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[22 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 103 views]
Minneapolis gay soccer team headed to Germany

The Twin Cities Jacks, aka Lumberjacks, head to Cologne, Germany next August to compete in the men’s division at the 2010 Gay Games. The Jacks are the only LGBT soccer …

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[10 Dec 2009 | No Comment | 184 views]

A 17-year old high school student is using a blog to to talk about how hard it is to come out in high school especially in high school sports. “Mikey” …

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[12 Nov 2009 | One Comment | 29 views]

Students chanting homophobic slurs at a University of Minnesota-Duluth men’s hockey game have prompted the school to crack down. UMD says that fans chanting sexist, racist or homophobic words will …

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[3 Nov 2009 | No Comment | 46 views]

Kansas City Chiefs running back Larry Johnson is taking a lot of heat for two instances in recent weeks when he used anti-gay slurs in very public ways. The flap …

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[20 Oct 2009 | No Comment | 136 views]
New/Old TC LGBT Basketball League Starts November 1st!

An old Twin Cities queer sports league is getting a shot in the arm this year, with two new commissioners who’ve got plans to rebuild it to its heyday. …

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[7 Oct 2009 | 2 Comments | 231 views]
Cirque du SoGay: Not Your Parents’ Alleycat!

Like bicycles? Like non-traditional sexualities and genders? Come on down to Queer Bike Gang’s first-ever alleycat race on Saturday, starting at 2:30 from Minneapolis’ Sabathani Community Center.
The …

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[29 Jul 2009 | No Comment | 80 views]
[Updated] Bomb attacks at the Outgames

The 2008 OutGames saw the second violent attack in a week as small bombs were thrown onto the track, injuring a Seattle-area athlete. Edge Boston has the details. Competitions at …

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[19 Jun 2009 | No Comment | 159 views]
Wrestling for Everyone

Gays in competitive wrestling can be a rather –uh– touchy subject for some men.  One of Jason Lindquist’s friends found this out the hard way when he tried …