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Kenneth Faried Recieves Award Recognizing His Continuing Efforts to Advance Equality

Monday, March 18, 2013 - 9:55am by Elliott Moore, Sports Intern at GLAAD

NBA power forward Kenneth Faried received the NBA's 'Kia Community Assist Award' in February for his continuing efforts to advance equality, inclusion, and respect.

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Manti Te'o story leads to big question: Ex-Bears QB says gay NFL player would not be accepted.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013 - 12:33pm by Aaron McQuade, Director of News and Field Media at GLAAD

In response to stories that NFL teams are wondering whether Notre Dame star football player and Heisman Trophy runner-up Manti Te’o is gay, former Bears Quarterback Jim Miller said that religion would prevent a gay player from being accepted in an NFL locker room.

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NBA star Kenneth Faried joins Athlete Ally

Wednesday, February 13, 2013 - 9:07am by Elliott Moore, Sports Intern at GLAAD

NBA star Kenneth Faried joins Athlete Ally to promote the importance of professional athletes being allies to the LGBT community.

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Kobe Bryant scolds fan for using "gay" as an insult

Monday, February 11, 2013 - 9:36am by Aaron McQuade, Director of News and Field Media at GLAAD

NBA Superstar Kobe Bryant told a fan on twitter that he shouldn't try to insult someone by calling them 'gay' - a language lesson he learned after calling a referee an anti-gay slur in 2011.

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GLAAD, Athlete Ally and You Can Play Respond to Anti-Gay Remarks from San Francisco 49er player Chris Culliver

Wednesday, January 30, 2013 - 8:20pm by Aaron McQuade, Director of News and Field Media at GLAAD

Athlete Ally, You Can Play, and GLAAD, three organizations working for LGBT inclusion in sports, today released a joint statement in response to comments made by San Francisco 49ers cornerback Chris Culliver.

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Ten Memorable LGBT Sports Moments of 2012

Tuesday, December 25, 2012 - 12:17pm by Aaron McQuade, Director of News and Field Media at GLAAD

There have been so many of these lists in the previous weeks. I've read several on this topic alone, and the great thing is that they all agree that 2012 was a truly banner year - to use a sports metaphor - for the elevation of this conversation into the public consciousness.

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NBA, WNBA, MLB, MLS, NFL, NHL, NASCAR Diversity to all support #SpiritDay

Thursday, October 18, 2012 - 2:09pm by Aaron McQuade, Director of News and Field Media at GLAAD

In an unprecedented show of support, the six most prominent American major sports leagues will all ‘go purple’ with GLAAD for Spirit Day on Friday, October 19, in a stand against bullying and to show their support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth.

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GLAAD Teams with Athlete Ally to Train NBA Rookie Camp

Friday, August 24, 2012 - 11:59am by Aaron McQuade, Director of News and Field Media at GLAAD

Last weekend, the NBA became the first league to take GLAAD and Athlete Ally up on our offer to provide ally trainings to professional athletes - the latest in a series of big steps being taken to potentially pave the way for an openly gay male athlete in the world of major league team sports.

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GLAAD and Athlete Ally Offering Trainings to Pro Teams

Tuesday, June 19, 2012 - 11:19am by Aaron McQuade, Director of News and Field Media at GLAAD

Following this weekend's historic LGBT Sports Summit at Nike Headquarters in Oregon, GLAAD is proud to announce that we are teaming up Athlete Ally and its founder Hudson Taylor to offer LGBT Ally trainings to all 141 major league sports teams.

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College Athletes Step Up as Allies

Friday, December 9, 2011 - 3:08pm by Elana Stone, GLAAD's Media Field Strategist

Student athletes are stepping up to the plate, so to speak, to take a stand for LGBT equality. Recently, Whitman College in Walla Walla, Wash., became the first Athlete Ally Ambassador School in the Northwest Conference.

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