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Orioles fourth big league team to make ‘It Gets Better’ video

logointern3 — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 16:00:31 +0000

The Baltimore Orioles became the fourth Major League Baseball team to film an “It Gets Better” video. It was released July 27.

The Orioles follow the trend started by the San Francisco(...)

Monday Watercooler: The July Fourth edition

James Withers — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 18:15:08 +0000

Happy July Fourth. The beauty of this country is the multitude of stories, many contradicting each other. As we celebrate the founding of the US of A, let’s not forget there were a hardy few(...)

Lesbian couple reprimanded for kiss at Minneapolis Twins game

logointern3 — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:00:23 +0000

Two women who shared a brief kiss at the May 27 Minneapolis Twins game were reprimanded by a stadium security guard.

According to a CBS article, Taylor Campione and Kelsi Culpepper were running(...)

Monday Watercooler: Sykes thinks gay trumps black when it comes to oppression

James Withers — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:25:23 +0000

Out in the open. Have you heard about Rashad Taylor? The Georgia state representative had to publicly come out after emails were sent to colleagues accusing him of being gay and trading jobs(...)

Thursday Watercooler: San Francisco Giants believe it will get better

James Withers — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:39:38 +0000

Giants say it will get better. Yesterday the San Francisco Giants released a “It Gets Better” video. While that’s a nice sentiment, it’s not true. Especially for us Mets fans. I kid! Kudos to(...)

Braves place gay slur coach on administrative leave

Jennifer Vanasco — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:47:14 +0000

(Atlanta) The Atlanta Braves placed pitching coach Roger McDowell on administrative leave Friday while they investigate allegations he made homophobic comments and crude gestures toward fans(...)

Braves coach apologizes

Jennifer Vanasco — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:12:48 +0000

(Los Angeles) Atlanta pitching coach Roger McDowell apologized Wednesday in response to a fan’s complaint that McDowell spewed homophobic comments, made crude sexual gestures and threatened to(...)

Major league baseball coach uses gay slurs

Jennifer Vanasco — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 20:47:33 +0000

Major League Baseball pitching coach for the Atlanta Braves, Roger McDowell, allegedly yelled out anti-gay sentiments to a few men in the bleachers and then, when he was confronted, he(...)

Thursday Watercooler: DADT vote pushed back….for now

James Withers — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 14:16:02 +0000

DADT vote postponed for another day. Yesterday the news about Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell changed every 30 seconds. Senate majority leader Harry Reid announced he wanted a test vote for the defense(...)

Monday Watercooler: Olson argues rights are not up for popular votes

James Withers — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:08:54 +0000

Iranian youth on death row. Ebrahim Hamidi is an 18 year old Iranian. He was convicted as a juvenile of sexual assault against another man, and placed on death row. The alleged victim(...)