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21 May 2013
Openly gay NBA player Jason Collins honoured with courage award + Jason Collins, the NBA star who came out as gay earlier this month to a huge amount of media attention, and became the first openly gay player in a US major team sport, has received a courage award from leading gay-straight alliance organisation GLSEN.
20 May 2013
Brittney Griner: University basketball coach told me not to come out 1 Recently out, openly lesbian US basketball star Brittney Griner, has spoken out to say that her college basketball coaches asked her not to come out, in case it damaged the reputation of the team for prospective recruits.
16 May 2013
US columnist: Homosexuality ‘has destroyed every civilisation it has touched’ 38 Christian Post contributor Ken Hutcherson has attacked another contributor to the site for commending Jason Collins for coming out as gay, saying that homosexuality "has destroyed every civilisation it has touched", as well as "the family", and "the soul".
16 May 2013
US: Basketball star Jason Collins’ twin says he missed ‘red flags’ signalling that his brother is gay 2 Appearing on the Jimmy Kimmel Live show, recently out gay NBA star Jason Collins and his twin brother Jarron, discussed their brotherly relationship, the latter joking that he missed "red flags" which suggested Jason was gay.
14 May 2013
Basketball star Brittney Griner tells LGBT youth: ‘Be who you are’ + Recently out openly lesbian US basketball star Brittney Griner made an impassioned speech at last weekend's GLAAD Media Awards, telling LGBT youths to "be who you are", and to tweet her if they ever have any problems.
13 May 2013
Russia: Identity of man killed and raped with beer bottles revealed 10 A photograph has emerged which is believed to show the 23-year-old gay man tortured and killed in a brutal attack in Russia on Friday.
13 May 2013
Federer and Murray: Tennis is open to pro gay players coming out 1 Roger Federer and Andy Murray have said that an openly gay male tennis professional would face no problems in tournaments.
11 May 2013
Scottish Trades Union Congress debating homophobia in the workplace + For the second year, an annual gathering of Scottish trade unions will include a committee to discuss LGBT rights in the workplace.
10 May 2013
US: Jason Collins to receive courage award from LGBT organisation 2 Jason Collins, the NBA star who came out as gay last week, to a huge amount of media attention, and became the first openly gay player in a US major team sport, is to receive a courage award from a leading gay-straight alliance organisation.
9 May 2013
US: 50-year Boy Scout veteran resigns, citing anti-gay policy 2 A member of the Boy Scouts of America for over 50 years has resigned over the organisation's discriminatory policy which does not allow openly gay volunteers, members or staff.
9 May 2013
Poll: Over two thirds of Americans support Jason Collins’ decision to come out + A new poll has revealed that over two thirds of Americans support NBA star Jason Collins' decision to come out as gay last week.
9 May 2013
US college football star: Why can’t I be on the winning team, as well as being openly gay? 6 A former University of Richmond American football star has come out as gay, asking why he can't be a successful, professional athlete, as well as being open about his sexuality.
8 May 2013
Actor Chris Pine: ‘I thought it was rad’ that Zachary Quinto came out as gay 7 Actor Chris Pine, who plays Jim Kirk in the new Star Trek film franchise, has spoken out to commend his co-star Zachary Quinto for coming out as and when he did, saying he had nothing but respect for him.
7 May 2013
Former NFL player Tony Casillas: I knew that I was playing with gay athletes in the past + Long-time NFL player Tony Casillas, has spoken out to say that he played with gay American footballers in the past, and that he knew they were gay at the time.
6 May 2013
Jason Collins to Oprah Winfrey: I had ‘so much angst’ about coming out as gay 1 NBA star Jason Collins, who last week came out as gay, and became the first active player in a major US team sport to come out as gay, has spoken to Oprah Winfrey about the "angst" he had about taking the steps to coming out, but has said he is glad he did it.
6 May 2013
Rapper Lil Wayne: Jason Collins coming out ‘is opening a lot of doors’ for gay sports people + Rap star Lil Wayne, has become the latest hip-hop musician to speak out in favour of NBA star Jason Collins, who came out as gay last week, saying that the massive support he received showed that "it's a fair world out there".
5 May 2013
Justin Bieber: ‘I’m gay’ claims hacked E! Online Twitter account 21 The Syrian Electronic Army, the group responsible for hacking both the BBC and the Associated Press, has used a compromised Twitter account to claim that pop star Justin Bieber is gay.
4 May 2013
Zachary Quinto: I’ve ‘only worked more’ as an actor since coming out as gay 15 Openly gay actor Zachary Quinto has revealed that he has "only worked more" since he came out as gay.
3 May 2013
NFL player LeRoy Butler: As a role model, I can’t take back my congratulations to Jason Collins 11 Former NFL player and Super Bowl Champion LeRoy Butler, who had an appearance at a Wisconsin church cancelled over a congratulatory tweet to recently out gay NBA payer Jason Collins, has said he would not take back the tweet because of kids looking up to him.
2 May 2013
NFL player: I respect Jason Collins but ‘why does everybody have to announce their sexuality?’ 94 An NFL player has spoken out to congratulate NBA star Jason Collins for coming out as gay, but has questioned why gay athletes felt the need to "flaunt" their sexuality.

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