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Michael Sam

Queer athletes deserve recognition

March 7, 2015 by Archived posts 3 Comments

By Shane Burrell |Sports Editor| & Loydie Burmah |Opinions Editor| Queer collegiate athletes can risk their professional careers by coming out. Queer college athletes have a higher risk of risking their professional sports careers by coming out due to the lack of support from the professional sports community. Coming out is an ongoing process, and for the queer athlete revealing one’s true identity does not stop in the locker room. “Homophobia is a salient theme within both collegiate and non-collegiate male athletic subcultures,” wrote researchers Kenneth B. Muir and Trina Seitz in their participant-observational study on machismo, misogyny, and homophobia within … [Read more...] about Queer athletes deserve recognition

Filed Under: Opinions Tagged With: bisexual, collegiate sports, gay, homophobia, Jennifer Harris, Kenneth B. Muir, lesbian, LGBTQ, LGBTQ discrimination, loydieburmah, machismo, Michael Sam, misogyny, Pennsylvania State University, professional sports, queer athletes, Rene Portland, sburrell70, transgender or questioning, Trina Seitz

Rams make history with Sam

May 16, 2014 by Archived posts 27 Comments

By Luis Petty |Staff Writer| Michael Sam, an openly gay player in the National Football League Draft was selected by the St. Louis Rams on Saturday, May 10, 2014. This NFL draft is being considered a point of progress for American football. Sam is from the small town of Hitchcock, Texas, a town 40 miles southeast of Houston, Texas. According to The New York Times, in an article by Joe Drape, Steve Elder and Billy Witz, Sam didn’t have an easy childhood. He grew up with a strong masculine father Michael Sam Sr., who expressed in an interview his negative reaction while celebrating his birthday at a Denny’s to the news of his son’s sexual orientation. Sam came out publicly on … [Read more...] about Rams make history with Sam

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: controversy, draft, gay, Michael Sam, nfl, sports

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