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Thursday, October 6, 2011

17 October 2011 / Invisible Athletes in Boston

On October 17th from 6-8pm at the Sunday School Building in the Christian Science Plaza, Sport in Society will host GForce Sports as they present Invisible Athletes. Invisible Athletes is a program about gay athletes, straight allies and changing locker rooom attitudes. A panel of gay and lesbian athletes will present their personal stories and experience. Some of the featured panelists include:


  • David Farber, a former captain of the University of Pennsylvania’s hockey team, now working for the US Department of Justice in New York
  • Dr. Andrew Goldstein, a former Dartmouth University All-American and professional lacrosse player, now a molecular biologist and UCLA professor
  • Lee-J Mirasolo, a former Boston College women’s hockey team captain and current Princeton University assistant coach.
  • The panel will be moderated by Patrick Burke who’s brother Brendan couragelously came out to his Miami University’s teammates in 2009 prior to his passing in a fatal car accident.

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