Homophobia

The former NFL defensive end made the homophobic comments to WTOP radio

Update (original story below): Detroit Lions center Dominic Raiola will not be suspended for his hate-filled rant against the University of Wisconsin band, but will make a donation to the group and apologized: “My interaction with the Wisconsin Marching Band was inappropriate,” Raiola said, via Tim Twentyman of the Lions’ website. “I apologize to those […]

University of Mississippi officials are investigating charges that members of the football team used gay slurs and disrupted a performance of "The Laramie Project," which deals with the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard. Matthew's mother Judy reacted with sadness and anger. She gave a terrific interview to Greg Couch of Fox Sports: "Someone learned to […]

Openly gay pro soccer player Anton Hysen wants gay athletes to come out, but he says there is 'so much ignorance.' Another soccer player apologizes for anti-gay tweet. And Craig James is speaking at a conservative summit.

Members of the University of Mississippi football team were the instigators of a group of people who shouted "fag" and other slurs while disrupting a campus performance of a play about Matthew Shepard, the play's director said. One player later apologized to the cast, but this was characterized as "too little, too late," according to […]

Tony Parker of the NBA’s San Antonio Spurs, playing for his home country France, was caught on a microphone uttering a gay slur during the semifinals of the 2013 European basketball semifinals this weekend. "J'ai l'impression qu'on avait peur, qu'on jouait comme des 'tapettes,' " Parker said in the first half of what became an […]

The initiative is criticized by one gay group for playing into stereotypes, but it is drawing attention.

By creating generic 'anti-discrimination' language, the United Nations masks over the discrimination of LGBT people and gives cover to problematic nations like Russia

San Antonio Silver Star Sophia Young opposes same-sex marriage

Letter from deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak says Russia is committed to complying with the Olympic Charter

Jason Akermanis weighs in on the state of homophobia in Aussie Rules Football

The USOC says the Russian law isn't consistent with the Olympic Games. Swedish hockey players from the NHL oppose the law. And what will NBC do?

"I want to underscore that I am against any discrimination of people based on their sexual orientation," Yelena Isinbayeva says a day after saying gays were not normal.

Reports are flooding in hourly from around the world about the latest developments regarding Russia's anti-gay law and the Winter Olympics

The word "Gay" will be front-and-center at the triple jump competition in Moscow on Mabel Gay's uniform. What will Russia do with that?

A boycott is ineffective and targets the wrong people. A ban of Russia from its own Games would have a powerful effect.

NBC Sports' Mark Lazarus seems willing to wait for an incident before discussing the oppressive laws

Mike Rice's attendance continues several months of working with GLSEN to understand the impact of the gay slurs he used with his players

A coach says a boycott of the Games because of Russia's anti-gay laws won't work. Instead, all athletes should show the world they stand with their LGBT counterparts.

Former NFL defensive lineman Chidi Ahanotu, who played most of his 12-year career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, says that if a player came out openly as gay, opponents would deliberately try to injure him. In an interview with Thomas Kaunzner of SportsBlog.com, Ahanotu was asked how an openly gay player would be treated: Opposing […]