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12 April 2013
US: National Hockey League announces formal partnership with anti-homophobia organisation 4 The National Hockey League has become the first major professional team sport in the US to announce a formal partnership with You Can Play, an advocacy group aiming to reduce homophobia.
7 April 2013
US: Brendon Ayanbadejo speaks to Anderson Cooper about four NFL players coming out 2 Former Baltimore Ravens player and equal marriage advocate, Brendon Ayanbadejo has expanded on his announcement earlier this week that four NFL players might soon come out as gay.
5 April 2013
Brendon Ayanbadejo says four gay NFL players may soon come out, all at the same time 6 American football player and equal rights advocate Brendon Ayanbadejo has said that he thinks several NFL players could come out "sooner than you think", and that he was in talks with four players who might all come out on the same day.
5 April 2013
US: NFL’s Chris Kluwe and Brendon Ayanbadejo honoured with equality award 1 NFL players Brendon Ayanbadejo and Chris Kluwe were honoured on Thursday with an award from Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), for their work advocating for the LGBT community.
5 April 2013
US: Brendon Ayanbadejo denies being cut by his team for supporting equal marriage 1 Former Baltimore Ravens linebacker, and equal marriage advocate, Brendon Ayanbadejo, said he does not think he was cut by the team for his open support for equal marriage.
2 April 2013
Magic Johnson ‘proud’ of his gay son who publicly came out with his boyfriend 7 The son of basketball star Magic Johnson has come out as gay, and hit the town in Hollywood at the weekend with his boyfriend.
29 March 2013
Gay former NFL player: No gay athlete should ‘feel alone’ in being gay + Openly gay former NFL player Kwame Harris has opened up about being gay in the NFL, saying if he had the chance again he would hope to have "found the strength" to come out, and that he didn't want gay athletes to "feel alone".
28 March 2013
US magazine editor: Gay NFL players should stay in the closet 33 The editor of a Christian magazine has weighed into the debate over there being no openly gay US professional athletes, said that being gay is "clearly a sin", and that gay NFL players should not come out.
27 March 2013
Brendon Ayanbadejo: A baseball player will come out of the closet before an NFL player + Super Bowl Champion Brendon Ayanbadejo, has said that he thinks it is more likely that a baseball player will come out sooner than anyone in the NFL.
26 March 2013
US: Gay NFL player plans to come out and keep playing 2 A gay US National Football League player has indicated he may publicly come out, and plans to continue playing.
25 March 2013
US: 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.
5 March 2013
US: 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 2013
US: 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 2013
Video: 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".
2 March 2013
NFL 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 2013
US: 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 2013
Brendon 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 2013
Former 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.
22 February 2013
American Family Association accuses NFL’s Tim Tebow of losing Christian ‘street cred’ for shunning anti-gay church 14 Bryan Fischer has accused NFL quarterback Tim Tebow of giving in to "nattering nabobs" over his decision to pull out of a speech he was due to make at a controversial anti-gay church in Dallas.
21 February 2013
American football star Tim Tebow backs out of speech at anti-gay Dallas church 16 New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow has cancelled a speech he was due to make at a controversial anti-gay church in Dallas.

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