Tag: sport
Coming Out in Football is still a very big deal : here are the latest 2 brave souls
Sport (and particularly football) is still one of the last great bastions of homophobia (and misogyny) that ensures that the LGBTQ+ communities acceptance is often at a snail’s pace. So much so when 21-year Australian professional footballer Josh Cavallo came out as gay this week it made headlines around the world which is still…
F(l)ag Football
It is impossible not to get swept up in the exuberance and sheer passion of the footballers in Seth Greenleaf’s rather exhilarating documentary. It’s the story of how gay flag football went from a few guys casually playing together some 20 years to a full fledged league of some 26 teams throughout the US…
When Gay Pride means being in a scrum and loving it.
Gay Pride comes in so many different ways and to Alex, it is in the form of being a member of the Bristol Bisons LGBT Rugby Team as they travel to Amsterdam to compete for the Bingham Cup which is the World Championships for gay rugby. Be prepared to have your heartstrings pulled when you watch this…
The Berlin Bruisers want you to join their Scrum
The Berlin Bruisers is a perfect name for Germany’s first gay-inclusive rugby team. The Club which is open to players of all orientations and experience levels made this wee video which is enough to make us want to pack out kitbags and call Lufthansa immediately. Well, almost.
Adam Rippon winning hearts and minds (as well as an Olympic Medal)
Sometimes the media are a tad too quick to idolize sportsmen especially the ones that have medals hanging around their necks. However, in the case of the young openly gay Olympic Ice Skater Adam Rippon who has barely been out of the headlines these past few weeks, he deserves every single drop of adoration that has been piled on him. Not…
