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When coaches bully (Part 2)
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted January 10, 2011 at 7:58pm

On December 22 I briefly noted a lawsuit in Kilgore, TX in which the mother of a lesbian high school softball player (identified as S.W. in the lawsuit) is suing the Kilgore Independent School District, the athletic director, the head softball coach and t...more

New gay high school athlete blog
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted January 10, 2011 at 12:43pm

On the heels of the bad news in my previous post, I wanted to make note of some good news on the high school sports front. Three gay high school athletes from three different parts of the country have initiated a blog to share some of their experiences an...more

Athletes as allies in fighting homophobia in sport
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted January 5, 2011 at 8:51pm

Hudson Taylor was a wrestler at the University of Maryland, now an assistant wrestling coach at Columbia University. He received lots of attention last year when he competed with the Human Rights Campaign Equal logo on his headgear. Hudson is also a st...more

Lesbian high school softball player files discrimination lawsuit
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted December 22, 2010 at 2:17pm

Here is one of the many reasons why we need to do a lot more educating of high school administrators, athletic directors and coaches about coach abuse of power and discrimination against student-athletes because of their actual or perceived sexual orienta...more

Lesbian Coaches, Christian Schools: It’s Gut Check Time at Belmont
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted December 21, 2010 at 4:14pm

The controversy over the departure of women’s soccer coach, Lisa Howe, from her position at Belmont University raises lots of interesting questions about the collision of religious freedom, LGBT rights and cultural change and Belmont is right in the mid...more

The push back at Belmont University continues
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted December 9, 2010 at 8:15pm

The uproar at Belmont University in Nashville, TN continues a week after women’s soccer coach, Lisa Howe, was dismissed because she is a lesbian. The university denies that she was dismissed and the university president in a statement from outer space l...more

Explaining the scarcity of female coaches: Homophobia still pervasive
by One Sport Voice
posted December 9, 2010 at 6:46pm

This week I read two separate stories about female collegiate coaches who are no longer coaching due to homophobia. Scholars have been writing about the effects of homophobia on women’s sports for decades, yet it persists. The first story is about Univ...more

Fired soccer coach draws protests
by After Atalanta
posted December 7, 2010 at 7:03pm

News out of Belmont State in Tennessee last week included the announcement that women's soccer coach, Lisa Howe, resigned under pressure from university administration.* The impetus? Howe's same-sex partner is pregnant. The issue of "can they do this?" is...more

Howe about equality – Belmont University students, faculty and alums protest lesbian coach’s “resignation”
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted December 6, 2010 at 9:57pm

Students at Belmont University are protesting the so-called “resignation” of women’s soccer coach, Lisa Howe, who is a lesbian (See my previous blog post for more information). Affirming my faith in a younger generation of Christians, students, fac...more

Belmont University’s Christian hypocrisy: Don’t ask, don’t tell, don’t get pregnant
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted December 5, 2010 at 8:33pm

Women’s soccer coach, Lisa Howe, either resigned on her own or was pressured to resign depending on who you believe in this sordid story. She was a lesbian coach at a self-described “progressive Christian” school. Last year her team won the Atla...more

Go LPGA!
by After Atalanta
posted December 2, 2010 at 12:06pm

So, as somewhat expected, the LPGA players voted to eliminate the organization's "female at birth" participation policy. Yesterday the group decided, prompted by the recent lawsuit by Lana Lawless, to change its ways.So, yea!I don't have much more to say ...more

An Open Letter to the LPGA
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted December 1, 2010 at 10:08pm

Dear LPGA:Thank you for voting last night to change your by-laws by deleting the requirement that members must be “female at birth.” I know this change was prompted by a lawsuit, but nonetheless, I applaud your decision to join other sports organizat...more

Changing the Game: The GLSEN Sports Project
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted November 30, 2010 at 8:03pm

When my position as director of It Takes a Team with the Women’s Sports Foundation was eliminated last February, I knew I still had a lot of energy and passion for working on LGBT issues in sport. It was just a matter of finding the best venue for conti...more

More on gender and sport in the not-so-binary system
by After Atalanta
posted November 30, 2010 at 6:40pm

USA Today ran this piece focusing on Lana Lawless, or rather leading with the golfer's story, but extending the discussion to gender in sport, i.e. when gender is not so neatly packaged. The LPGA was scheduled to gather for a players' meeting in which the...more

Coming out, being queer--and sport, of course
by After Atalanta
posted November 28, 2010 at 6:15pm

Oh gender and sexual identity, how you confound me! But in that good way I so enjoy.Three things--but one thing--but kind of three.Where to begin?Well I've been thinking about queerness and homonormativity and voice and visibility of late. And not always ...more

LPGA set to allow transgender women to play
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted November 23, 2010 at 7:47pm

On October 13, I posted a story about Lana Lawson who is a transgender woman suing the LPGA for the right to play in LPGA sponsored events. Currently LPGA competitions are restricted to golfers who are “female at birth” effectively excluding transgend...more

The Godliness of Pink and Blue
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted November 15, 2010 at 6:48pm

Randi Foster is a 12 year old middle school student in Mississippi. After a meeting of the Fellowship of Christian Students in the school, several of her Christian classmates attacked her. They verbally abused her, kicked her, hit her and threw her into a...more

A challenge to heterosexual women coaches and athletes: Speak up and out
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted November 9, 2010 at 7:33pm

On October 26 I wrote about a feature in the Portland Monthly on Portland State head women’s basketball coach, Sherri Murrell. Sherri is the only publicly out lesbian Division 1 basketball coach. As hard to belief as that is, it is true. Happily, Sherr...more

LGBT student athletes taking on homophobia in college athletics
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted October 31, 2010 at 4:00pm

I am really excited by several recent news reports about LGBT and ally student athlete led groups on college campuses. Groups at Eastern Michigan, Yale and UPenn have all been featured in recent stories. Other schools that have organized similar groups ...more

Superintendents say the darndest things...
by Title IX Blog
posted October 29, 2010 at 6:58pm

And we wondered why schools needed a reminder of their obligation to protect students against sexual harassment and sex-based bullying? Here's one superintendent, actually complaining about the recent OCR guidance letter: "This is an incredible expansi...more

Portland State Coach "is the list"
by They're Playing Basketball
posted October 27, 2010 at 12:26pm

This one gets its own post: Portland State Coach Sherri Murrell is the only openly gay Division I women's basketball coach, out of 335.It’s certainly no secret. Murrell’s PSU bio ends with the line, Murrell and her partner, Rena Shuman, welcomed twins...more

OCR "Dear Colleague" letter addresses Title IX and bullying
by Title IX Blog
posted October 26, 2010 at 8:20pm

Today the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights sent letters of guidance to thousands of educational institutions across the country, reminding them of their obligation under Title IX and other civil rights laws to protect students from bullyi...more

Sherri Murrell: A Game Changer, Indeed!
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted October 26, 2010 at 4:12pm

Here is a wonderful profile of Sherri Murrell, the women’s basketball coach at Portland State University. Sherri is not only a winning coach whose team made into the NCAA tournament last year, she is also the only publicly out lesbian NCAA Division 1 w...more

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