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New NBA contract prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation
Professional basketball players in the NBA are now officially protected from discrimination based on sexual orientation.
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Major League Baseball's new contract protects gay players
Major League Baseball's new Collective Bargaining Agreement officially protects gay baseball players from discrimination based on sexual orientation.
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Retired Penn State coach arrested for sex crimes with underage boys
Gerald A. "Jerry" Sandusky, 67, former defensive coordinator for the Penn State Nittany Lions was arrested Saturday on 40 varying counts of sexual exploitation of a minor
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Philadelphia Flyers' Wayne Simmonds won't be punished for gay slur
Philadelphia Flyers player Wayne Simmonds won't be punished for using a gay slur on the ice, because no one can prove that he actually did it.
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Lesbian swimmer Diana Nyad abandons Cuba-to-Florida swim
Swimmer Diana Nyad has abandoned her latest attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida.
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Phoenix Suns CEO Rick Welts resigns to spend more time with gay partner
Phoenix Suns CEO Rick Welts, the first openly gay executive in major league sports in the United States, is resigning to get his "personal and professional lives better aligned."
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Lesbian athlete and writer swimming from Havana to Florida
Lesbian athlete Diana Nyad is swimming from Havana to the Florida Keys today.
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Series 2011 is 'Taking it to the Streets' for closing street fair in Boystown
The 35th annual Gay Softball World Series (GSWS), which will take place in Chicago beginning August 29, will wrap-up a week of softball and social events with a closing awards ceremony and street fair in Boystown on Satu
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Philadelphia Eagles receiver DeSean Jackson sorry for gay slur
Philadelphia Eagles receiver DeSean Jackson stars in the latest edition of "Athlete Apologizes for Using Gay Slur."