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Pernetti Out as Rutgers Athletic Director
Friday, April 5, 2013
1:36pm

Tim Pernetti hands in his letter of resignation after video of basketball Coach Mike Rice shouting anti-gay slurs at players goes viral.

03/11/13
UFC fighter Rashad Evans announces support for marriage equality | 03/11/13

03/08/13
Attention sports radio: when covering trans athletes, reign in your uninformed hosts | 03/08/13

When news broke widely of female MMA fighter Fallon Fox coming out as trans, we figured it was only a matter of time before the incident reports started rolling in about sports radio. And sure enough, last night and this morning they started.

03/08/13
Tebow at Liberty University; Fox says facts are 'bullies' | 03/08/13

People are questioning what it means that NFL QB Tim Tebow is speaking at Liberty University - and Fox News says those questions are "bullying" him.

03/07/13
MMA fighter Fallon Fox comes out as transgender | 03/07/13

Professional MMA fighter Fallon Fox has come out as a transgender woman. GLAAD has been working with Fallon and various media outlets to make sure that her story is told accurately, respectfully, and in a manner that educates audiences.

03/01/13
Acceptance of an Openly Gay Athlete Becomes More Mainstream on Sports Television | 03/01/13

A recent episode of Outside the Lines showcases the fact that acceptance for openly LGBT athletes is becoming mainstream.

02/28/13
MLS star supports own suspension for anti-gay slur, reflects acceptance in pro soccer | 02/28/13

Major League Soccer player Marc Burch releases a statement supporting the suspension he received after using a homophobic slur during a Soccer game. This comes at a time of unprecedented attention to the LGBT movement by professional sports.

02/28/13
Nevin Caple's Mission to Change Intercollegiate and Professional Sports | 02/28/13

GLAAD sits down with Freedom Sounds founder Nevin Caple to discuss her personal history as an LGBT athlete and how the Br{ache the Silence Campaign is advancing acceptance within women's collegiate athletics.

02/27/13
Religion News Summary: Even more news on the Pope's Resignation | 02/27/13

The Vatican has denied rumors that Pope Benedict XVI's resignation was influenced by a "Gay Lobby" or network of gay bishops. Tim Tebow opted not to visit an anti-LGBT church in Dallas, Texas. A Southern Baptist Church wants to uphold the ban on gay Boy Scouts, but many Jews feel differently.

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Real Sports, Gumbel tells story of transgender athlete Ludwig
03/20/13

When Gabrielle Ludwig made her women's college basketball debut in early December, her Mission College (Calif.) team's season became unlike any in the history of college basketball.

Gay fan asks NFL team to end Kiss Cam 'joke'
03/20/13

If you've seen Kiss Cam, you know this trick: After a series of shots of men sitting next to women, Kiss Cam will sometimes frame a pair of players of the opposing team on the bench. Dave Uible, who is gay, saw this gag and didn't think it was funny.

Miesha Tate would not fight transgender fighter Fallon Fox
03/19/13

Over the last week Fallon Fox has become an incredibly controversial figure in MMA. The 2-0 fighter came out as transgender after her license to fight in Florida was called into question.

Gay boxer Orlando Cruz on the brink of world title shot
03/18/13

Orlando Cruz won his second fight since announcing that he was gay and is now on the brink of a world title shot. ‘The Phenomenon’ enjoyed a six-round TKO over Aaron Martinez in Florida to move to a record of 20-2-1 (10 knockouts).

N.F.L. Is Pressured on Issues of Gay Rights
03/18/13

The N.F.L.’s investigation into why a team employee asked a college player if he liked girls during last month’s scouting combine has found that the comment was part of casual banter — “chatter that was inappropriate” — but not part of a formal interview process, said Robert Gulliver, the league’s top human resources executive.

COLUMN: Note to Dana White: Transgender Fighter Fallon Fox Is a Woman
03/15/13

Regardless of where you stand on the issue, whether you think that she should be able to compete against female fighters or not, there is one fact that you can't deny about transgender mixed martial artist Fallon Fox: mentally, physically, and legally she is considered a woman.

NFL under scrutiny for “gay checking”
03/15/13

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is calling on NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to investigate allegations that league hopefuls were asked about their sexual orientation during the league’s Scouting Combine.

Schools On Notice To Figure Out How To Handle Transgender Athletes
03/13/13

If high schools (and even junior high and middle schools) haven’t yet thought about how they would handle a situation in which a transgender student wanted to play a sport, they’d better start.

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