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Jock Talk: Time to pay up

Jock Talk: Time to pay up

  • by Roger Brigham
  • Jul 10, 2019

Thoughts on the Women's World Cup.

Jock Talk: International Front Runners mark 40th year with SF Pride Run

Jock Talk: International Front Runners mark 40th year with SF Pride Run

  • by Roger Brigham
  • Jul 2, 2019

A record 800 participants took part in last weekend's San Francisco Pride Run.

Jock Talk: Usual tropes seen in lawsuit over trans athletes

Jock Talk: Usual tropes seen in lawsuit over trans athletes

  • by Roger Brigham
  • Jun 26, 2019

A recently filed lawsuit in Connecticut shows exactly the kind of sports limbo transgender high school athletes can find themselves in even when they are fortunate enough to live in a state that supports their civil rights.

Jock Talk: The tangled legal web of sports trans bans

Jock Talk: The tangled legal web of sports trans bans

  • by Roger Brigham
  • Jun 19, 2019

Transgender individuals increasingly are gaining recognition of their rights through non-discrimination protections in nearly every part of life.

Jock Talk: Runner stands her ground after coming out

Jock Talk: Runner stands her ground after coming out

  • by Roger Brigham
  • Jun 12, 2019

It is said some are born to greatness while others have greatness thrust upon them. There is a third group, however, who are born to nothingness but achieve greatness through perseverance, purposeful focus, and gut-checking grit.

Gay Games adds esports, dodgeball

Gay Games adds esports, dodgeball

  • by Roger Brigham
  • Jun 7, 2019

Organizers of the 2022 Hong Kong Gay Games announced this week they will offer 36 sports in the quadrennial LGBT sports festival.

Jock Talk: Taking Pride in sports

Jock Talk: Taking Pride in sports

  • by Roger Brigham
  • Jun 5, 2019

The local LGBT sports world got Pride Month off to a great start, with the Oakland A's celebrating their Pride Night June 1 and more than 2,000 riders setting out the next day for the annual AIDS Life/Cycle trek to Los Angeles.

Jock Talk: Gay Games is all about facing challenges

Jock Talk: Gay Games is all about facing challenges

  • by Roger Brigham
  • May 29, 2019

The venerable Gay Games, having survived a perilous journey that offered ever changing marketing, financial, and mission challenges, now face a seemingly secure future rich with exciting possibilities.

World gay basketball championships set for 2020

World gay basketball championships set for 2020

  • by Roger Brigham
  • May 29, 2019

Mark Chambers of southern California has been a leader in gay basketball for decades. He's played in multiple Gay Games and is a founder of the National Gay Basketball Association.

Film looks at early days of gay sports

Film looks at early days of gay sports

  • by BAR staff
  • May 15, 2019

Bay Area Reporter Jock Talk columnist Roger Brigham, left, joined Federation of Gay Games marketing director Doug Litwin, Golden Gate Wrestling Club president Gene Dermody, and filmmaker Elisabeth Bartlett at a local screening of "Light in the Water."

Jock Talk: Fallout continues over gender-binary wars

Jock Talk: Fallout continues over gender-binary wars

  • by Roger Brigham
  • May 15, 2019

The decision allowing international track and field to bar a few female athletes of color from women's competition because their natural testosterone levels are higher than most women's is barely three weeks old, and already we are seeing fallout and back

Jock Talk: Semenya decision is elitist crap

Jock Talk: Semenya decision is elitist crap

  • by Roger Brigham
  • May 8, 2019

Apologists for the new International Association of Athletics Federations rule, which bars Caster Semenya, strike a noble pose, claiming they need to defend the alleged integrity of women's athletics.

Jock Talk: Rippon revels in candor, some snark in SF

Jock Talk: Rippon revels in candor, some snark in SF

  • by Roger Brigham
  • May 1, 2019

If you're a get-off-my-lawn curmudgeon like me, your first impression when hearing Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon chatter, throw shade, and coyly chuckle just might be that he's a lightweight with not much to offer — but man, what a mistake.

Jock Talk: Paris Gay Games finishes in the black

Jock Talk: Paris Gay Games finishes in the black

  • by Roger Brigham
  • Apr 24, 2019

The 2018 Gay Games in Paris were not merely successful at pulling in enough participants to create strong tournaments in virtually every sport. Gay Games X became the first Gay Games held outside of the United States to turn a profit.