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.

Sunday, August 7, 2011

SMU Settles Lawsuit with Former Women's Baksetball Player

Here is a news report on the conclusion of a lawsuit I first wrote about in September, 2008. You can see that blog post here for more spec...

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Sex And Selling Women’s Sports

The Nation magazine has a special issue on the role and impact of sport on U.S. culture edited by Dave Zirin. One of the articles in this is...

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Hudson Taylor: An Amazing Straight Athlete Ally

If I were 40 years younger and straight, I would fall in love with Hudson Taylor. What an amazing straight ally. Watch this video and be i...

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Sherri Murrell: Pioneer and Role Model

Here is a great article about Sherri Murrell, the openly lesbian women's basketball coach at Portland State University. The emails tha...

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Lessons Sheryl Swoopes Is Teaching Us

Sheryl Swoopes has announced that she is engaged to a man. This news might be confusing to some people who remember that Sheryl revealed th...

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

More On UMinnesota Discrimination Lawsuit

Former women’s golf coach Katie Brenny and members of the women’s team have widely different accounts of what transpired in their conversat...

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Homophobia and Sexism in Soccer

This is an excellent article commenting on homophobia and sexism in soccer. Given the start of the Women's World Cup games and the rece...

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