| Leafs GM Brian Burke ‘greatly honoured’
by award from gay community
Brian Burke, GM of the Maple Leafs, received the 'Ally Award' given
by Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) to
a community leader dedicated to fighting homophobia and bullying.
Read More:
http://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/article/1116650--leafs-gm-brian-burke-greatly-honoured-by-award-from-gay-community
Laura Robson's rainbow hair-band follows a long tradition
of political statements in the sporting arena
[Excerpt] For those who think sport and politics should not mix
— it is too late. Politicians use sport — to proselytise,
to empathise. Politicians sit in corporate boxes, drink corporate
wine and present sponsored trophies – they woo the sponsors
and the sponsors woo them back. Read More:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/australianopen/9021286/Laura-Robsons-rainbow-hair-band-follows-a-long-tradition-of-political-statements-in-the-sporting-arena.html
Outsports' Persons of the Year: Pat Griffin and Helen Carroll
You'd be hard-pressed to name two people who have collectively had
a stronger impact on the gay-sports movement than Pat Griffin and
Helen Carroll. These two pioneers have been working toward equality
for the better part of 30 years. They’ve visited high schools.
They’ve talked to colleges. They’ve waged legal campaigns.
They’ve educated educators. And with more incredible work
in 2011, our readers have named these two women our “Persons
of the Year.” Read more: http://outsports.com/jocktalkblog/2012/01/05/outsports-persons-of-the-year-pat-griffin-and-helen-carroll/
Sexual Abuse of Boys in Sports: Is Homophobia A Factor
In Delayed Reporting?
[Excerpt] In the context of traditional team sports, where homophobia
is frequently normalised, boys are constantly and openly "measured'
for their conformity to sexist and homophobic norms and ideals.
In such circumstances, then, young males who have been abused simply
do not want to tell.
Read more: http://www.momsteam.com/health-safety/sexual-abuse-boys-in-sports-is-homophobia-a-factor-in-continued-abuse-delayed-reporting
Penn State University again deficient in leadership
[Excerpt] Unfortunately, many universities -- if they're being honest
-- need to look at themselves and say, "Do we do all we can
to ensure that everyone's compass is directed toward doing what's
right, even if that might initially cause some bad publicity for
the university or mean sparring with a powerful coach? Do we look
out for the powerless? Is our moral code as strong as it needs to
be? Where are our true priorities? Who are we most concerned about
protecting?"
http://espn.go.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/7219014/penn-state-nittany-lions-again-deficient-leadership
Game, Sex and Match: The Perils of Female Sports Advertising
[Excerpt] It's no mystery why these campaigns strictly conform to
gender norms, showcasing female athletes as feminine and sensual.
It's the same reason why men's tennis will probably never run a
campaign suggesting "strong is handsome," or try to court
viewers by showing tennis' new world No. 1 Novak Djokovic with his
shirt off. The issue at play is homophobia. "That's a huge
part of this," says Marie Hardin, associate director of the
Curley Center for Sports Journalism at Penn State. "There's
this idea of the lesbian bogeywoman, the predatory lesbian in sports.
Unfortunately there's a real fear mongering that doesn't help women's
sports at all."
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,2081209,00.html
NCLR [National Centre for Lesbian Rights] Sport Project
Director Helen Caroll Discusses Homophobia in Women's Soccer
http://www.youtube.com/user/NCLRights
In African Women’s Soccer, Homophobia Remains an
Obstacle.
FIFA, soccer’s world governing body, states as part of its
mission a desire to use the game in “overcoming social and
cultural obstacles for women with the ultimate aim of improving
women’s standing in society.” But the story of Nigeria’s
Super Falcons illustrates the cultural obstacles that remain for
many African women who play soccer decades after more assertive
efforts at inclusivity occurred in places like the United States,
Germany, Norway, Sweden and more recently in Brazil.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/23/sports/soccer/in-african-womens-soccer-homophobia-remains-an-obstacle.html?_r=4&pagewanted=2&ref=sports
Why it’s vital to kick homophobia out of sport, by
David Cameron, Prime Minster of the United Kingdom
In order to end homophobia and transphobia we need cultural change
and we also need role models. Whereas we’ve many to choose
from in business, the arts and politics, we have too few in sport.
