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When a professional sports team makes a video, do attitudes really change?

Posted on 2013/01/31 by mnaimark
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An article in USA Today makes us wonder if the strategy adopted by many organizations and promoted by many foes of homophobia in sport is the right tack.  In the article, two players from the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers who … Continue reading →

Posted in It Gets Better, NFL, original content

American football is kind of in the news on #HomophobiaInSport (and some of it is even good!)

Posted on 2013/01/31 by mnaimark
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From Salon, a review of what’s been happening in the NFL and the gays : As the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens prepare to face off on Super Bowl Sunday, each team has a player astride a cultural … Continue reading →

Posted in american football, homophobia, NFL, Uncategorized, United States

US college football player a two-time victim of #HomophobiaInSport

Posted on 2013/01/30 by mnaimark
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While the world worries about Manti Te’o’s orientation and how the first US pro player will come out, we aren’t lacking for real cases of real men and women victims of homophobia. With a hat tip to Out Athletics, here’s … Continue reading →

Posted in american football, homophobia, youth

4 Feb 2013 / Jockathon in New York City

Posted on 2013/01/29 by mnaimark
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We’re pleased to share news of this event in New York City. Note that you’ll find inforamtion about Gay Games 9 at the table of Pink Pong table tennis. TheMenEvent.com would like to invite your team to participate in our … Continue reading →

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A transgender youth takes to the ice at a pro ice hockey game

Posted on 2013/01/29 by mnaimark
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From the website of the NHL’s Vancouver Canucks, a great story about a great team and a great transgender youth: Potty training, as all parents know, can be a tall task. Convincing a child to own the throne takes a … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, NHL, trans, youth

London 2018: Successful reception with key political leaders

Posted on 2013/01/29 by ggxlon
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Last night, Politicians, Press and members of the LGBT Community attended an amazing Portcullis House Political Reception in support of the London 2018 Gay Games Bid. (Portcullis House is an annex to the Palace of Westminster.) Host Stephen Gilbert MP … Continue reading →

Posted in Gay Games, ggx, ggxlon, United Kingdom

Cyd Zeigler and Howard Bragman write: “Hoping our ‘Gay Jackie Robinson’ isn’t the ‘George Michael of sports” (and we add: or the Kwame Harris)

Posted on 2013/01/29 by mnaimark
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Cyd Zeigler and Howard Bragman have impeccable timing. The day after their article in SBnation expressing concern that the first male pro athlete in the US will be outed rather than come out, we see the story of former NFL … Continue reading →

Posted in coming out, United States

Vidéo : Débat à la télé française sur le bien fondé des #GayGames et le #LGBTsport

Posted on 2013/01/28 by mnaimark
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Que de conneries… Le sang froid de Christelle Foucault est d’autant plus remarquable. On démarre avec des extraits d’images des Gay Games destinés à les tourner en dérision. On a un animateur qui insiste lourdement sur le mot “olympique” qui … Continue reading →

Posted in blog-fr, France, FSGL, Gay Games, homophobia

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