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Meet the first out LGBT coach in the NFL.

August 22, 2017 compassq Comments Off

San Francisco 49ers assistant coach Katie Sowers is a pro football pioneer. This season, she will become the NFL’s second full-time assistant female coach. She will also become the league’s first openly LGBT coach, male or female. “No matter what you do in life, one of the most important things is to be true to who you are,” Sowers, openly lesbian, told Outsports when asked why she is discussing her sexual orientation publicly for the first time.

Crack down on anti-gay chants by soccer fans.

August 22, 2017 compassq Comments Off

How do you crack down hardcore on anti-gay chants by soccer fans? Work with police to arrest offenders. That’s what’s happened at a recent Leicester City match against Brighton & Hove Albion, as two Leicester fans were taken into custody for chanting homophobic messages during their team’s match. The homophobic idiots will not have to deal with the British court system, which does not look kindly on bigotry.

Gay track star warming up for Olympic run.

August 21, 2017 compassq Comments Off

Openly gay former college track star L’equan Chapman is getting his shot at the United States Olympic Team. Chapman is one of 97 athletes invited to be part of Team USA’s “Scouting Camp: The Next Olympic Hopeful,” which will air nationally as a two-hour broadcast premiering at 9 p.m. ET on Aug. 25 on NBCSN. Chapman was a standout jumper and sprinter at Shippensburg University. In 2015 he was named the 2015 U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Atlantic Region Men’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year.

Does UK Football Association gets it wrong?

August 19, 2017 compassq Comments Off

British race walker Tom Bosworth has criticised the Football Association for wanting “to create a gay day”. FA chairman Greg Clarke told a Commons Select Committee last year that openly gay players may suffer “significant abuse” and has suggested they come out collectively rather than on their own.

A big gay step forward for the NFL.

August 18, 2017 compassq Comments Off

The National Football League on Wednesday held the official launch of its LGBTQ employee affinity group, NFL Pride. The event was hosted at the league office in New York and was attended by approximately 150 people, including league commissioner Roger Goodell. The invited speakers for the afternoon were gay former professional athletes and set the stage for important conversations: MLB’s Billy Bean, former NBA center Jason Collins and former NFL offensive tackle Ryan O’Callaghan. Each of them talked about their struggles as an athlete living a secret life, their communications with current athletes, and LGBTQ-inclusion efforts they have seen work in other leagues.

The NCAA evolves to support transgender athletes.

August 18, 2017 compassq Comments Off

People working and competing in collegiate athletics are beginning to see light shed on how to navigate accommodating and supporting transgender student athletes. The National Collegiate Athletic Association, the organization that regulates the University of Nebraska at Kearney and many other athletic programs in colleges and universities across the United States, is working on legislation to dial down confusion about transgender student athlete participation in collegiate sports — a subject that’s created contention within athletics.

English soccer welcomes its first openly gay professional.

August 15, 2017 compassq Comments Off

A small league soccer pitch in a British coastal town seems an unlikely setting for a giant step forward in soccer equality. But when Ryan Atkin steps onto the field at Eastbourne Borough Tuesday, he will become the first openly gay man in English professional soccer — a sign of how far the sport lags behind others in overcoming homophobia despite its vast wealth and corporate support.