I congratulate Gareth Thomas and Steven Davies for the decision
they made and the inspiration they’ve given and I am delighted
that two of the all-time greats of tennis – two magnificent
role models – are backing our work in this area: Martina Navratilova
and Billie Jean King – who I was delighted to welcome to No10.
But, put simply, you don’t have to be gay to be a role model,
so we need others who care for this issue to stand up and be counted.
Read More: http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/06/23/comment-why-its-vital-to-kick-homophobia-out-of-sport-by-david-cameron/
Nigerian women’s football team ‘eradicates
lesbianism’
The Nigerian coach, Eucharia Uche, claims that since she was hired
in 2009, she has eradicated homosexuality from the squad. The coach
also has said that lesbianism was “morally very wrong”
and “a dirty issue”. Read
More
Can we change the face of professional sport? Unlike the
UK, Canada has no national gay sports charity
June 2, 2011 - Excerpt - While there doesn’t seem to be a
Canadian charity for gay athletes, that doesn’t mean there’s
no support for them at all. Lofstrom points to Step Up! Speak Out!
Ally Campaign for Inclusive Sport. It’s a website that features
statements from Olympic [gold] medallist Mark Tewksbury and basketball
player Danielle Peers. Lofstrom says it was created as a way of
calling on the Canadian sport community to respect everyone, regardless
of perceived or actual sexual orientation.
http://www.xtra.ca/public/Toronto/Can_we_change_the_face_of_professional_
sport-10241.aspx
Guide for Addressing Homophobic Language in Sport
CAAWS’ Guide for Addressing Homophobic Language in Sport is
now available– Adapted from the Rugby Football League’s
(RFL) new report, A Guide for Addressing Homophobic Language in
Sport brings attention to homophobic language and how it often goes
unchallenged. This guide
(PDF 124 KB) offers practical advice on how to address homophobic
language within a team or sport organization environment.
USOC official Peter Vidmar resigns after anti-gay marriage
actions
May 9, 2011 - Olympic gold medalist Peter Vidmar, who last week
was named chef de mission for the 2012 U.S. Olympic team, abruptly
resigned Friday after a firestorm of negative attention in the media
and inside the U.S. Olympic Committee due to his 2008 actions against
gay marriage.
www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2011-05-06-peter-vidmar-resignation_N.htm
Outsports: Confronting an Enduring Taboo
“The core of what we do is cover the nexus of gays and sports,”
said Cyd Zeigler, one of the Web site’s two founders. “And
there is no competition.” The fact that Outsports could still
seem so distinctive a couple of decades into the age of the Internet
— with its endless assortment of blogs, Web sites, chat groups
and more — says something about the enduring taboo of being
a gay athlete.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/08/sports/08outsports.html
Homophobia in Women’s Basketball: Interview with
Pat Griffin
March 22, 2011 – Pat Griffin, professor emeritus at the University
of Massachusetts Amherst in Social Justice Education and Project
Director for Changing
the Game: The GLSEN Sports Project, speaks to Women Talk Sports
about homophobia in women’s basketball. http://www.womentalksports.com/items/read/4/893628
GLSEN Launches Changing the Game: The GLSEN Sports Project
to Address LGBT
Issues in K-12 Sports
March 17, 2011 – In an effort to make K-12 sports and physical
education safer and more inclusive for all regardless of sexual
orientation or gender identity/expression, GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian
and Straight Education Network, and a diverse coalition of athletes,
journalists and sports figures today launch Changing the Game: The
GLSEN Sports Project (http://sports.glsen.org).
