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29 April 2013
Bill Clinton congratulates NBA star Jason Collins for coming out and says ‘it’s an important moment for sport’ 1 Bill Clinton has praised Jason Collins for going public about his sexuality, becoming the first NBA player to come out as gay and continue their career.
24 April 2013
US: Gay former NFL player to speak at Youth Pride event + An openly gay former National Football League player is set to speak at a US Youth Pride Day event in Washington DC.
24 April 2013
US: NFL agrees to better protection for gay players against discrimination + The US National Football League (NFL) has agreed, in an unprecedented move, to better protect gay players against discrimination and harassment, the New York Attorney General has said.
24 April 2013
Video: Openly gay American football player hopes to join NFL ranks 15 A gay American footballer is hoping to be drafted by an NFL team, and could be the first openly-gay player the industry has anticipated for some time.
18 April 2013
US: Basketball star Brittney Griner comes out as gay: ‘just be who you are’ 1 US basketball star Brittney Griner has come out as gay, and offered advice for young women looking up to her to "just be who you are", and not worry about what other people might be thinking.
18 April 2013
US: Major League Soccer player vows to use suspension for anti-gay slur ‘for the good’ + A Major League Soccer player in the US who was suspended for three games after using an anti-gay slur, has again expressed remorse, and said that he wants to use the opportunity of the media "for the good", and to make amends for his actions.
16 April 2013
Amal Fashanu: ‘I was getting ready to visit Elton John’s studio when I learnt Justin Fashanu had died’ 6 The niece of gay footballer Justin Fashanu has spoken about the moment she was told her uncle had died.
12 April 2013
US magazine editor: ‘There is a gay agenda and it’s working overtime to send millions to hell’ 43 A US magazine editor has written a response to what she claimed were “threats” and “intimidation” from members of the “gay agenda”, since she wrote a previous piece saying that if there are gay players in the NFL, they shouldn’t come out.
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.
10 April 2013
Crystal Palace Football Club Foundation says it will deal with homophobic fans 3 Crystal Palace Football Club’s official foundation has commented on accusations that a number of the club’s fans have been taking part in homophobic chanting during matches.
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
US: University Athletic Director follows basketball coach and is fired for abuse video + The Athletic Director of Rutgers University has been sacked following the dismissal earlier this week of a basketball coach who was caught on camera subjecting students to homophobic and physical abuse.
4 April 2013
Magic Johnson: I have always supported my gay son ‘a million percent’ 3 Former US basketball player Magic Johnson has again spoken out in support of his son EJ who publicly came out this week by hitting the town in Hollywood hand-in-hand with his boyfriend.
4 April 2013
US: Basketball coach sacked for abusive video to receive $100,000 bonus 5 Former Rutgers University basketball coach Mike Rice, who was sacked this week for subjecting students to physical and homophobic abuse, is set to receive a $100,000 (£66,000) bonus.
4 April 2013
Fired US basketball coach: There was ‘no excuse’ for my physical violence and anti-gay abuse 20 A New Jersey basketball coach has delivered a highly emotional apology after he was sacked for subjecting his players to physical and homophobic abuse.
3 April 2013
US: University basketball coach fired for physical and homophobic abuse recorded on video 4 The basketball coach at a New Jersey University has now been dismissed, despite an earlier decision that he would not be, following the release of a video which showed him subjecting players to physical and homophobic abuse.
30 March 2013
Clare Balding: Fans of men’s football are ‘racist and homophobic’ 19 Television sports presenter Clare Balding has hit out at men's football, has said its fans are "racist and homophobic", and that male footballers fake injuries, unlike their female counterparts.
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".
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.
19 March 2013
Study: 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.

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