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Jock Talk: Hong Kong Gay Games may be in jeopardy
After months of seemingly nonstop clashes between Hong Kong police and pro-democracy protesters, many Gay Games supporters are doubting the quadrennial event can be held in Hong Kong in 2022.
Jock Talk Extra: 'Mack Wrestles' premieres on ESPN
Early in "Mack Wrestles," a 30-minute documentary about transgender wrestler Mack Beggs that premieres on ESPN's "30 for 30" Sunday, September 22, his grandmother talks about her grandchild's early struggles with self-acceptance.
Jock Talk: Stoppage sabotage
Leaders of FIFA, soccer's international governing body, have long gotten soccer fans accustomed to their habit of repeatedly taking one step forward for progress, then one step off a 35-foot cliff.
Jock Talk: Dallas wins Gay Softball World Series bid
Dallas beat out San Francisco for the rights to host the 2021 Gay Softball World Series.
Jock Talk: East Bay Front Runners plan Pride Run
East Bay Front Runners and Walkers will hold its 15th annual Pride Run and Walk this year Saturday, October 12 – the day after National Coming Out Day.
Jock Talk: Gearing up for 2020 Bingham Cup
A few years back, Joey Van Matre, an Oklahoma research analyst who had recently relocated to the Bay Area, was in search of a sport to help him open up socially.
Jock Talk: Final reports from Gay Games Paris note the highs and lows
Gay Games X last year in Paris was a rousing success. It turned a profit, drew more than 10,000 participants, and provided supportive, inclusive competition for the athletes.
Jock Talk: LGBT powerlifting group to hold meetings
The LGBT Powerlifting Union, having just completed its third world championship meet in Blackpool, England, has announced that it will hold a series of stakeholder consultation meetings the rest of 2019 to discuss various issues.
Jock Talk: FIFA must follow through with new bias sanctions
This month, a new disciplinary code of the international governing body for soccer went into effect, and it imposes stiffer sanctions for discrimination on the basis of race, gender, and sexual orientation.
Jock Talk: Time to pay up
Thoughts on the Women's World Cup.
Jock Talk: International Front Runners mark 40th year with SF Pride Run
A record 800 participants took part in last weekend's San Francisco Pride Run.
Jock Talk: Usual tropes seen in lawsuit over trans athletes
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Jock Talk: Fallout continues over gender-binary wars
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
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.