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25 March 2013US: NFL players make final push for equal marriage: ‘why is common sense not enough?’ 5 Players in the US National Football League (NFL) have been using their influence to speak out in favour of equal marriage, ahead of the Supreme Court taking on two cases around the issue this week. -
21 March 2013Study: 93% of football fans rate professional players by performance before sexuality 5 A lecturer at Loughborough University has released results of a study into homophobia in football, which he says shows the majority of fans are tolerant of gay people and will even criticise anti-gay language. -
19 March 2013Study: Gay US student athletes twice as likely to get bullied compared to heterosexuals 2 Gay student athletes are twice as likely to get bullied compared to their straight teammates, and one in four said they felt pressured to remain silent about their sexual identity, according to a new survey in the US. -
18 March 2013Trans woman golfer hopes to compete professionally at age 62 4 A trans woman who overcame numerous obstacles on her way to accepting her gender identity says her next goal is to become the first trans woman to compete in the Ladies Professional Golf Association. -
18 March 2013100 Crystal Palace fans shout homophobic abuse in street ahead of Brighton game 9 Sussex Police has promised to trace several Crystal Palace fans following a spate of homophobic incidents during Sunday’s match against Brighton and Hove Albion. -
18 March 2013Sports minister Hugh Robertson pushes football clubs to ‘stamp out’ homophobia 4 Minister for Sport Hugh Robertson, has urged professional football clubs to do more to tackle homophobia in sport, including taking on an anti-homophobia initiative, which a third of clubs have signed up to so far. -
18 March 201350,000 sign online anti-homophobia in football petition following Nigerian coach’s anti-gay remarks + Nearly 50,000 people have signed a petition that calls on FIFA to take action against homophobia in football following the recent comments of a Nigerian women’s football coach. -
16 March 2013Anti-homophobia group works with baseball minor leagues following use of anti-gay slur + The founder of an anti-homophobia sports organisation has spoken to the minor league teams of a baseball team involved in a controversy last year, when a player wore an anti-gay slur on his face. -
13 March 2013SNP’s LGBT group pushes minister to include LGBT people in Commonwealth charter 19 The Scottish National Party's LGBT group has put pressure on Scotland's Minister for External Affairs to attempt to amend the recently signed Commonwealth charter, which protects against discrimination, but does not specifically mention LGBT people. -
11 March 2013Nigerian Football Federation says it hasn’t banned lesbians from professional football 1 The Nigerian Football Federation says lesbians have not been banned from playing in the West African country following recent reports.
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7 March 2013US: Professional mixed martial arts fighter forced to come out as trans woman 7 A professional mix martial arts fighter has been forced out of the closet as a transsexual. -
7 March 2013FIFA investigates claims that lesbians have been banned from playing professional football in Nigeria 9 Following the comments of the chair of the Nigeria Women Football League, FIFA has written to the Nigerian Football Association over reports that lesbians have been banned from football in the west African country. -
5 March 2013US: NFL footballer Tim Tebow now to speak at anti-gay Christian university 10 NFL footballer Tim Tebow, who pulled out of speaking at a controversially anti-gay Dallas megachurch last week, is set to give a speech at a private university, spokespeople for which have expressed anti-gay views. -
5 March 2013US: NFL’s Chris Culliver spends day with LGBT support centre 8 NFL player Chris Culliver spent the day at the Trevor Project, as was promised after he came under fire for homophobic comments. -
4 March 2013Video: Bryan Fischer says gay players in the NFL would cause a ‘grenade-like explosion’ 20 The American Family Association spokesman Bryan Fischer, has spoken on the organisation's radio program Focal Point, to say that the NFL should not allow openly gay football players, as they would cause a "grenade-like explosion". -
3 March 2013Student Pride debate featuring Ben Cohen and John Amaechi speaks out against homophobia in sport 5 The panel on a debate at National Student Pride yesterday emphasised the importance of tackling homophobia and transphobia in sport, said they had seen some change, but that much more action needed to be taken. -
2 March 2013NFL player Scott Fujita: ‘A gay football player would not be an issue at all in the locker room’ 7 NFL player Scott Fujita has spoken out about the issue of a lack of gay players in professional sport, and has said that he thinks it would "not be an issue at all" to have a gay player in the locker room. -
2 March 2013US: NFL players Kluwe and Ayanbadejo file Supreme Court brief in support of equal marriage 4 Two top NFL players, both equal rights advocates, have filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court, urging it to strike down Proposition 8, the Californian ban on equal marriage. -
1 March 2013Brendon Ayanbadejo: Prospective NFL players may have to lie that they’re straight to get drafted 1 NFL player and equal rights advocate, Brendon Ayanbadejo, has expressed regret at the fact that gay, prospective NFL players may need to lie about their sexuality, when asked, in order to get drafted as professional players. -
28 February 2013Former NFL player criticised for saying ‘it is not realistic for every team to accept gay players’ 12 A former NFL footballer and radio analyst has come under criticism for saying that he thought it was unfeasible for all teams to accept gay players in the locker room, because of religious opposition to homosexuality.
