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There are a couple spots you can get some “gay” Olympics video this week. One is over at Olympicsorbust.com, where Charlie and Tyler are posting regular updates from Vancouver. The two gay men are devout Olympics fans, and this is their second Olympics trip together. The videos are mostly about their personal experiences at the […]

Almost as cherished a tradition as the Olympic flame is the ritual of trying to guess who will be the last to carry it and light the Olympic cauldron. As usual, Olympic organizers have kept this a closely-guarded secret. Which only makes it more fun to guess. Almost as cherished a tradition as the Olympic […]

The most-talked-about American Winter Olympian has to be Johnny Weir. I hope he can channel his focus during his short- and long-programs as well as he does during his exhibition to Lady Gaga's hit. The most-talked-about American Winter Olympian has to be Johnny Weir. I hope he can channel his focus during his short- and […]

Watching the Opening Ceremonies and was struck by what appeared to be four giant ice penises rising from the stage. Apparently, they are welcome poles of the aboriginal Canadians, or First Nations. Check out the photo below if you think I’m kidding. This is a rather blah opening so far (we're about halfway through and […]

All during the Games, we will be featuring Hot Jocks in addition to the best photos from the Games. So if anyone catches your eye, send it to us: [email protected]. First up is Austrian ski jumper Gregor Schlierenzauer, an Austrian who is the favored to win the gold in the men's hill event. He was […]

Drew Schifino is a former University of West Virginia basketball player who now has a career in Europe. He was on Facebook recently in a thread discussing NFL quarterbacks. One thing led to another and someone on the thread mentioned Dallas QB Tony Romo. Which caused Schifino to refer to him as “Tony Homo,” which […]

The expletive-laden Football Association ad aimed at fighting homophobia has hit the internet. It is full of about a dozen nasty gay epithets. And I think it’s brilliant. It demonstrates the power of the words and shows how out-of-place they are in today’s society. While some gay activists are crying foul, I think it’s just […]

I am a huge fan of the blog hockeykidmn, written by Mikey, a gay (but closeted) teenage high school hockey player in Minnesota. His stuff keeps getting better and better, and his eulogy to the late Brendan Burke was very touching. Mikey obviously knows his hockey and I asked him to write a men's Olympics […]

It used to be that everyday Americans cared about Winter Olympic sports for at least a month or two every four years. But that window has grown narrower. When held on North American soil, the Olympics tend to feel grander and more "present" than when held overseas. But Vancouver might as well be at the […]

Jeff Sheng‘s a busy man these days. His ‘Fearless’ photo series, highlighting openly gay high school and collegiate athletes, is on display at Pride House in Vancouver this month. His photo book ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell,’ featuring great photographs of gay military servicemen and women, came out recently. And he’s finally releasing the ‘Fearless’ project […]

The English Football Association was set to release an anti-homophobia ad tomorrow, but the FA has decided not to release the ad in a last-minute reversal. The ad, created by Ogilvy, “shows a man taunting, a newspaper seller, a fellow commuter on the tube and work colleagues with anti-gay language, accompanied by the caption, ‘This […]

I had no idea that the Nielsen Company was this detailed. They actually provide individual ratings for the TV commercials shown during the Super Bowl. The most-watched commercial was the Doritos "Snack Attack Samurai" ad, followed by the "Green Police" Audi ad. The least-watched? The Focus on the Family anti-abortion ad starring Tim Tebow and […]

Outsports asked former elite Canadian skater Chad Conley to preview the men’s field in the Olympics figure skating competition, which features stars such as American Jeremy Abbott (right). Chad will be in Vancouver and will send us periodic reports on the event. Read a profile of Chad that talks about his ups and downs as […]

Brendan Burke was laid to rest today in Canton, Mass., just four days after he died in a car crash. [Brendan’s father] Brian did not speak during the service, the family eulogy being delivered instead by Brendan’s sister Molly and brother Patrick. Molly described her loving brother as “an invitation to the dance of life.” […]

As a fan of figure skater Johnny Weir, I’m now pretty convinced he’s headed for trouble in Vancouver. I don’t know his training regimen, but it seems from the outside that he’s focusing on everything but skating lately. No doubt you’ve heard of the controversy over his fur-laden skating outfit; While he’ll be wearing fake […]

I’ve rarely been as pissed at the Super Bowl ads as I was yesterday. CBS rejected two gay-themed ads (albeit the production value of one was so low that I would have rejected it) because of their “standards,” yet the commercials they allowed unleashed a barrage of violence, alcohol and nudity. They rejected a fun, […]

First-ever gay house opens for 2010 Winter Olympics By Cyd Zeigler Pride House, the gay-themed retreat for athletes and visitors at the Vancouver Olympics, opened to the public on Monday. The house was put together by Gay Whistler in hopes of promoting their Gay Ski Week that starts at Whistler the day after the Olympics […]

Peyton Manning didn't take his Colts' Super Bowl loss to the New Orleans Saints very well.

Groundbreaking photo series features 14 openly gay Canadian high school and college athletes By Cyd Zeigler Sheng’s 100th ‘Fearless’ photo shoot will be on display in Vancouver. Football player Matt H. shows Sheng’s artistic eye. One of the highlights of Pride House at this month’s Vancouver Winter Olympics will be an installation of Jeff Sheng’s […]

What were they thinking? The Focus on the Family ad that aired during the Super Bowl aimed at fighting abortion instead promoted domestic violence with Tim Tebow tackling his mother. When it aired, everyone at the party looked at each other with a "what in hell did I just see" look. You can see it […]