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Boston Marathon Announces Trans Women Can Compete

Boston Marathon has announced that trans people will be able to compete in its next run. The organisers of the event have come forward to say that they will “take people at their word” and allow competitors to define their gender however they see fit. “We take people at their word. We register people as they specify themselves to be,” said Tom Grilk, chief of the Boston Athletic Association, the group behind the race to ABC News. “Members of the LGBT community have had a lot to deal with over the years, and we’d rather not add to that burden.” […]

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NFL Prospect: I Was Grilled About My Sexuality

  Former LSU running back Derrius Guice said in an interview Wednesday that one NFL team asked about his sexuality and another inquired if his mother was a prostitute at the NFL Scouting Combine that concluded earlier this week. ‘’It was pretty crazy,” Guice said in an interview on the SiriusXM NFL show Late Hits. “Some people are really trying to get in your head and test your reaction. I go in one room, and a team will ask me do I like men, just to see my reaction. I go in another room, they’ll try to bring up one […]

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Gus Kenworthy Calls Out Unchecked Homophobia On YouTube After Olympics

Ker Robertson via Getty Images Gus Kenworthy is seen at a press conference during the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Feb. 11, 2018. American freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy might not have medaled at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, this year, but he has had quite the impact in another respect. The openly gay athlete made Olympic magic at the games ― kissing his boyfriend after a run on the slopes, calling out Vice President Mike Pence and first daughter Ivanka Trump and striking up a friendship with figure skater Adam Rippon, who is also gay. However, homophobes have targeted Kenworthy, spewing hatred in the comments section of […]

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Canadian Figure Skater Eric Radford Becomes First Ever Openly Gay Winter Olympics Gold Medalist

(Twitter/rad85e) Eric Radford has become the first ever openly gay man to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics. The Canadian athlete won gold in the team figure skating event after he and his partner Meagan Duhamel skated magnificently to Adele’s Hometown Glory. (Twitter/rad85e) He followed in the footsteps of Australian diver Matthew Mitcham, who got a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. In the same event as Radford, gay skater Adam Rippon made history for Team USA by taking a bronze medal after performing to Coldplay’s O and Arrival of the Birds by Cinematic Orchestra. […]

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Fox News Vice President Complains That Motto Of US Olympic Team Should Be “Darker, Gayer, Different”

Fox News executive vice president John Moody writes: Unless it’s changed overnight, the motto of the Olympics, since 1894, has been “Faster, Higher, Stronger.” It appears the U.S. Olympic Committee would like to change that to “Darker, Gayer, Different.” If your goal is to win medals, that won’t work. A USOC official was quoted this week expressing pride (what else?) about taking the most diverse U.S. squad ever to the Winter Olympics. That was followed by a, frankly, embarrassing laundry list of how many African-Americans, Asians and openly gay athletes are on this year’s U.S. team. No sport that we […]

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Adam Rippon Is U.S.’s First Openly Gay Man To Qualify For Winter Olympics

Adam Rippon, the first openly gay man to qualify for the U.S. Winter Olympics team, competes during the 2018 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships in San Jose, Calif. Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Adam Rippon, a 28-year-old figure skater, will be the first openly gay man to compete for the United States in the Winter Olympics. Despite a disappointing fourth-place performance at the U.S. figure skating championships Saturday night, Rippon was selected to join Nathan Chen and Vincent Zhou in Pyeongchang next month. “I’m really grateful that the selection committee looked at my body of work over the last two seasons,” Rippon […]

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World Cup in Russia Could be Dangerous for Homosexual Fans, FIFA Advisers Warn

FIFA’s anti-discrimination advisers are warning gay soccer fans going to the 2018 World Cup in Russia that displays of affection could be met with an aggressive response from intolerant locals. Homosexuality was decriminalized in Russia in 1993, but anti-gay sentiment remains strong and intensified after a law was introduced in 2013 prohibiting dissemination to minors of “propaganda” legitimizing homosexuality. As fans prepare their trips after Friday’s World Cup draw, the FARE network said it will produce a guide spelling out the threats to be prepared for in Russia. “The guide will advise gay people to be cautious in any place […]

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Athletic Stars Call on UN States to Protect Sexual Orientation in Olympic Truce

Today, 17 professional athletes came out against attempts by Egypt and Russia to thwart non-discrimination protections based on sexual orientation in the United Nations Olympic Truce Resolution. The letter, endorsed by respected athletes such as Billie Jean King, Greg Louganis and Martina Navratilova, is part of the #OlympicSpirit campaign spearheaded by OutRight Action International and Athlete Ally. It calls on countries to ensure that sexual orientation remains grounds of protection in the Olympic peace agreement. The Olympic Truce Resolution promotes civility among nations during the Olympics and the one week preceding and one week following the games. It is negotiated […]

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Gay Games 2022 Will Happen in Hong Kong

The Federation of Gay Games (FGG) General Assembly voting took place 30 October 2017 in Paris, France; Hong Kong is the 2022 Gay Games XI presumptive host city. Site inspections of the three finalist cities took place June & July 2017 by a team of inspectors from Australia, Germany, Canada, and the USA. The team spent 3.5 days in each city, toured all venues and attended local supporter civic events. The FGG expresses gratitude to the record number of 17 cities that expressed interest in 2022 Gay Games XI. Five of these cities made it to the semi-final round (Austin, […]

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Trans Hockey Player Halts Hormone Treatment to Continue Playing Sport

Trans hockey player Harrison Browne has halted his hormone therapy so that he can continue to compete in the sport. Browne rose to fame as a trans athlete after he made history when he became the first openly transgender athlete on a professional US sports team. Competing in the National Women’s Hockey League, Browne often spoke openly about his transition and what it meant to him to hear his name announced on a loudspeaker. “I’m still the same player, I’m still playing in the body that I did last year, I’m still the same exact person. I’m just a different […]

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