More...
UK Minister shows red card to homophobia and transphobia
in sport
March 14, 2011 - Britain’s biggest sports are backing a new
government campaign to stamp out homophobia and transphobia. The
Football Association, the Lawn Tennis Association, the England and
Wales Cricket Board, the Rugby Football League and the Rugby Football
Union joined the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and
Paralympic Games (LOCOG) in becoming the first signatories of the
Charter for Action, which aims to make sport a welcoming environment
for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGB and T) people.
More...
2011 Canada Games
Leading up to the 2011 Canada Games, CAAWS talked with the Chefs
de Mission (download
Chefs letter, PDF 128KB) and the Apprentice Women Coaches (download
letter, PDF 118KB) about creating a sport environment welcoming
of diversity.
Australian Fair go, sport! project
The Australian Sports Commission has created the Fair go, sport!
project to increase awareness of sexual and gender diversity in
sport, and to promote safe and inclusive sporting environments for
everyone. Fair go, sport! is an opportunity for [field] hockey to
explore the issues of diversity and inclusion, learn about what
can be done to make this sport and others more welcoming, and showcase
current positive practices. For more information, see the attached
poster (PDF, 299KB) or visit http://www.humanrightscommission.vic.gov.au/index.php
UK Rugby Football League
The Rugby Football League (RFL) in the UK has created a new resource
to address homophobia in sport. This is the first in a series of
reports the RFL plans to create to make sport more welcoming of
diversity. Guidance for Rugby League Clubs: Challenging Anti Gay
(homophobic) Abuse and Behaviour offers practical advice on how
to address homophobic language within club environment s as well
as on game day. Visit the Rugby Football League’s website
at www.therfl.co.uk/
for more information. The full report can be also be accessed at
http://rfllive.dyndns.org/~rflmedia/docs/Guidance
(.pdf)
2010 PRIDE house Legacy Report Calls on the Canadian Sport
Community to Tackle Homophobia
 November
26, 2010 - The Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women
in Sport and Physical Activity (CAAWS) is pleased to highlight the
recent release of the 2010
PRIDE house Legacy Report which captures the successes and learning
experiences from the first ever PRIDE houses held at the 2010 Olympic
and Paralympic Games. The Legacy Report also calls on the Canadian
sport community to step up and do more to tackle homophobia in sport.
Jennifer Birch-Jones, the report’s author and CAAWS’s
Program Lead for the Addressing Homophobia in Sport Initiative notes
that “although this historic first ever PRIDE house is a true
beacon of hope and a catalyst for positive change in the LGBT community
here in Canada and around the world, much more work needs to be
done if significant and lasting change is to be made in making Canadian
sport more welcoming to sexual diversity.”
A Challenge to Heterosexual Women Coaches and Athletes:
Speak Up and Out - by Pat Griffin - November
9, 2010 ittakesateam.blogspot.com
Stereotypes haunt softball - October 11, 2010
sports.espn.go.com
Australian Olympic swimmer Stephanie Rice makes an emotional
public apology for her homophobic slur on Twitter - September
8, 2010 www.smh.com.au
Gold medal winning diver Matthew Mitcham calls Stephanie
Rice’s comments offensive but insists she is not homophobic
– September 8, 2010 www.smh.com.au
Homophobia will thrive in sports as long as hyper-masculinity
prevails
Aug 31, 2010 - When Edmonton Capitals Manager Brent Bowers
went on a homophobic tirade against a gay umpire, the sports world
hardly took notice. It took the courage of the umpire's heterosexual
colleagues to denounce Bowers's hate speech by threatening a league
boycott before North American Golden Baseball League management
took significant action and ultimately suspended Bowers for the
remainder of the season. Bowers reportedly resigned, before being
fired by Edmonton Capitals management.
