November 04, 2019
On Monday, The Athletic's Katie Strang wrote the latest edition of the
now-annual "what will it take for an NHL player to come out as gay" piece. It's
not the first (see: 2015 by Pierre LeBrun
[https://www.tsn.ca/patrick-burke-nhl-is-ready-for-a-gay-player-1.388059];
Brian
Burke to
June 08, 2019
On Thursday night I was on the subway in Toronto with dozens of Blue Jays fans
who had attended the Jays' Pride Night game at Rogers Centre. Many were still
wearing the free giveaway: a Jays rainbow Henley. From the conversations I
overheard and the
June 01, 2019
At the beginning of the 2019 Major League Soccer season, the league proudly
unveiled its new "Soccer For All
[https://www.foxsports.com/soccer/video/1464551491757]" ad campaign, proclaiming
the league as a sporting community where all fans are accepted, and there is no
place
November 17, 2017
We talk a lot about queer acceptance and advocacy in sports, but the sports
world currently requires athletes and fans to assimilate. Queer athletes,
whether they are publicly out or not, are often obliged to adhere to the
cultural norms of their respective sports if