Homophobia

Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination bill is proposed as new legislation

As I am writing this item, “faggot” has been posted 24,000 times on Twitter in one day, “no homo” 8,000 times, “so gay” 7,600 times and dyke 2,900 times. This comes courtesy of nohomophobes.com, which keeps a daily track as it calls attention to the widespread use of homophobic language. The site is run by […]

The Detroit Tiger right fielder expresses reservations but eventual support for a potential gay teammate

Couple agrees to $3 million donation as long as visiting teams are made to feel gay

Athlete calls his anti-gay tweet a 'little mishap,' Mets take no action

Shooty Babitt says an out athlete would be 'a detriment to the team'

Team passes the buck to head coach Pat Shurmur

Browns quiet on the topic

Vince Pryor was gay to his TCU team years before Carder arrived on campus

Team distances itself from linebacker's comments

Says he doesn't 'agree with being gay'

Browns linebacker is mostly sorry he got caught

Locker room language drove closeted baseball player James Nutter to embark on a suicide attempt. Now he wants to help gay athletes find their way out of the closet.

Alex Rodriguez (Photo: Debby Wong-US PRESSWIRE) Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees has stunk this postseason, so badly that he was benched in the deciding Game 5 against the Orioles. He failed again in Games 1 and 2 of the ALCS against the Tigers, and this caused a torrent of homophobic abuse directed towards […]

SB Nation's fantastic 10-minute video features interviews of Kuntz, school officials, players and family

For three days, the North Dakota State College of Science has been largely silent on why Jamie Kuntz was kicked off the team. The 18-year-old — not out at the time — was dismissed two days after he was seen kissing his boyfriend in the press box of the team’s season opener in Colorado. Kuntz […]

North Dakota State College of Science coach Chuck Parsons dismisses gay player

Tim Thomas (Photo: Bob DeChiara-US PRESSWIRE) Former Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas has waded into the same-sex marriage debate, standing behind Chick-fil-A's opposition to gay nuptials. Thomas was reacting to public comments by Dan Cathy, Chick-fil-A's president, where he said: “I think we are inviting God’s judgment on our nation when we shake our fist […]

British human rights lawyer and writer Mark Stephens has written a provocative article arguing that LGBT rights be the centerpiece of the London Olympics. Nations that still criminalize homosexuality should be banned by the International Olympic Committee, he argues, just like South Africa was under apartheid until 1992. He writes in the Guardian: When people […]

Athlete Ally launches petition targeting anti-gay coach