of this, uncovering for herself and MMA fans what we in the LGBT community have known for years: Steph Daniels: Does Fallon carry a significant advantage in mixed martial arts competition, due to being biologically born a male? Dr. Marci Bowers: Most measures of […]

The out lesbian UFC fighter says she's ready, willing and able to fight the transgender MMA fighter is they meet in the octagon.

"This isn't a sex issue, it's a love issue," the former light-heavyweight champion tells Outsports about why he is petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to approve same-sex marriages.

Former NFL Player Frank Jackson talks about his gay son, Texas conservatism and what would happen if Vince Young was gay

Players Use Homophobic Slurs to Attack Writer

Everything You Need to Know About the Big Game

(This story was published in 2006). The cost of calling a fellow NFL player a “fag” is $10,000. That was the fine levied on Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Joey Porter (left) for what the league called “vulgar, inexcusable statements” against Cleveland Browns tight end Kellen Winslow. It is believed to be the first time the league […]

(This story was published in 2006). Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Joey Porter used a homophobic slur in a post-game interview in reference to Cleveland Browns tight end Kellen Winslow Jr., according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Porter was reacting to a late hit by Winslow in the fourth quarter that drew a penalty flag. “It was late, […]

QB appeals to gay and straight men in unique ways

Despite "America's Stupidest Home Video," the 49ers do still get it

(This story was published in 2007). (Editor’s note: Update of Dungy’s speech at the bottom). Tony Dungy has every right to speak at a dinner of the Indiana Family Institute, which opposes gay rights. But he needs to be accountable for whether he shares the group’s political goals. Dungy, head coach of the Super Bowl […]

(This story was published in 2007). How do you measure the power of a speaker? Some may measure it by how professional and put-together someone appears when they get up to speak in front of a crowd, their use of dramatic pauses, their ability to elicit a tear at just the right moment. After my […]

(This story was published in 2007). After weeks of dodging questions, Indianapolis Colts head coach Tony Dungy finally publicly acknowledged his opposition to same-sex marriage and his support of an anti-gay organization’s efforts to suppress gay rights, in a speech Tuesday at an annual fund-raising dinner for the Indiana Family Institute. The IFI is one […]

(This story was published in 2007). Indianapolis Colts head coach Tony Dungy accepted an award from the Indiana Family Institute, an organization that fights against gay rights in the state of Indiana, last Tuesday evening. While the Colts organization has outwardly attempted to distance itself from the event, Dungy said in his acceptance speech that […]

(This story was published in 2007). This is probably the strangest thing I’ve gotten to write about since St. Louis Blue Mike Danton tried to have his agent/Svengali/alleged lover killed. A picture has surfaced allegedly of New England Patriots running back Laurence Maroney sucking on the neck of a guy in a salmon-colored shirt, prompting […]

Sports Illustrated today published a lengthy feature article on trans MMA fighter Fallon Fox, written by Loretta Hunt. In her investigation, Hunt discovered that MMA's national licensing body, the Association of Boxing Commissions, does in fact have a policy on trans fighters that the ABC adopted last year: The guidelines set clear definitions as to […]