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		<title>Pardon Me, Mr. Rampage</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Quinton Rampage Jackson]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quinton &#8220;Rampage&#8221; Jackson, an Ultimate Fighting Championship former light heavyweight title-holder and current co-star in the upcoming film, &#8220;The A-Team&#8221; has found himself in the midst of a precarious situation. &#8220;Rampage&#8221; Jackson isn&#8217;t getting the attention a budding movie star and former MMA champion could expect. Instead, he&#8217;s being heralded as a homophobe and a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>That age-old, &#8220;athletes can&#8217;t be gay&#8221; thing &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 19:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am always on the look-out for good stories that highlight, involve, and/or discuss or otherwise address that age-old stereotype that athletes can&#8217;t be gay. We&#8217;ve heard them all: Only &#8220;fags&#8221; can be pro figure-skaters. Only &#8220;real&#8221; men can play pro football, be pro MMA fighters, hunt, fish, or do other types of physically intensive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NCAA yanks Focus On the Family ad from its web-site</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(AP) &#8212; Weeks after scoring a publicity coup with a 30-second Super Bowl ad featuring Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow, conservative Christian group Focus on the Family is at the center of another marketing tug-of-war – this time involving the major governing body of college sports. The National Collegiate Athletic Association removed a Focus on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IAAF Offers To Cover Athelete&#8217;s Gender Surgery If Needed, Requested</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Testicular Cancer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The IAAF is still awaiting the final results of the gender verification test carried out on the South African teenager during the World Championships in Berlin in August, though leaked reports have indicated that she is a hermaphrodite with internal testes and has three times the normal level of testosterone for a female. If that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USA Curling, Kodiak Technology Hope To Raise HIV/AIDS Awareness</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[USA Curling is hoping increased interest in Olympic sports before the Vancouver Games can help raise awareness about HIV and AIDS. USA Curling and longtime sponsor Kodiak Technology Group are teaming up to sell Hurry Hard condoms. “Hurry hard” is a curling term, and the logo features a cartoon of a smiling curling stone on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Transgender Sportswriter Found Dead In Her Apartment, Authorities Suspect Suicide</title>
		<link>http://speakequal.com/transgender-sportswriter-found-dead-in-her-apartment-authorities-suspect-suicide/</link>
		<comments>http://speakequal.com/transgender-sportswriter-found-dead-in-her-apartment-authorities-suspect-suicide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christine Daniels, veteran sportswriter for the LA Times, was found dead in her apartment today. Police reports cite the death as suicide. She was 52. In 2007, Ms. Daniels made headlines, when she announced she was transgender. She transitioned openly, rejected her former name, Mike Penner, but continued to write for the LA Times. Several [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Know Your History: Santhi Soundarajan</title>
		<link>http://speakequal.com/know-your-history-santhi-soundarajan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Santhi Soundarajan (also spelled Santhi Soundararajan, born April 1981) is an Indian athlete who competes in the middle distance track events. She was stripped of a silver medal won at the 2006 Asian Games after failing a gender verification test, disputing her eligibility to participate in the women&#8217;s competition. Soundarajan won a silver medal in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Know Your History: Tom Waddell</title>
		<link>http://speakequal.com/know-your-history-tom-waddell/</link>
		<comments>http://speakequal.com/know-your-history-tom-waddell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Speak Equal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Tom Waddell (November 1, 1937 &#8211; July 11, 1987) was the gay American sportsman who founded the international sporting event called the Gay Games, which was named such after the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) sued Dr. Waddell for using the word &#8220;Olympic&#8221; in the original name &#8220;Gay Olympics&#8221;. Tom was a football player [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BREAKING NEWS: 2014 Gay Games Go To Cleveland, OH</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Speak Equal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a wire sent by the Washington Blade, Cleveland has won the bid for the 2014 Gay Games! For those who don&#8217;t know, the Gay Games is the world&#8217;s largest sporting and cultural event organized by and specifically for LGBT athletes, artists, musicians, and others. It welcomes participants of every sexual orientation and every [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Upcoming Film Examines Wrestling History, Homoeroticism, and Homophobia</title>
		<link>http://speakequal.com/upcoming-film-examines-wrestling-history-homoeroticism-and-homophobia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:55:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stronghold: In the Grip of Wrestling, examines the growing number of men who wrestle as adults, and the social stigmas they encounter. It talks frankly about wrestling homoeroticism and homophobia, historically through today, and the many reasons wrestling has become such an underappreciated sport in America. All styles of wrestling are included: amateur wrestling, pro [...]]]></description>
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