Lifestyle
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6 December 2010Gay football group to boycott 2022 Qatar World Cup 10 The Gay Football Supporters' Network says it will boycott all activities related to the 2022 World Cup because host country Qatar is homophobic. -
3 December 2010Gay groups’ anger at ‘homophobic’ World Cup hosts Russia and Qatar 24 Gay groups have said they are "deeply concerned" by FIFA's decision to award the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar respectively. -
18 November 2010UEFA to investigate Croatian football chief over ‘gay ban’ 1 UEFA is to investigate the president of the Croatian Football Federation after he said he would not allow gay players on the national team. -
17 November 2010Rugby League begins gay equality campaign in parliament 1 The Rugby Football League (RFL) held a reception in parliament last night to launch a campaign to welcome gay fans and players.The event was hosted by Liberal Democrat MP Greg Mulholland and attended by a number of MPs from all parties and two players from Sheffield Eagles. -
12 November 2010German footballer Mario Gomez says gay players should come out 1 Bayern Munich striker Mario Gomez has urged gay footballers to come out of the closet.
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11 November 2010Croatian football chief says sorry for anti-gay comments 19 The president of the Croatian Football Federation, Vlatko Markovic, has apologised for offending gay people after he said that there was no place for homosexuality on the country's national team.
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10 November 2010Documentary on out gay baseball player Glenn Burke 3 A documentary has been produced about Glenn Burke, the only Major League baseball player to have come out as gay. -
10 November 2010Croatian football president bans gays from national team 8 The president of the Croatian Football Federation, Vlatko Markovic, has said that there is no place for gay players on the country's national team.
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4 November 2010Trans student first to play NCAA basketball 11 A Washington student has become the first transgender person to play NCAA basketball. -
25 October 2010Guide to parenting for gay dads 4 Gay rights charity Stonewall has released a parenting guide for gay dads. -
21 October 2010Gay rugby player Gareth Thomas hopes to find London club 2 Gareth Thomas, the out gay former Welsh rugby captain, is planning to join a London rugby union team. -
14 October 2010Trans golfer sues after being banned from tournament 11 An American trans woman is suing the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) because it only allows women who were "female at birth" to participate. -
8 October 2010Much-loved Cardiff gay pub under threat 4 Cardiff's gay community are engaged in a campaign to save a pub in central Cardiff which is being threatened by gentrification. -
5 October 2010Pre-launch will celebrate LGBT sporting history + A pre-launch event will be held at Twickenham rugby stadium next month for LGBT History Month.
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1 October 2010Manchester wins bid to host 2012 gay rugby world cup 8 Manchester will host the Bingham Cup tournament in June 2012.
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20 September 2010Cricketer Jimmy Anderson poses naked for gay magazine 21 England cricketer Jimmy Anderson has posed nude for next month's Attitude magazine. -
10 September 2010Rugby club fined £40,000 for anti-gay chants has amount halved 4 Castleford Tigers rugby club has had its £40,000 fine for fans' homophobic chanting halved.
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10 September 2010Gay referee Nigel Owens supports anti-suicide campaign 4 Gay rugby referee Nigel Owens is supporting a Samaritans campaign to prevent male suicides. -
8 September 2010French football club rejects gay player citing ‘trouble’ of sexuality 8 An amateur football club in eastern France has denied a player's request to return to the team in an attempt to avoid homophobia
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8 September 2010Australian swimmer keeps underwear deal after ‘homophobic’ comment 11 The Australian Olympic swimmer who caused controversy with a comment on Twitter last week will keep her underwear deal with Davenport and Sunrice, but lose her Jaguar.
