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AFCSL News: Out at the Park, Hall of Fame nominations, marching with Pride

Out At The Park May 19!

Once again, AFCSL is partnering with three other great local LGBT organizations, San Diego Pride, the SDAFFL and SD Hoops to bring you the 2012 Out At The Park, a night of baseball under the stars at the beautiful PETCO Park.

San Diego American Flag Football League gives back with teddy bear drive Saturday

SAN DIEGO -- As part of its commitment to give back to the community, the San Diego American Flag Football League (SDAFFL) will be holding a Teddy Bear Drive during the league's games on Saturday, May 5, to benefit Rady Children's Hospital.

Olympic wrestler marries her girlfriend in Iowa after making the team

CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia -- Less than 48 hours after making the United States Olympic wrestling team in front of 13,000 fans, Stephany Lee arrived at the wedding chapel in a Ford Explorer carrying Colorado plates and a small entourage. She changed into jeans and a striped shirt. Beaming, she made her way to an altar sitting in front of five rows of padded pews.

For gay athletes, it's getting better

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- College athletics is gradually becoming more inclusive for gay students. But if athletes are ever able to participate openly without fear of discrimination, it will require coaches and administrators to foster a holistically welcoming environment, from initial meetings with recruits to the halftime pep talks in the locker room.

"If" is the operative word.

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Olympic diving champion relishes being role model for gay athletes

SYDNEY, Australia — Openly gay Olympic gold medalist diving champion Matthew Mitcham, in an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald on Wednesday, said he’s comfortable being seen as an icon for the LGBT community and a role model for gay athletes.

Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog: It's not getting better for women coaches

(Editor's Note: This commentary is being republished here with the permission of Dr. Griffin. San Diego Gay & Lesbian News will republish & highlight Dr. Griffin's blog posts from her LGBT Sport Blog on a recurring basis, because her insight, experience and wealth of knowledge on the subject of LGBT Sports and Academia is legendary and needs to be shared.)

Soccer player for Houston Dynamo apologizes for anti-gay slur

Houston Dynamo midfielder Colin Clark has apologized in a three-post Twitter statement for using a gay slur toward a ball boy during a 2-0 loss at Seattle on Friday night.

Clark, in his third season for the Dynamo and playing his eighth in the MLS, can be seen in a video replay jogging toward the sideline for a throw-in, appearing to signal to the attendant for a ball as the game ball skips out of bounds.

After Clark is issued a new ball at his feet and forced to pick up the ball, he utters a gay slur toward the ball boy before making the throw-in.

Gay sports figures in the UK to carry Olympic torch

UNITED KINGDOM -- 7,300 torch-bearers were named this morning and will carry the flame for 70 days and 8,000 through the UK in July ahead of the opening of the Olympics on 27 July.

Chris Basiurski, Chair of the Gay Football Supporters’ Network said of being nominated: “I am delighted and humbled at being chosen to carry the Olympic flame. For many years LGBT footballers have been on the fringes of society and at the GFSN we have worked hard to send out the message that football is for all regardless of sexual orientation.

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LGBT Sports Profile: Jennine Estes - trapeze trickster

This week's LGBT Sports profile shines a light on Jennine Estes, a daring young woman who takes her flying trapeze very seriously.

Estes grew up in Antioch, Calif., just an hour east of San Francisco.

When she came to San Diego for college 15 years ago, she loved it so much, she never left.

This active member of our community is busier than ever.

Estes runs a thriving counseling practice in Mission Valley, is happily taken, and recently moved to the Mission Hills area of San Diego, where she "loves every bit of it."

Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers endorses Rick Santorum

VERONA, Pa. -- San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers has lent his support to the presidential campaign of Rick Santorum, who proudly wears his homophobia during debates, speeches and public appearances.

Rivers, an Alabama native and four-time Pro Bowl pick, said in a statement that he agrees with many of the Republican presidential candidate's views on social and fiscal issues:

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