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Contents:
- GAY RIGHTS HAD A BIG MOMENT AT THE SUPER BOWL
- THE GAY GUI TO SUPER BOWL 50
- A LOT PEOPLE WANTED TO KNOW IF COLDPLAY AND CHRIS MART ARE GAY AFTER WATCHG THE SUPER BOWL
- HOW AN ARMY VETERAN SIGNED THE INIC SYMBOL OF THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
- THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
- TAL OM A GAY FOOTBALL FAN
GAY RIGHTS HAD A BIG MOMENT AT THE SUPER BOWL
A lot people are wonrg if Coldplay and lead sger Chris Mart are gay after watchg their Super Bowl 50 half-time performance. * super bowl 50 gay pride *
NewsGay Rights Had A Big Moment At The Super BowlEverythg at the Super Bowl halftime show was vered rabows, om Coldplay sger Chris Mart's shirt to the stage he was dancg on. The Super Bowl's pro-gay marriage moment was rehg and unexpected, and illtrated jt how much public sentiment on the issue has changed over the last several a sense, wasn't too surprisg. Super Bowl 50 was hosted San Francis — though the actual game took place nearby Santa Clara — and San Francis has long been a both an epicenter for gay rights and a very LGBTQ-iendly cy general.
Harvey Milk's 1977 electn to the San Francis Board of Supervisors was a watershed event gay history, and 2003, then-mayor Gav Newsom unilaterally orred gay marriag to be performed the cy over a before the Supreme Court legalized marriage equaly worldwi.
Even five years ago, wouldn't have been nceivably for the Super Bowl to exprs an unabashedly pro-gay msage durg the halftime was an important symbolic moment, and given the NFL's reputatn for rampant homophobia, a very wele spe of all of that progrs, you wouldn't believe some of the sexist ments female football fans experience. Celebratg our 15th anniversary, this year's Gay Gui to the Super Bowl.
THE GAY GUI TO SUPER BOWL 50
For a while, I chronicled on Outsports the homoerotic ments Simms would make om time to time.
A gay iend of me was dismissive, sayg that not even someone as good lookg as Newton uld pull them off and they ma his ass look too big. THE GAY ANGLE: The host cy is San Francis and Beyonce is part of the halftime show.
A LOT PEOPLE WANTED TO KNOW IF COLDPLAY AND CHRIS MART ARE GAY AFTER WATCHG THE SUPER BOWL
The only way n get any more gay is if Troy Aikman was the TV analyst and Aaron Rodgers one of the quarterbacks (I kid, I kid!
HOW AN ARMY VETERAN SIGNED THE INIC SYMBOL OF THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
Wa, got more gay after I published this: Lady Gaga is sgg the natnal anthem. Cam Newton is among NFL players sayg they would embrace a gay teammate. In Denver, Brons team print was among those welg Michael Sam when he announced he was gay prr to the NFL Draft 2014.
On a more disturbg note, unintified members of the Panthers were acced of g gay slurs agast Giants receiver Oll Beckham Jr.
THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
Beckham told former players he has been the subject of gay slurs this season. " Howevere, this week Norman nied to me that he lled Beckham a gay slur.
On the non-football ont, look for soccer player Abby Wambach, an open lbian, say "gay" an ad for Mi Cooper. TEA BAG FOR TWO: There is always a level of homoeroticism and sexualy lurkg every football game.
Jeremy is a 17-year-old high school stunt om Hoton who has been wrg about the NFL om the perspective of an openly gay teen. One thg to note, se you’re thkg NFL players are big homophobic jocks, by 2013 we had intified 62 players who were ol wh . Earlier this year we intified 61 current NFL players, 13 owners and 9 head ach support gay and bi athlet.
TAL OM A GAY FOOTBALL FAN
New England Patrts signed pro-marriage-equaly amic briefThe Patrts, led by owner Robert Kraft, were the only NFL team to sign an amic brief supportg the ultimate cisn by SCOTUS to legalize gay marriage.