This event stands in marked contrast to a recent U.K. survey, as
reported in the Guardian on Aug. 8, which stated that eight out
of 10 football fans (soccer to those of us in North America) thought
an openly gay player would have a similarly positive impact as black
players had on racism in football in the 1980s and 1990s. More...
California umpire gives clinic in Edmonton on diversity-
August 24, 2010
www.edmontonjournal.com
Mark Tewksbury: Olympic chef with the right touch
Aug 5, 2010 - Tewksbury ’s authenticity makes him a great
choice. He’s an athlete who used his heart to get him where
nobody thought he had a chance to go — the top of an Olympic
podium in the men’s 100-metre backstroke in 1992.
There will be many Canadian athletes in London in a very similar
position to that of Tewksbury in Barcelona . They will be in the
mix with medal potential, but they’ll be far from favourites.
It often becomes a matter of self belief, something Tewksbury is
extraordinarily gifted at helping instill. Read the Toronto
Star story...
Olympic Memories more than just great sport performances
by Ann Holmes
I have many wonderful Olympic memories from my week away from Prince
George.
In the midst of speed skating medal performances, Canadian women's
hockey
team triumphs, and curling wins, I went to the movies. My husband
and I attended
a double screening put on by the Vancouver PRIDE house and CAAWS.
Click
here to download a PDF of the story
Olympian comes out New Zealander says gay-friendly
Vancouver inspired him - May 21, 2010 www.xtra.ca
May 17, 2010 International Day Against Homophobia - Lunch
& Learn in Ottawa
CAAWS is honouring the International Day Against Homophobia
(IDAHO) with a themed Lunch and Learn event in Ottawa. This year's
IDAHO theme Speaking about Silence: Homophobia in the Sports World
reinforces the importance of the work of CAAWS and our partners
in this area. more...
Female athletes perceived to be lesbians are at high risk
for "corrective rape" in South Africa. See the
video news story and accompanying written article at sports.espn.go.com
Vancouver's Pride House offers safe haven for gay, lesbian
athletes - February 20, 2010 www.nj.com
Speaking at Pride House is historic, bittersweet moment
for Tewksbury - February 19, 2010 www.vancouversun.com
A New Olympic Pride - February 17, 2010 - nytimes.com
We in sport are in the closet", former Olympian Marion
Lay February 12, 2010 www.xtra.ca
Vancouver’s Olympic Pride House opens -
February 11, 2010 outqnews.wordpress.com
A closet of Olympic proportions: Why most gay athletes
are still reluctant to come out - February 11, 2010 www.xtra.ca
PRIDE House Film Series at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games
– January 27, 2010 read
more
Historic PRIDE House to shine light on gay and HIV issues
during Olympics – January 26, 2010 read
more
Ex-Wales captain Gareth Thomas gay celebration patron
– January 26, 2010 news.bbc.co.uk
Pride
House pavilion in Whistler an Olympic first –
January 25, 2010
Gay activists praise rugby star Gareth Thomas's decision
to come out - December 19, 2009 guardian.co.uk
Politique contre l'homophobie - 12 décembre
2009 Radio-Canada.ca
Quebec announces anti-homophobia policy -
December 11, 2009 ctvmontreal.ca
Former coach at Mesa wins Title IX-based suit
- December 4, 2009 www.signonsandiego.com
Woodstock girls hockey squad wins national award -
December 1, 2009 telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com
What
I Know Mark Tewksbury - November 27, 2009
Lesbian team attacked by fireworks
- November 27, 2009 pinkpaper.com
Film released to help tackle homophobia in
schools - November 27, 2009 pinkpaper.com
Throwing
in the towel on homophobia - November 27, 2009
We know gay isn't really OK in hockey
- November 27, 2009 www.winnipegfreepress.com
'We love you, this won't change a thing' -
November 27, 2009 sports.espn.go.com
Brian and Brendan Burke Discuss ESPN Article on TSN
- November 25, 2009 www.tsn.ca
Taboos
softening in macho world - November 26, 2009
Homophobia in sport recognised - November 24,
2009 www.starobserver.com.au
City Board of Ed passes policy regarding transgender athletes
- November 22, 2009 www.middletownpress.com
No place for Johnson's anti-gay slurs -
November 20, 2009 sports.espn.go.com
CAAWS presents Addressing Homophobia in Sport
workshop at AthletesCAN forum - October 2, 2009 www.caaws.ca
Ravens
player 'interested in making a difference' - September
30, 2009
GLAD is researching the ways in which anti-gay
and anti-transgender attitudes affect LGBT athletes and coaches.
