LGBTQ-Affirming Sports Teams Commit to Development, Acceptance, & The Score
New England Pride Guide 2018 | Special Edition By: Al Gentile/TRT Reporter— In the Boston area, amateur sports is an area where LGBTQ people are…
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The Frivolist: Prove How Jacked You Are (Even If You Don’t Look Like It) at These 7 Fitness Challenges
Fitness challenges are growing in the U.S. By: Mikey Rox*/Special to TRT Summer bod will be hard to maintain as the sun sets on these…
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…
The OutField: Jeremy Brener’s Inspirational High School Journey & Coming Out
Coming Out is easier after others have done it By: Dan Woog*/Special to TRT— Growing up in Houston as the son of a multi-sport athlete,…
The OutField: Cheering on #EveryFan
By: Dan Woog*/Special to TRT— Separated by only 11 miles—and both proudly sporting the color blue—Duke University and the University of North Carolina enjoy perhaps…
The OutField: Pride Tape Covers North America
Feedback has been powerful for Pride Tape By: Dan Woog*/Special to TRT— According to Kris Wells, Canada is known for two things: “hockey and human…
The OutField: Chris Burns Blazes a New Path
By: Dan Woog*/Special to TRT— Growing up in Merrimack, New Hampshire, Chris Burns’ life revolved around basketball. He’d played it since age 6, and loved…
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…
USA Rugby & International Gay Rugby Sign Memorandum to Eliminate Homophobia in Rugby
BOULDER, Colo.—USA Rugby signed a memorandum of understanding with International Gay Rugby (IGR) Thursday, setting forth a partnership that will see the national governing body…
The OutField: Anna Aagenes — Tracking Her Activism
By: Dan Woog*/Special to TRT— Anna Aagenes took a girl to her junior prom. Still, she did not feel comfortable being fully out as a…
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…
The OutField: The Fight for Female Coaches’ Rights
By: Dan Woog*/Special to TRT— The story is current. But you can be forgiven for thinking it’s from 10 years ago. Or 50. Shannon Miller…
BSL: The Rainbow Times Sponsors The Terriers Again
BOSTON, Mass.—LGBTQ Sports teams are not often ones that make the headline news. However, for marginalized groups such as the LGBTQ community, such sports foster…
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: ‘Big News’ on the LGBT Sports Front
By: Dan Woog*/Special to TRT— Back in the day—“the day” being, say, 2012—an athlete coming out as gay or lesbian was Big News. In 2014,…
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…
Michael Sam Urges Athletes to Shine a Spotlight on Homophobia
As Gay Games 9 is set to begin in Cleveland tomorrow, Michael Sam, one of the world’s highest profile LGBT athletes, is urging people…
Homophobia in Sports to be Measured Internationally for the First Time
The first international study on homophobia in sport, launched today, is set to shine a light on how often gay, lesbian and bisexual people face…
The OutField: Referees are (LGBT) People Too
By: Dan Woog*/Special to TRT— As a young referee, Ryan Powell heard a coach yell at a youth soccer player: “Stop being a fairy! And…
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…