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Gay softball league limit on straight players OK’d

Jennifer Vanasco — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:41:07 +0000

(Seattle) A gay softball organization that runs an annual tournament called the Gay Softball World Series can keep its rule limiting the number of heterosexual players on each team, a federal(...)

Judge refuses to dismiss gay softball lawsuit

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:52:11 +0000

A lawsuit filed by three men who claim they were unfairly disqualified from the 2008 Gay Softball World Series near Seattle may go to trial.

The plaintiffs, members of the San Francisco softball(...)

Softball team banned from church league because coach is gay

logointern1 — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:00:14 +0000

A women’s softball team was banned from a church league in Tennessee because the coach is gay.

Coach Jana Jacobson said that in meetings in preparation for the league’s softball season,(...)

Photo of Kagan playing softball strikes out with gays

Jennifer Vanasco — Fri, 14 May 2010 15:30:17 +0000

Softball, that friendly, fun game many Americans grow up playing, suddenly finds itself entangled in a hardball debate about sexual orientation, editorial judgment and the future of the Supreme(...)

Lawsuit alleges discrimination in Gay Softball World Series

logointern1 — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:27:12 +0000

How gay is gay enough? And who gets to decide?

That’s what the National Center for Lesbian Rights wants to know in filing a lawsuit challenging the discriminatory practices of the North(...)

Two gay softball players file report of hate crime

logointern1 — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:50:57 +0000

Two members of an Austin, Texas, gay softball team say they were victims of a hate crime late Friday night.

Two members of Softball Austin, Matt Morgan and Emmanuel Winston, filed a complaint(...)

Lesbians Bring Home the Medals at the 2008 Olympics

swarn — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 08:44:04 +0000

Six of the 13 out lesbian and bisexual women competing at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing ended up winning gold, silver, or bronze medals. (The Games’ sole openly gay male athlete, Australian diver Matthew Mitcham, took home the gold in the men’s 10m platform.) To help you get familiar with these new out Olympic [...]

Video/ Jason Bellini interviews out softball Olympian

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:26:11 +0000

Out U.S. softball player, Lauren Lappin, is at the Olympics for her first, and most likely, last time. After Beijing, softball will no longer be an Olympic sport. Jason Bellini asks her about being out on the team and how she feels about her sport getting the axe.

How many out lesbian athletes in Beijing? 10.

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:26:09 +0000

SOCCER OVERTAKES SOFTBALL AS WORLD’S MOST LESBIAN SPORT

Today, Aug. 8, 2008, the luckiest day in China, marks the official launch of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The world of sports,(...)