Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog

Commentary on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues in sport from a long-time educator and advocate for social justice in sports. I am also author of Strong Women, Deep Closets: Lesbians and Homophobia in Sport. The opinions expressed in this blog are solely mine and do not necessarily reflect those of any organization with which I am affiliated.

Monday, March 31, 2008

A Pregnant Pause on the Way to Tampa

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I’m a University of Maryland grad and a big women’s college basketball fan so that means I’m pretty darned excited about the Terps playing i...
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008

ESPN on Negative Recruiting

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Sunday morning ESPN Outside the Lines featured a short segment on negative recruiting based on perceived sexual orientation in women’s sport...
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Friday, March 14, 2008

Making the Connections

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I’ve avoided writing about last month’s murder of Lawrence King , a fifteen year old gay middle school student in California. Partly it is ...
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Sunday, March 9, 2008

A Funeral for the N-Word

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The Student Athlete Advisory Council at Mount Olive College recently held a funeral for the N-word to “to celebrate a death – the death of...
Monday, March 3, 2008

Returning to Penn State: A Journey of Hope

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Last week I spent two and a half days in State College, Pennsylvania at Penn State University. Lea Robinson, my friend and colleague from S...
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Monday, February 25, 2008

Anti-Gay Name-Calling is “Just A Good Laugh”?

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Whenever I work with student-athletes on LGBT issues in sport, I do a short “stand up poll” at the beginning of the session where I ask seve...
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Monday, February 18, 2008

When Fans Cross the Line and Universities Are Weenies About It

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On January 24 the University of Oregon men’s basketball team hosted UCLA. One of the UCLA players, freshman Kevin Love, is from Oregon, but...
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