FGG Ambassador at Equality Forum

Brian Sims, the latest leader to join the list of Gay Games Ambassadors, will participate in the National Sports Panel at the Equity Forum
Thursday, April 29, 8:30 p.m. - 9:45 p.m.
Arts Bank
601 South Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA

A panel of athletes and sports experts discusses the toxic effect of homophobia in college and professional sports.

Gail Shister (Moderator)
Adjunct Professor
University of Pennsylvania
One of the nation’s first female sportswriters and among the first openly gay mainstream reporters, Gail Shister was the TV columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer for 25 years. Shister teaches at the University of Pennsylvania, covers television as a columnist for TVNewser.com, and appears regularly on CNN’s "Reliable Sources." In 2008, she was inducted into the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association Hall of Fame.

Anna Aagenes (Panelist)
Senior
University of Pennsylvania
Anna Aagenes is a senior at University of Pennsylvania. Aagenes served as Chair of the Queer Student Alliance and Penn Athletes and Allies Tackling Homophobia (PATH). She is a member of the Penn women's track team.

Dr. Pat Griffin (Panelist)
Professor Emeritus, Social Justice Education
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Pat Griffin is the former Director of “It Takes A Team!” - an education campaign for LGBT issues in sport. Dr. Griffin is a Professor Emeritus in Social Justice Education at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She won a gold medal in Hammer Throw at the 1998 Gay Games.

Brian Sims, Esq. (Panelist)
Chairman
Equality Advocates Pennsylvania
Brian Sims is a GLBT advocate, a policy attorney for the Philadelphia Bar Association, and serves as the Chairman of the Gay and Lesbian Lawyers of Philadelphia (GALLOP). Sims was the first openly gay college football captain in NCAA history.

Dan Woog (Panelist)
Author
Dan Woog is an educator, coach, journalist, author and activist. He has written six books on gay issues, including the highly acclaimed “Jocks” series that examines gay sports in America. His column, “The OutField,” appears in GLBT newspapers nationwide.