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Michael Irvin tells magazine his brother was gay

logointern3 — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:53:16 +0000

(Dallas) Hall of Fame receiver Michael Irvin says his womanizing may have stemmed from seeing an older brother whom he idolized dressed as a woman and learning the brother was gay.

In the latest(...)

Homophobia runs rampant over the weekend

logointern3 — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:34:10 +0000

Homophobic slurs in the sporting world got a lot of attention the weekend of July 8, with three players dealing with their anti-gay outbursts.

Minor league baseball pitcher Ian Krol made(...)

Interview: Will Sheridan, gay basketball player turned hip hop musician

logointern3 — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:36:32 +0000

In the sporting world, coming out has long been a rare and delicate procedure, and most players who come out do so only after retiring.

Technically speaking, that’s what basketball player(...)

Ben Cohen joins cruise to fight bullying

logointern3 — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:30:06 +0000

Rugby World Cup champion and vocal LGBT ally Ben Cohen is set to take his anti-bullying message on the high seas.

In September, Cohen will board a gay Rome to Venice cruise, sponsored by(...)

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(...)

Wednesday Watercooler: Illinois kick-starts civil unions in Chicago

logointern1 — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 20:02:06 +0000

Illinois Joins the Party The state joins five others in allowing civil unions for gay and straight couples. The first unions happen today, and there have been couples lining up since early this(...)

Gay referee seeks compensation for outing

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 31 May 2011 22:00:08 +0000

(Istanbul) A former referee is seeking compensation from the Turkey Football Federation for allegedly outing him and dismissing him for being gay.

The Anatolia news agency says referee Halil(...)

Chicago gay sports group OK with results of Noah slur

logointern1 — Fri, 27 May 2011 11:45:59 +0000

The Chicago Metropolitan Sports Association is one LGBT group willing to accept Bulls center Joakim Noah’s apology for responding to a fan with a gay slur.

Following the game, Noah expressed(...)

Thursday Watercooler: Gay marriage gains poll support

James Withers — Thu, 26 May 2011 15:31:20 +0000

Are people reading too much into a special election? Remember the mid-term election of 2010? A large number of the political punditry class was convinced it meant the end of the Democratic(...)