All Entries Tagged With: "dan woog"
The OutField: Go! Athletes Fields an All-Star Team
By: Dan Woog*/Special to TRT– A team finds success only through teamwork. That’s as true off the playing field as on it. Jay Hayes has earned plenty of success on the volleyball court. A former football, basketball and baseball player in the Chicago suburb of Naperville, he found his favorite sport in high school: volleyball. [...]
The OutField: Nike Reaches the LGBT Sports Summit
By: Dan Woog*/Special for TRT– A few years ago, no one was talking about LGBT issues in sports. Now, everyone is. Suddenly, the game that dared not speak its name turned into a cacophony. Legit sports organizations (the NCAA; American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance) wanted to address homophobia in athletics. So [...]
The OutField: Texas A&M University tackles diversity & even transgender issues
By: Dan Woog*/Special for TRT– A school on the list of America’s 10 least inclusive colleges for LGBT students would seem an unlikely host for a conference called “Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Sport.” But that’s exactly what took place over two days earlier this month. Some of the leading academic researchers and activists [...]
The OutField: Two Super Bowl winners
By: Dan Woog*/Special for TRT– Although billions of dollars were bet on this month’s Super Bowl, the score of the game shouldn’t have mattered to the LGBT community. Both the New England Patriots and New York Giants were winners. As the website OutSports noted, the title contenders are among the NFL’s most gay-friendly teams. Both [...]
