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Groundbreaking Nike LGBT Sports Summit takes on bullying, homophobia and transphobia in sports

SDGLN Staff
June 19th, 2012

BEAVERTON, Ore. — Many of the nation’s top LGBT sports leaders joined Nike representatives at Nike World Headquarters for the first-ever Nike LGBT Sports Summit to combat bullying and anti-LGBTQ bias and discrimination in sports.

Advocates and organizations pooled their expertise and strengths over four days — June 14 to June 17 — to develop a unified plan to end harassment and discrimination against LGBT athletes and coaches in kindergarten through high school, college, recreational sports and professional sports.

Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog: It's not getting better for women coaches

Dr. Pat Griffin - Professor Emerita, UMass, Amherst
April 18th, 2012

(Editor's Note: This commentary is being republished here with the permission of Dr. Griffin. San Diego Gay & Lesbian News will republish & highlight Dr. Griffin's blog posts from her LGBT Sport Blog on a recurring basis, because her insight, experience and wealth of knowledge on the subject of LGBT Sports and Academia is legendary and needs to be shared.)

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Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog: Power, Penn State and Joe Paterno

Dr. Pat Griffin - Professor Emerita, UMass, Amherst
February 1st, 2012

Editor's Note: This commentary is being republished here with the permission of Dr. Griffin. San Diego Gay & Lesbian News will republish & highlight Dr. Griffin's blog posts from her LGBT Sport Blog on a recurring basis, because her insight, experience and wealth of knowledge on the subject of LGBT Sports and Academia is legendary and needs to be shared.

This week Joe Paterno, the former Penn State iconic football coach, was laid to rest.

Pat Griffin and Helen Carroll honored for their significant work with LGBT youth sports

Cyd Zeigler, Jr.
January 5th, 2012

You’d be hard-pressed to name two people who have collectively had a stronger impact on the gay-sports movement than Pat Griffin and Helen Carroll.

These two pioneers have been working toward equality for the better part of 30 years.

They’ve visited high schools. They’ve talked to colleges. They’ve waged legal campaigns. They’ve educated educators.

And with more incredible work in 2011, our readers have named these two women our "Persons of the Year."

Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog: Update on the "outing" of Skye Wyatt lawsuit

Dr. Pat Griffin - Professor Emerita, UMass, Amherst
January 4th, 2012

Editor's Note: This commentary is being republished here with the permission of Dr. Griffin. San Diego Gay & Lesbian News will republish & highlight Dr. Griffin's blog posts from her LGBT Sport Blog on a recurring basis, because her insight, experience and wealth of knowledge on the subject of LGBT Sports and Academia is legendary and needs to be shared.

NCLR applauds new NCAA inclusionary policy regarding transgender athletes

SDGLN Staff
September 13th, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO -- The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recently announced that it has approved and clarified opportunities for transgender student athletes to participate on college athletic teams in accordance with their gender identity.

The NCAA worked closely with NCLR's Sports Project and Griffin Educational Consulting on the policy.

OUTSports.com to begin tracking 100 "moments" in LGBT-sports history

SDGLN Staff
July 7th, 2011

The year 2011 is just barely half over, but it will already go down in the LGBT history books, according to Cyd Zeigler, Jr., cofounder of OUTSports.com.

"If there is a tipping point in the long history of gay sports, 2011 is it," Zeigler wrote in his "Jock Talk Blog" this week, when announcing the list.

It certainly has been a year of firsts, but it is not the only year of firsts -- or memorable moments -- when it comes to LGBT Sports.

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Pat Griffin's Sports Blog: What's it like to be LGBT at BYU?

Pat Griffin - Professor Emerita, UMass, Amherst
March 11th, 2011

Brigham Young University (BYU) recently dismissed star basketball player, Brandon Davies, from the men’s basketball team for violating the school’s honor code. Brandon had sex with his girlfriend. BYU is a Mormon school and the honor code reflects the church’s conservative views on sex and sexuality.

After hearing about this, I thought about what it must be like to be an LGBT athlete at BYU.

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