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Australian Diver Calls On Australian Footballers To Come Out of The Closet

Written on 2 Sep, 2010 at 20:15 in Featured, News, Sports | viewed times | 0 Comments

09/02/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Matthew Mitcham encourages gay players in the Australian Football League to feel safe and come out of the closet. Mitcham spoke about this several months after AFL player Jason Akermanis wrote that gay footballers. . .er... (Continue reading)

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Martina Honored at US Tennis Open Reflects of Coming Out

Written on 1 Sep, 2010 at 11:36 in Coming Out, Events, Featured, Featured Lesbians, Hot Topics, News, Sports | viewed times | 0 Comments

US OPEN Melanie Nathan,  September 01, 2010 Martina Navratilova was introduced at the opening ceremony at the U.S. Open in New York  Monday evening and received a rousing welcome inside Arthur Ashe Stadium at the USTA Billie Jean King... (Continue reading)

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Transgender Athlete Defends Caster Semenya From New Gender Criticism

Written on 24 Aug, 2010 at 13:07 in Featured, News, Sports | viewed times | 0 Comments

08/24/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Kristen Worley is a trangedner cyclist from Toronto, and she helped South African runner Caster Semenya get reinstated into the world of running. Worley attempted to become the first transgender Olympian at the 2008 Beijing Games.... (Continue reading)

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Stretch Video: Martina Navratilova Health & Fitness Ambassador for AARP

Written on 19 Aug, 2010 at 1:36 in Celebrities, Celebrity Corner, Conventions, Entertainment, Events, Featured, Fitness, Health, Lifestyle, News, Sports, Video Posts | viewed times | 0 Comments

Melanie Nathan; 8-18-10 Almost 50 at the time, back in In 2007 tennis great Martina Navratilova signed with the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) as the group’s Health & Fitness ambassador.  Navratilova continues in this capacity, where she makes appearances... (Continue reading)

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Swimmers to Plunge into the Great South Bay for LGBT Foundation

Written on 18 Aug, 2010 at 1:58 in Events, Featured, Fitness, Fundraiser/ Non-Profit, LGBT Rights, Lifestyle, News, Organizations, Photo Posts, Sports | viewed times | 1 Comment

Melanie Nathan; August 17, 2010 On August 21, 2010, Fifty Master Level Swimmers will plunge into the Great South Bay to swim from Sayville to Fire Island Pines,   to raise funds to benefit the Stonewall Community Foundation, a philanthropic... (Continue reading)

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Russian Gay Rights Advocate Announce Plans For 2014 Winter Olympics

Written on 8 Aug, 2010 at 19:00 in Featured, LGBT Rights, News, Organizations, People, Politics, Sports, World | viewed times | 0 Comments

Image via Wikipedia 8/8/10-by Paula Brooks Gay rights advocates in Russia say they will open a “Pride House” at the 2014 Winter Olympics scheduled to be held in the Black Sea city of Sochi. According to the organization Gay Russia, gay rights advocates... (Continue reading)

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Gay Games Opens In Cologne, Germany

Written on 1 Aug, 2010 at 18:43 in Featured, News, Sports | viewed times | 0 Comments

08/01/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Yesterday, the Gay Games began in Cologne, Germany. While it is occasionally known as the Gay Olympics, that name is not allowed by the International Olympics Committee. It is not the only event to have... (Continue reading)

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CNN to Air Martina Navratilova Documentary

Written on 30 Jul, 2010 at 8:55 in Celebrities, Celebrity Corner, Entertainment, Featured, News, Sports, TV | viewed times | 1 Comment

Image via Wikipedia 07/30/2010- by Natasia Langfelder Martina Navratilova has had an eventful life, to say the least. She has had a successful career as a tennis player and athelete, which is enough to warrant a documentary on her life, but she... (Continue reading)

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Irresistible Sights World Cup Soccer Netherlands and Spain

Written on 9 Jul, 2010 at 4:23 in A Gay Girl's View, Commentary, Events, Featured, Hot Topics, News, Photo Posts, Sports, World | viewed times | 0 Comments

Melanie Nathan 7-8-10 Soccer World Cup 2010, South Africa; The Road from Pretoria to Durban will never see such a sight again and neither will the group of Dutch Fans, traveling between cities to play to play Japan – and it... (Continue reading)

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Martina Navratilova Kicks Ass at Wimbledon Weeks After Radiation Therapy

Written on 6 Jul, 2010 at 14:12 in Celebrities, Celebrity Corner, Entertainment, Featured, News, Sports | viewed times | 1 Comment

Image via Wikipedia 07/06/2010- by Natasia Langfelder Martina Navratilova won an invitational doubles match with (tennis) partner Jana Novotna. This win comes just weeks after Martina completed treatment for breast cancer. Her fans are calling this, ‘tuff babe-age.’ Martina announced her health problems in early April when... (Continue reading)

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South African Runner Caster Semenya Cleared To Return To Competition

Written on 6 Jul, 2010 at 10:35 in Featured, News, Sports, World | viewed times | 2 Comments

07/06/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire South African runner Caster Semenya can return to competition effective immediately, the International Amateur Athletics Federation has ruled. This is, of course, good since Ms Semenya has already returned to competing. The IAAF has concurred... (Continue reading)

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Algerian Reporter Hits Back After Being Slapped By Soccer Player

Written on 23 Jun, 2010 at 20:48 in Featured, News, Sports, Women's Rights | viewed times | 1 Comment

06/23/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire After the United States won their World Cup soccer match against Algeria, Rafik Saifi, a player on that team, decided to vent his anger at a reporter. He marched off the field and slapped Asma Halimi... (Continue reading)

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Billie Jean King Joins the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition

Written on 23 Jun, 2010 at 17:10 in Celebrity Corner, Featured, News, Sports | viewed times | 0 Comments

06/23/2010- by Natasia Langfelder Tennis legend and out lesbian Billie Jean King is going to the White House! Michelle Obama is launching the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition. The council goes hand-in-hand with the Lets Move! initiative. The First... (Continue reading)

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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Shows Softball Is Not Just For Lesbians Anymore

Written on 21 Jun, 2010 at 14:53 in Featured, News, People, Politics, Sports | viewed times | 0 Comments

6/21/10-by Paula Brooks Lesbians and softball just go together. The game is as much a lesbian cliché as say the U-Haul is, because softball is certainly an esteemed tradition in many lesbian communities. As a matter of fact, joining a lesbian... (Continue reading)

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Charles Barkley Doesn’t Want Fat Chicks

Written on 12 May, 2010 at 10:10 in Featured, News, Sports, Women's Rights | viewed times | 8 Comments

Image via Wikipedia 05/12/2010- by Natasia Langfelder Retired Basketball player Charles Barkley doesn’t want any fat chicks. He said on TNT Inside the NBA that he wasn’t going to miss leaving San Antonio because “they ain’t got no skinny women down there.” First of... (Continue reading)

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