All Entries Tagged With: "lgbt sports"
The OutField: No Turkeys this Thanksgiving
By: Dan Woog*/Special for TRT– So what do LGBT Americans have to be thankful for this Thanksgiving? The passage of same-sex marriage in three more states earlier this month, and the rejection of an anti-gay resolution in another. The reelection of a president who ended “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” and who routinely mentions gay men [...]
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; it simply was not part of the Xs-and-Os world Smith (who calls his early coaching style “authoritarian”) knew so well. Raised as Catholic, he could have been angry, upset, confused, [...]
The OutField: Major League Soccer Kicks Boy Scouts
By: Dan Woog*/Special for TRT– Last month, after a two-year, super-secret study by a group of unnamed people, the Boy Scouts of America announced that their next hike would take them all the way back to the 1950s. The Scouts vowed to deny their own Law mandating values like courtesy and kindness by continuing to [...]
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 [...]
