Ryan Lee: NFL throws LGBT progress for a loss Ryan Lee Outspoken December 10, 2014 0While our community achieved many important victories in 2014, our progress may have been blindsided by football. Everything seemed aligned...
5 LGBT things you need to know today, Nov. 19 Patrick Saunders 5 LGBT Things November 19, 2014 01. Jason Collins, the NBA’s first openly gay player, will announce his retirement today. 2. John Smid, former executive director...
5 LGBT things you need to know today, Nov. 17 Patrick Saunders 5 LGBT Things November 17, 2014 01. On Friday night, UMass shooting guard Derrick Gordon quietly became the first openly gay athlete to play Division I...
5 LGBT things you need to know today, Oct. 22 Patrick Saunders 5 LGBT Things October 22, 2014 01. “With Sam being cut halfway through the NFL season and without ever stepping on the field during a regular...
Center for Civil and Human Rights to host Oct. 3 LGBT rights panel Patrick Saunders Best Bets September 29, 2014 0LGBT-related programming is picking up at the Center for Civil and Human Rights, as it hosts an Oct. 3 panel...
Gay NBA player Collins talks Ferguson, social responsibility at Atlanta event Patrick Saunders Atlanta August 25, 2014 0Jason Collins, the NBA’s first openly gay player, took part in a CNN Dialogues event at the Center for Civil...
Gay NBA groundbreaker Jason Collins on coming out, Atlanta, life after basketball Patrick Saunders Atlanta August 21, 2014 0One February night earlier this year, Jason Collins played a quiet 11 minutes at center for the Brooklyn Nets and...
Ryan Lee: Black athletes—gay and straight—are changing the game for all of us Ryan Lee Outspoken May 28, 2014 0Miami Heat point guard Dwyane Wade might turn out to be as significant a figure as Jason Collins or Michael...
5 LGBT things you need to know today, April 25 Patrick Saunders 5 LGBT Things April 25, 2014 01. Jason Collins, the first active openly gay NBA player, has been appointed by President Obama to the President’s Council...
5 LGBT things you need to know today, April 4 Patrick Saunders 5 LGBT Things April 4, 2014 01. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced the recent deaths of three young gay men from meningitis...
5 LGBT things you need to know about today, Feb. 28 Patrick Saunders 5 LGBT Things February 28, 2014 01. Politico’s got today’s killer headline: “How business went DEFCON1 in Arizona.” They explore the enormous pressure that Arizona Gov....