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Sunday, August 7, 2011

Outsports top-100 moments in LGBT sports history: numbers 61 to 70

Here's a reminder of the latest ten stories in the Outsports series:

Over the rest of the summer we will release our list of the 100 most important moments in gay-sports history. We have focused on specific moments, whether they be a few minutes or a day, that have shaped the course of our history; Many of the faces of those moments will be familiar to our readers.

We focused on what we consider to be the “gay-sports movement.” There were certainly amazing gay and lesbian athletes before the Stonewall riots in 1969, but there wasn’t a push for gay equality in sports until after that fateful day in New York City. Our moments range from July 1, 1969 to July 1, 2011.

61) Terrell Owens implies that former teammate Jeff Garcia is gay
62) CBC airs “The Last Closet”/ 1990s /media
63) NCAA workshop on sexual orientation / 2003 / various sports
64) Bill Konigsberg comes out at ESPN / 2001 / media
65) Caster Semenya asked to undergo gender test / 2009 / track & field
66) Formation of Penn’s Athletes & Allies PATH / 2003 / various sports
67) Homophobic chants at Brazil volleyball match / 2011 / volleyball
68) NCAA chief encourages embrace of sexual orientation
69) Ed Gallagher survives suicide attempt / 1985 / football
70) World Outgames splits from Gay Games / 2003 / various sports
These are all important stories, and we recommend that you visit Outsports to learn more about each of them.

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