Homophobic tweets surface from 2009-2011 by NBA player Al-Farouq Aminu
The Trail Blazers' player deleted them after they were posted on a fan website.
By Jim Buzinski | May 3, 2016The Trail Blazers' player deleted them after they were posted on a fan website.
By Jim Buzinski | May 3, 2016Liam Jameson tried to kill himself multiple times. Now the recipient of a scholarship for LGBT students, Dowling Catholic High School will not let him be honored at graduation.
By Cyd Zeigler | May 2, 2016In supporting an economy that mandates discrimination, the NFL continues to talk a lot about LGBT inclusion and offer very little substance or action behind its words.
By Cyd Zeigler | April 6, 2016While we've been told by many that 'puto' isn't homophobic, the Mexican national team finally takes action against it.
By Cyd Zeigler | April 3, 2016Baseball coach Sean McKinney is now working with Colorado Mesa Univ. and LGBT groups to make sure no gay or lesbian athlete ever has to hear homophobic language on campus again.
By Cyd Zeigler | March 24, 2016The Georgia state legislature has passed an anti-gay 'religious freedom' bill. If Gov. Nathan Deal signs the bill, Atlanta may lose its bid to host the 2019 or 2020 Super Bowls.
By Cyd Zeigler | March 18, 2016Former St. Louis Cardinals minor league player Tyler Dunnington opened up about being gay and hearing homophobia in the locker room. He helped renew a national conversation about language and discrimination.
By Outsports | March 17, 2016St. Louis Cardinals GM says the team will not ignore serious allegations of homophobia. The team is working with Billy Bean to determine the best path forward.
By Cyd Zeigler | March 16, 2016Tyler Dunnington wants to get back into baseball after spending one season in the Minor Leagues with the St. Louis Cardinals. He quit in 2015 after hearing teammates talk about killing gay people.
By Cyd Zeigler | March 16, 2016Gay athlete Ryan Beene, a captain of his tennis team at a Christian university in Texas, isn't happy with how gay athletes and their treatment is being played out on ABC's 'American Crime.'
By Ryan Beene | March 8, 2016Manny Pacquiao this morning posted a verse on Instagram ordering gay people be put to death.
By Cyd Zeigler | February 18, 2016Nike has announced it no longer has a relationship with boxer Manny Pacquiao after he called gay people worse than animals.
By Cyd Zeigler | February 17, 2016Jason Collins takes down Pacquiao in a passionate tweet. #ByeFelicia
By Cyd Zeigler | February 16, 2016Tony Dungy was the first black NFL head coach to win a Super Bowl, which was enough to trump his vocal and tangible opposition to equality for gay Americans in the eyes of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
By Cyd Zeigler | February 6, 2016Carolina Panthers cornerback Josh Norman finally addressed the accusations that he called New York Giants receiver Odell Beckham Jr. gay slurs during their game in December.
By Jim Buzinski | February 4, 2016"Am I homophobic? That seems over the top. I was just irritable," coach says after argument with rival.
By Jim Buzinski | January 20, 2016Five countries in total were fined for homophobic chants during World Cup qualifying matches, with Honduras yet to hear its fate.
By Cyd Zeigler | January 15, 2016A judge in Istanbul did not appreciate the Turkish football federation firing a referee in 2009 because he was gay.
By Cyd Zeigler | December 29, 2015Odell Beckham Jr. doesn't march to the same beat as so many self-declared "masculine" NFL players. That has put a target on his back, reflecting the deeper gender and heteronormativity issues entrenched in football.
By Ben Natan | December 29, 2015The Washington Nationals have had two employees come out publicly as gay in the last two months. Now they have signed the highest-profile anti-gay player in Major League Baseball.
By Cyd Zeigler | December 28, 2015