For the first time in its history, all participants in Gay Games VIII this summer in Cologne, Germany, will be subject to random testing for performance-enhancing drugs. Such an announcement might be considered as standard issue elsewhere – maybe with an eyebrow-raising “What took you so long?” But this is the Gay Games. Think about it. We [...]

I don’t believe as a general rule, when most people think of the Midwest in America they automatically think of a place where the LGBT community is embraced.  In fact, I would be willing to bet, that if you asked a group of randomly selected people where the most gay friendly places in the U.S. were, [...]

Focus on the Family founder Dr. James Dobson led a pre-race prayer at NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600. Dobson, who is the nation’s “most influential Evangelical leader” according to Time Magazine  is a controversial, and some say hypocritical choice to lead the prayer for the race. This isn’t the first time that Focus on the Family has been the [...]

DANICA PATRICK AT SPORTS ILLUSTRATED Yep it’s that time of the year … milk … hot cars and hot racing drivers like Danica and the offical start to summer. Can it get any better than this … oh yeah … NASCAR tonight too. Sorry gals and bi-guys Danica won’t be racing there, only at Indy.  Well ya can’t have everything … [...]

The Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commissioner Dr Helen Szoke welcomed the recommendations of a new report providing leadership for changing the culture of homophobia in sport. Come out to Play, a report by the Institute of Sport, Exercise and Active Living (ISEAL) and the School of Sport and Exercise at Victoria University, is the first [...]

Mediaite has a lengthy article written by Michael Triplett about OutSports and others who were duped into believeing a blog was written by a gay teen hockey player and how now OutSports has investigated and found the truth. Here’s some of the article from Mediaite with the full article at the link above. The gay sports blog [...]

This is just starting to make the rounds on some LGBT websites and blogs. In a writing at the Aussie paper and website the Herald Sun, AFL footballer Jason Akermanis discusses whether gays who are footballers should come out. Now, at least in this writer’s opinion, Akermanis isn’t the most articulate person as one can [...]

ESPN 3D takes the pitch on Friday, June 11, as host nation South Africa kicks off the quest for the Cup with the opening match with Group A rival Mexico. Thus far, Bristol plans to carry 25 of the 64 Cup matches on its 3D simulcast, including the Slovenia-USA tussle (June 18) and Portugal-Brazil (June 25). [...]

The following is a portion of a report from LGBT Asylum News . LGBT Asylum News has learned that despite a mass campaign in his support (and of others) a Nigerian gay footballer Cletus B has been removed by Austrian authorities. The Austrian government is a coalition with the Social Democrats forming the largest party with leader Werner Faymann as [...]

According to an article written by Linda Robertson at The Miami-Herald, Greg Louganis will be returning to the pool this time mentoring young divers. It was only fitting that the pet dogs of the greatest diver in history were running around inside the International Swimming Hall of Fame. A prominent display space is devoted to the dogs’ [...]

Below are snippets from a press release and the website Dolphins Of The Desert  about medal winning swimmer Jeff Commings and his new book “Odd Man Out:An Autobiography” which is now available and can be ordered via this link. You can also learn more about the book and read excerpts at the link. Books written by gay athletes [...]

I had just finished my junior-year lacrosse season at Oneonta State University in New York when word came that I was going to be a captain of my team for the 2010 season. I was excited. I was honored. I was depressed. At home I reflected on my life: How will people remember me after I take [...]

Much of the LGBT news this week was consumed by the following. Truth Wins Out called on anti-gay activist Dr. George A. Rekers to resign from the board of a leading “ex-gay” therapy group and apologize to the LGBT community after the Miami New Times  discovered that he took a male prostitute that he met on Rentboy.com to Europe. [...]

I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised at this … however … today several websites including The Advocate  and OutSports are discussing a short piece at  NBC Sports in which new Cincinnati Bengals defensive tackle Geno Atkins says that during last month’s NFL draft, one pro football team asked him whether he was straight or gay. Atkins wouldn’t name the team but [...]

  The “Chosen Few” play with skill and huge enthusiasm despite the scrappy dirt wasteground bordered by a large puddle on which they are obliged to train, a few hundred meters from the imposing Constitutional Court in central Johannesburg. “We tried many other places,” said Lerato Marumolwa, one of the best players, pointing ruefully at a well-kept green [...]

I’ve written a lot recently about openly gay celebrities and the positive impacts they have on the movements for queer visibility and rights. But as we praise these brave individuals for the amazing strides they are making, we should not take this public discussion of sexual orientation by famous people for granted. Coming out publicly is [...]

Well this was bound to happen. According to the Aussie LGBT site Same Same  there’s a website for gay and lesbian surfer folks GaySurfers.net. A new website dedicated to LGBT surfers provides a unique opportunity for gay surfers from around the world to meet and socialise online. GaySurfers.net is proving popular in its initial few weeks online, with 450 members registered [...]

Anthony Crupi at MediaWeek has reported that CBS and Turner Sports will be sharing March Madness in a deal with the NCAA. The NCAA is poised to announce a radical restructuring of the annual men’s Division I basketball tournament, expanding the field to 68 teams and splitting the TV rights deal between incumbent broadcast partner CBS [...]

Three bisexual men from the San Francisco area have filed a lawsuit claiming they were discriminated against during the Gay Softball World Series in the Seattle area two years ago. The Seattle Times reports that the men filed the case Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Seattle against the softball tournament’s organizer, the North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance . [...]

According to the Sunday edition of the Australian publication New Age, former medal winning Olympic swimmer Daniel Kowalski has come out and was “tired of living a lie” in an interview with Seamus Bradley. Former Olympian Daniel Kowalski has joined the small number of elite Australian sportsmen who have publicly announced that they are gay. Kowalski, who [...]