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Jock Talk: If you believe in human rights, do not watch the World Cup
For the first time in four decades, I will not watch a single minute of the men's soccer World Cup. Not one vuvuzela-shrieking minute.
US LGBTQ sports leader Rick Peterson dies
Rick Peterson, a gay man and a former co-president of the Federation of Gay Games, died August 15 after he was pulled from the water while swimming in Lake Washington in Seattle.
Out in the World: Ruby spreads his message in Europe: 'You can be gay in baseball'
Bryan Ruby is spreading his love of baseball and bringing visibility to LGBTQ ballplayers in Europe this summer.
Russian court convicts Brittney Griner, who's sentenced to 9 years in penal colony
A Russian court on Thursday found WNBA star Brittney Griner guilty of charges that she smuggled drugs into the country.
Brittney Griner pleads guilty to drug charges in Russia
WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday pleaded guilty to charges that she smuggled drugs into Russia.
Swimming body effectively bars trans athletes
The world governing body for competitive swimming, FINA, has banned most trans female athletes from participating in elite levels of competition.
Iced, iced, baby: The Lavender Tube on Winter Olympics successes and scandals
Beijing 2022 was the best Winter Olympics and the worst all at once. It was the queerest Winter games ever, with a lot of out lesbians, some out gay men, the first nonbinary competitor and queer medalists galore.
Guadalajara in talks to co-host next Gay Games
Organizers in Guadalajara, Mexico are in negotiations with the Federation of Gay Games to become a co-host of the Gay Games next year.
Frozen '22: The Lavender Tube on Winter Olympics, 'Euphoria' and 'SNL's trend queens
The Beijing Olympics 2022 are incredibly exciting. Among the competing out athletes are freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy, skeleton Olympian Andrew Blaser, speed skater Brittany Bowe and figure skater Jason Brown.
Jock Talk: News flash: B.A.R. sports columnist retires
I wrote my first sports column for the Bay Area Reporter 15 years ago this week.
Jock Talk: Sports events that happened (and didn't) in 2021
Years are remembered not just by the things that happened during them and our reflection on which of those events we celebrate and those that we wish had not occurred.
50 years in 50 weeks: 2006's sporting life
2006 was a double-banner year for LGBT athletes. Two international sporting events were to take place that August; the seventh Gay Games in Chicago, and the upstart rival, the Montreal Outgames.
Jock Talk: New IOC policy focuses on inclusion, human rights
Months after openly transgender athletes competed in the Olympics for the first time, the International Olympic Committee delivered on its promise to release new guidelines about transgender and intersex participation in sports.
Jock Talk: Thank you, sports world
As our extended families gather together for annual (not counting pandemic social distancing breaks) feasts ... let us bow our heads like a shot putter preparing for a throw to give silent thanks for the blessings the sports world bestowed upon us.