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’t be gay. We’ve heard them all: Only “fags” can be pro figure-skaters. Only “real” men can play pro football, be pro...

(AP) — After Caster Semenya’s lawyers announced they will take legal action to allow her to run, Athletics South Africa said Thursday the 800-meter world champion at the center of a gender dispute could race next week if she talks “to the right people.” Semenya, who has not run since she...

(AP) — 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...

Rugby star Gareth Thomas has said he hopes coming out publicly will “send a positive message” to the sport. The 35-year-old wants young gay people, particularly those with aspirations in sport, to be reassured after he became the first high-profile player to announce he is gay. The former...

Tom Waddell, Gay Games Founder Dr. Tom Waddell (November 1, 1937 – 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 “Olympic”...

According to a wire sent by the Washington Blade, Cleveland has won the bid for the 2014 Gay Games! For those who don’t know, the Gay Games is the world’s largest sporting and cultural event organized by and specifically for LGBT athletes, artists, musicians, and others. It welcomes participants...

The 18-year old South African runner, Caster Semenya, was subjected to extensive gender tests following questions regarding her gender. Caster Semenya is Controversial. For All the Wrong Reasons. I am not bothered by whether Caster Semenya is a woman, technically or otherwise. I think it is a hideous...

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...

Copenhagen police have charged a 31-year-old man with committing a hate crime after he threw powerful explosives at World Outgames participants. A 31-year-old city man was arrested yesterday at St. Jakobs Church in Østerbro, where he allegedly threw the explosives at the games’ track and field participants...

There will be triathlon and handball – but also bridge and line dancing. Copenhagen is preparing for thousands of gay people from dozens of nations to descend this weekend for the Outgames, a nine-day sporting and cultural olympics for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. When the...