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Outsports Premieres #GLAADAwards video of San Francisco Giants Accepting Corporate Leader Award, Recognize GLAAD's Work in Sports World
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
9:00am

Outsports today premiered the video of Staci Slaughter, San Francisco Giants spokesperson, accepting the Corporate Leader Award at the 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in San Francisco on Saturday. They further went on to recognize the important work GLAAD is doing to the lead the conversation for LGBT equality in the sports world.

10/14/11
Looking Back at MLB's It Gets Better Videos | 10/14/11

10/11/11
Youth Coming Out Today, Sharing Stories | 10/11/11

Today is National Coming Out Day, a day celebrated every year when people take a moment to come out – as lesbian, gay, bi, transgender, and straight allies. Sharing your story and finding support is an integral part of coming out for many young people.

09/28/11
NHL Refuses to Stand Up for LGBT Fans | 09/28/11

The NHL needs to follow the leads of other sports leagues, look at the video evidence of the Simmonds incident, and take decisive action.

09/26/11
Could Trailblazing Gay Athlete Come from NFL? | 09/26/11

The National Football League has added anti-discrimination language aimed at protecting employees based on sexual orientation to its player contracts.

08/23/11
Basketball Star Hardaway Advocating for LGBT Equality in TX | 08/23/11

If the name of former NBA All-Star Tim Hardaway sounds familiar to you even if you don't follow sports, there's a go

08/08/11
Glenn Burke Documentary Making National Premiere | 08/08/11

07/30/11
"No Look Pass": Documentary About a Lesbian Burmese American Basketball Star Premieres to Sold-Out Audiences | 07/30/11

No Look Pass, a new film depictin

07/13/11
DeSean Jackson Apologizes for Anti-Gay Slur | 07/13/11

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COMMENTARY: Kobe Bryant's response appreciated
02/13/13

It took me far too long to recognize the importance of what Kobe Bryant did with 140 characters Sunday night. It was a battle in which he had no stake. A fight in which he had no dog. A tweet he could have simply ignored. Instead one of the most recognizable athletes on the planet took a very public stand.

Kenneth Faried, Denver Nuggets Star, Becomes First NBA Player To Join Gay Rights Sports Group
02/12/13

Denver Nuggets star Kenneth Faried has become the first NBA player to join an organization devoted to fighting homophobia in sports, and said he hopes his involvement will raise awareness of gay rights in professional basketball.

President Obama endorses Orlando’s bid to host 2018 Gay Games
02/12/13

In what is almost certainly a first, an American president has endorsed a bid for a city to host the Gay Games, when President Obama put his support behind Orlando’s bid to host the Gay Games X in 2018.

Gay baseball player at MIT comes out to his team
02/11/13

Sean Karson is the third-baseman for MIT’s baseball team. He hit .350 as a sophomore last season and is co-captain of this year’s team.

USA’s “Necessary Roughness” Outs Gay Football Player In Season Finale
02/08/13

USA’s football melodrama Necessary Roughness will tackle the outing of a gay player in its season finale.

COMMENTARY: The Gay Super Bowl
02/08/13

Eight days before the gayest Super Bowl week on record, I walked toward the Baltimore Ravens' locker room in New England consumed entirely with thoughts of football, pure football, undiluted football.

COLUMN: End homophobia in professional sports
02/06/13

The trailer for the upcoming film "42" begins with a silhouetted baseball player walking down the tunnel toward the dugout. A voice says: "I don't know who he is, or where he is, but he's coming."

WATCH: Brendon Ayanbadejo talks NFL gay rights
02/05/13

Super Bowl champ Brendon Ayanbadejo tells Don Lemon Chris Culliver's anti-gay comment will be a learning experience.

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