Every winter since 2006, curlers Patrick Tabuchi and Matthew David have traveled from their home in San Francisco to Vancouver, British Columbia, for the Pacific Rim Cup. David recalled some playful trash talking from opponents when the pair first competed in this annual gay and lesbian curling tournament. “Look at those guys, they’re from California, they curl on [...]

On the same day, in the same town, two sportswriters, two friends of mine, killed themselves.  One was my old hoops buddy Mike Penner, who started at the Los Angeles Times the same year I did. The other was Christine Daniels, a blonde who bubbled from heels to highlights.  Mike was a little quiet, a little reclusive, a [...]

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From the website Vintage Gay Media (NSFW)

The above sculpture by Edmund Haakonson   is what will be greeting folks who attend the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, BC in February and stay at PRIDE house, a special area being set aside at the Pan Pacific Whistler Village Centre Hotel. Whistler, 76 miles from downtown Vancouver, will host some of the prime events, including downhill skiing, [...]

For most of her 17 years growing up in rural, religious New Brunswick, Sierra Paul lived with a secret. A star hockey player at Woodstock High School, Paul hid the fact that she was gay from all but a few close friends. “Mentally, it was one of the hardest things I have ever battled with,” the 11th-grader [...]

Emile Griffith, born in the US Virgin Islands, was a six-time world champion at welterweight and middleweight in the Sixties, now installed in boxing’s Hall of Fame. There was always speculation about his sexuality – he talked with a lisp, had an effeminate gait and had worked as a milliner designing women’s hats. We certainly raised [...]

No longer able to count on the support of the BC government, Vancouver’s Outgames organizers are turning to the private sector to ensure the North American portion of the international gay sports and culture festival will continue as planned in 2011. When planning the games in 2007 and 2008, Outgames chair John Boychuk says representatives from “ministries [...]

British gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell launched a huge rant against legendary queer, Quentin Crisp, calling him no hero to the gay community in Tuesday’s Independent newspaper, one of the UK’s more serious daily newspapers. Tatchell’s rant follows the recent showing of ‘The Naked Civil Servant’ and ‘An Englishman in New York’ on UK TV over the [...]

The organizers of Aspen Gay Ski Week (AGSW) and presenting sponsor Bud Light, have announced dates and a schedule of events for their 2010 “Into the Woods” themed event taking place Sunday, January 17, 2010 through Sunday, January 24, 2010. Established in 1976 by a small group of Aspen residents to host social events and organize educational [...]

Gareth Thomas may be the first high-profile rugby union player to declare he is a homosexual but the former Wales captain is not the first leading sports star to announce that they are gay. The following sporting personalties paved the way for Thomas’s announcement: Justin Fashanu (football): The first black British player to command a one million pounds [...]

As I was driving home from work tonight listening to WCBS-AM in New York City, a report came on starting with “George Micheal … ” and I immediately said “oh no”. Yes, the report went onto say George had passed away at the age of 70 from complications of chronic lymphocytic leukemia at Sibley Memorial Hospital in [...]