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Fired Belmont soccer coach Lisa Howe gets new gig at Chamber of Commerce

Categories: Coaches, Soccer, Women

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Belmont University fired soccer coach Lisa Howe a year ago because she came out to players on her team. She’s been out of work since then, but she’s landed a great new job at the Nashville GLBT Chamber of Commerce: “Lisa Howe knows first-hand how it is to come out in the work place and [...]

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New York Giants owner Steve Tisch had toenails painted for good luck

Categories: Humor, NFL

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For those of you tired of hearing about the Super Bowl, we’re sorry – but there are just too many great storylines that make it the gayest ever. The latest comes from gay-friendly New York Giants owner Steve Tisch, who had his toenails painted red and blue over the last few weeks (including the Super [...]

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Super Bowl XVI: It’s a repeat as Giants knock off the Patriots at the end

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How I saw Super Bowl XLVI, including my hot players of the game: They did it again. The Giants are the Patriots’  Kryptonite, their daddy, their master, their tops, choose your word. For the second time in five seasons, the Giants have beaten the Patriots in the Super Bowl. Sunday it was 21-17 on a [...]

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Top French handballer Alexandra Lacrabère comes out, will play in Summer Olympics

Categories: Coming out, Olympics

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We now know that at least one out lesbian will be participating in the Summer Olympics in London. Alexandra Lacrabère came out to little fanfare in the French magazine Hand Action last November. Yagg.com caught up with her recently and she talked more about being an out lesbian in the popular French sport. Via a rough translation: [...]

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Tom Brady’s wife, Gisele Bundchen, rips Patriots receivers after Super Bowl loss

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Gisele Bundchen, the supermodel and wife of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady ripped his receivers for dropping passes after the Pats lost the Super Bowl to the New York Giants, 21-17. She was heard saying this by Insider.com: “You (have) to catch the ball when you’re supposed to catch the ball. My husband cannot [...]

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ESPN’s Rob Parker doesn’t like men dancing alone together

Categories: Homophobia, TV

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Updated at 2:43pmPT with comments from Charissa Thompson. Today’s episode of ESPN’s First Take tackled the issue of the New England Patriots’ post-game party. While Skip Bayless didn’t find much fault with the players dancing (possibly intoxicated) at a previously planed event, Rob Parker was most concerned about the fact that there didn’t seem to [...]

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Gay high school swimmer gives advice to his younger, scared self on acceptance

Categories: Coming out, High school

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Andrew is a 17-year-old high school senior in Minnesota and captain of his swim team. I have written before about his terrific blog the Transpiration of Andrew. He has an awesome post up now that has him writing to his 11-year-old self, a scared boy coming to terms with his sexual orientation. It is moving [...]

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Watch Toyota’s gay-positive Super Bowl ad

Categories: Homoeroticism, Humor, Marketing, NFL

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I seldom watch Super Bowl commercials, since I watch every play of the game and use the breaks to get food, socialize or run to the bathroom. So I missed the ad for the Toyota Camry, but advertising columnist Stuart Elliott of the New York Times gave it a thumbs up: A commercial for the [...]

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Roland Martin in Super Bowl tweet heat over David Beckham H&M underwear ad

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CNN commentator Roland S. Martin is in a heap of trouble after tweeting what some are claiming is an anti-gay tweet during the Super Bowl. After David Beckham’s horribly tame H&M underwear ad was aired, Martin showed his fear of the bulge: GLAAD jumped on him immediately, demanding that CNN fire Martin for his tweet [...]

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Rob Gronkowski shows off his shirtless hot body during post-Super Bowl party

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Rob Gronkowski of the New England Patriots … Your team has just lost the Super Bowl … What are you going to do next? “I’m going to dance shirtless on stage during a LMFAO set at a party!” Gronkowski, who played with a high ankle sprain, danced at the Patriots postgame party, along with a [...]

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