The OutField: A Show of Sports Gratitude in Spite of it All
Thankful Sports Attitude in Spite All By: Dan Woog*/Special to TRT— It’s the time of year when we show gratitude – and LGBT folks (and their…
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The OutField: Rugby Tackles Homophobia
By: Dan Woog*/Special to TRT— If you’re looking for a stereotypical macho sport, you don’t have to search further than rugby. A full-contact sport —without…
The OutField: Paying it Forward on the Lacrosse Field
By: Dan Woog*/Special to TRT— OK, sports fans: Who was the first openly gay male athlete to play in a professional sports league? Not Robbie…
The OutField: Extreme Sports Seek LGBT Acceptance
By: Dan Woog*/Special to TRT— Five-year-old Tedi Bowler was “totally into” sports. But in Duluth, Minn. in the 1980s, she says, “girls were not allowed…
BGMC to sponsor team in Beantown Softball League
Joins Beantown Softball League as Corporate Sponsor; Adds “BGMC BassRunners” to roster of teams in LGBT League BOSTON, Mass.—The Boston Gay Men’s Chorus (BGMC) is…
The OutField: Anthony Nicodemo Coming Out & Kicking Butt
By: Dan Woog*/Special to TRT— Anthony Nicodemo figured out he was gay in his early 20s. But it was not until he’d been coaching basketball…
The OutField: Putting ‘Puto’ to Shame
By: Dan Woog*/Special for TRT— The recently concluded 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil had everything: Goals galore. Scintillating performances (including several by the surprisingly…
LGBT Viewers Guide to the Olympics
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— Tensions are high as the 2014 Winter Olympics prepares to get underway Thursday with figure skating and skiing events and…
The Outfield: Broadway Impacts the NY Marathon
By: Dan Woog*/Special to TRT— There are eight million stories in the Naked City. There were also 50,000 runners in this month’s Naked City –…
The OutField — Sochi Olympics: Kick Butt and Take Names
By: Dan Woog*/Special to TRT— In 1936 it was the Nazis. In 1980, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. 1984 brought retaliation for 1980. This year,…
The OutField: A Tale of 2 Coming-Out Stories; One Successful, the Other Not
By: Dan Woog*/Special to TRT— When Jason Collins came out last month, Helen Carroll was furious. The longtime sports project director at the National Center…
Beantown Softball League’s Terriers Hold Strong, Sponsored by The Rainbow Times
By: Sean Sullivan/TRT Sports Correspondent— The cold and heartbreaking month of April has finally made way for a beautiful and warm May and an even…
The OutField: Denny Smith, Coaching for Equal Rights in Minnesota
By: Dan Woog*/Special for TRT– As a basketball coach for 30 years, Denny Smith seldom thought about LGBT issues. Being gay wasn’t right or wrong;…