September 25, 2009 www.glad.org
NB hockey team battles homophobia on the rink. September
18, 2009 www.xtra.ca
PRIDE House Reveals 2010 Artwork in Preparation for the
coming Games September 10, 2009 read
more
Academic warns schools are not doing enough to tackle homophobic
bullying
By Staff Writer September 10, 2009 www.pinknews.co.uk
Trade unions meet to tackle homophobia in sport
By Staff Writer September 10, 2009 www.pinknews.co.uk
2010
Olympic Games set to show some pride - September 7,
2009
Caster Semenya is a hero – but in South
Africa being different can be deadly for a woman David
Smith The Guardian, August 28 2009 www.guardian.co.uk
There's nothing sporting about sex tests
David Zirin and Sherry Wolf August 28, 2009 www.theglobeandmail.com
Kick homophobia out of football August
18, 2009 www.guardian.co.uk
Ruggers Against Homophobia in Sport
August 18, 2009 http://gayrights.change.org
Half of College Football Players Know a Gay
Teammate
by Kilian Melloy August 17, 2009 www.edgelosangeles.com
Swimming for Scholarship by Yusef
Najafi August 13, 2009 www.metroweekly.com
Homophobia in sport survey August
11, 2009 www.sstar.net.au
Thai Olympic medallist faces ban after posing
in gay mag
August 4, 2009 www.insidethegames.com
Dutch Olympic champions promote gay tolerance
in sport
August 1, 2009 www.insidethegames.com
Gay Whistler creates space for Olympians July
20, 2009 www.theglobeandmail.com
CAAWS Joins Fondation Émergence to
mark International Day Against Homophobia May 15, 2009
read
more
Cherry refuses to use the word 'pansification'
April 9th, 2009 www.theglobeandmail.com
Gay rights group outraged by CBC's use of
'pansification' April 9th, 2009 www.theglobeandmail.com
Conference shines light on sexuality in sports
By Stacey Shackford, March 20, 2009 read
more
Australian gold medallist fears coming out is costing him
endorsements for London 2012. 04/01/2009 www.insidethegames.com
Seeking Common Ground: Lesbians and Christians in Women’s
Sports.
By Pat Griffin. Sunday, April 6, 2008 ittakesateam.blogspot.com
In Beijing Olympics, only 10 openly gay athletes
By Jim Buzinski www.outsports.com
Swimming Out in the Open; An interview with out swimmer
Andrew Langenfeld.
By Pat Griffin www.womenssportsfoundation.org
Young gay athletes find a place out on the field.
By David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, July 28, 2007 articles.latimes.com
Remembering a role model By David Wharton, Los
Angeles Times, July 28, 2007
articles.latimes.com
'Dirty Little Secrets' Women’ in Women’s Sport.
By Elizabeth Redden, April 30, 2007 www.insidehighered.com
A silent dilemma haunts women's college recruitment.
By JoAnne Klimovich Harrop October 23, 2005
www.pittsburghlive.com
Recruiting - Women's Sports Foundation Response to Negative
Recruiting/Slander Based on Sexuality: The Foundation Position
www.womenssportsfoundation.org
Going Behind the Back. College Recruiters Raise Issue
of Sexual Orientation.
By Greg Sandoval, January 24, 2003 www.washingtonpost.com
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