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Casey Dellacqua speaks out about Margaret Court targeting her family
Australian tennis star Casey Dellacqua has stood up for her family and spoken out against tennis legend Margaret Court. Dellacqua has two young children with her partner, former touch football player Amanda Judd. She said she could no longer ignore Court’s views after her family was the subject of a letter to the editor written …
Sydney football team fined for fans’ homophobic banner
The Western Sydney Wanderers football team have been fined $20,000 by Football Federation Australia for “bringing the game into disrepute” after fans of the team displayed a banner deemed to be homophobic during a match last weekend. The explicit banner depicted a likeness of rival team Sydney FC’s manager Graham Arnold engaging in oral sex, …
Andrew Purchas awarded OAM for LGBTI advocacy in sport
Andrew Purchas, founder of Australia’s first gay rugby union club, the Sydney Convicts, has been awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for “service to rugby union and to the promotion of social inclusion for LGBTI people”. Purchas was instrumental in bringing the Bingham Cup to Sydney in 2014 and has been the …
Gay footy players ‘should come out as a group’
Several gay football players in the UK should come out as a group on the same day, the head of England’s Football Association has encouraged. FA Chief Greg Clarke told The Times newspaper that he’s spoken to gay soccer players and he thinks it would be a good idea to synchronise their coming out, if …
JK Rowling claps back at Tom Daley’s homophobic haters
Harry Potter author JK Rowling has used her Twitter to shut down homophobic abuse aimed at Olympic diver Tom Daley. Poor Tom failed to qualify for the final of the 10m platform dive in Rio over the weekend. The 22-year-old previously scooped a bronze medal for the synchronised event, but broke down in tears when …
Rainbows on the field during AFL’s historic Pride Game
The AFL held it’s first ever Pride Game in Melbourne on Saturday night. The game, believed to be a world-first in professional sport, was a joint initiative between the AFL and the match’s two teams, the Sydney Swans and St Kilda Saints. Both who wore rainbow-coloured socks and rainbow-coloured guernseys. For the first time, the …
Daily Beast pulls ‘shameful’ Olympian Grindr story
News website The Daily Beast has taken down an article that attracted criticism for potentially outing closeted gay Olympians on Grindr. Reporter Nico Hines, who is straight, said he wrote the article to test the widespread rumours that the Olympic Village is “a hotbed of partying athletes, hookups, and sex, sex, sex.” He said he …
AFL legend Nicky Winmar shares how proud he is of gay son
In 1993, Australian football legend Nicky Winmar famously stood up to racism on the field in Australian sport. Now, ahead of this weekend’s historic AFL Pride Game, the Indigenous former St Kilda Saints player is standing up to homophobia too. In a new video introduced by lesbian comedian Magda Szubanski, Nicky (pictured, left) shares how …
AFL makes footy history with first ever Pride Game
The AFL has announced its first ever Pride Game to support the LGBTI community, believed to be a world first for a professional sporting competition. St Kilda’s Saints will wear shirts with rainbow-patterned numbers and the Swans will wear rainbow socks to show their support for the LGBTI community during the round 21 clash next …