Coming out

Sales of #98 jerseys surge following Jason Collins’ coming out

LGBTQ Nation Staff
May 3rd, 2013

WASHINGTON — The NBA’s Washington Wizards said Wednesday that the team’s online store has had a significant surge in sales of jerseys with Jason Collins’ number 98 since the NBA player came out as gay earlier this week.

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COMMENTARY: Jason Collins, the great black hope

The Rev. Irene Monroe - SDGLN Guest Contributor
May 3rd, 2013

The professional sports world has been waiting for a Jason Collins moment— a gay athlete currently playing in a major league to come out publicly. What you may not know is that the subtext is that it was hoped the moment would star an African-American male.

The African-American community, let alone the sports world, desperately needed an openly gay current male professional player.

Robbie Rogers, the other gay athlete | VIDEO

MLS Soccer
May 1st, 2013

On the heels of the announcement by NBA player Jason Collins, ABC News Nightline on Monday aired an interview with Robbie Rogers in which he meets his family for the first time since revealing he was gay in February.

Boston Gay Pride asks NBA center Jason Collins to lead march

TMZ
April 29th, 2013

Well, that was quick ... TMZ has learned Jason Collins has officially been asked to lead Boston's pride parade this summer, hours after the NBA star announced that he's gay.

A rep for parade tells TMZ, “Boston Pride is formally inviting Jason Collins to be a Marshal in the 2013 Boston Pride Parade ... Boston Pride is proud that our annual celebration helped to inspire Jason Collins to make his groundbreaking decision to come out."

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NBA center becomes the first male professional athlete in a major sport to come out

SDGLN Staff
April 29th, 2013

WASHINGTON – NBA center Jason Collins made history today by becoming the first male athlete in one of the major professional sports in the U.S. to come out.

Sports Illustrated went live online today with the story, which will not appear in the print edition until May 6.

Collins co-authored the story with Franz Lidz. Here is a sampling of the article:

I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I'm gay.

SDGLN Poll: Readers give their opinion on immigration reform

SDGLN Staff
April 29th, 2013

SAN DIEGO – Readers of San Diego Gay & Lesbian News who took our poll are overwhelmingly think that LGBT people will be eventually included in immigration reform.

Our poll question was: Will LGBT people be eventually included in immigration reform?

The results, which are not scientific, reveal that 86% of readers believe LGBT Americans will be included in immigration reform and 14% don’t.

The new SDGLN Reader Poll question asks readers: NBA center Jason Collins comes out. Will he be treated fairly?

"Desperate Housewives" gay husband Tuc Watkins comes out

LGBTQ Nation Staff
April 27th, 2013

Actor Tuc Watkins, who played gay neighbor Bob Hunter on ABC’s “Desperate Housewives,” reveals for the first time that he is gay in real life, and a single dad.

In an interview with Hallmark Channel’s Marie Osmond — scheduled to air Monday, April 29 — Watkins comes out publicly and tells Osmond that he recently welcomed twins Catchen and Curtis via surrogate.

NFL promises to protect players who come out

SDGLN Staff
April 24th, 2013

ALBANY, N.Y. -- With talk of several professional football players coming out in the near future, the NFL has agreed to protect gay players from harassment and discrimination.

The NFL met with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to discuss the issue. On Tuesday, the AG said the meeting was productive and that the NFL will establish a "culture of inclusion" for gay players. League officials said locker rooms posters, for example, would promote NFL's anti-discrimination policies.

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My father's unexpected response to my coming out

Levi A. Miles - HuffPost Gay Voices
April 20th, 2013

I'm gay. There, I said it.

A number of my friends and family have known for a long time, but it wasn't until the end of March, with all the marriage equality hubbub going on, that I announced my sexuality on Facebook. Not that everyone didn't know or at least assume that I'm gay, but I had never before posted that I am. After seeing all the posts, pictures and just general support from my friends and allies, though, I impulsively made a thank-you post, and I never thought about who would be seeing it. Here's that post:

Brittney Griner, WNBA’s No. 1 draft pick, makes no bones about being a lesbian

LGBTQ Nation Staff
April 19th, 2013

HOUSTON — Standing 6′ 8″ tall, with an arm span of 86″ and wearing a men’s size 18 shoe, Brittney Griner, the Phoenix Mercury’s 2013 WNBA number one Draft Pick, is an impressive figure both on and off the court.

But Griner likes to remind all the girls and young women who idolize her to just be themselves and not worry what others think.

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