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The right-wing representative launched a campaign following Angela Carini's loss to Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, who conservatives were falsely claiming is a transgender woman.
US Middleweight Claressa Shields defeated Kazakhstan’s Marina Volnova in the semis to advance to the gold medal bout against Russia’s Nadezda Torlopova in the Olympics first-ever female boxing competition.
"I am a gay man and also an Olympic champion."
The U.S. women's soccer team defeated Canada 4-3 in dramatic fashion on Monday, when Alex Morgan put a header into the back of the net in the 122nd minute of second overtime play. The US trailed Canada 1-0 at the half, after Canadian superstar Christine Sinclair put our neighbors to the north on the board in the 22nd minute.
Daley, alongside teammate Matthew Lee, broke a few British world records.
German Cyclist Judith Arndt became the first out lesbian to medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London when she won a silver medal in the time trials. American Kristin Armstrong won the gold medal in the event and Olga Zabelinskaya of Russia won the bronze,
The internet is CACKLING over the possibility that the Olympic gold medal winner could take down Musk and Rowling!
The hunky gymnast gets a gold medal in thirst traps!
Lesbian speed skater Ireen Wüst will bring the gold home to the Netherlands after winning the gold medal in the women's 1,500-meter race on Sunday. Wüst posted a time of 1 minute, 56.89 seconds to beat Canadian Kristina Groves by .25 seconds to capture her country's fifth speedskating medal of the Vancouver Olympics. Czech Martina Sablikova won the bronze with a time of 1:57.96.
On paper it sounds like the next Rocky movie. A 17-year-old American Olympian coming from humble beginnings in Flint, Michigan battles her way to a gold medal, past a Russian fighter nearly twice her age. But what may feel like a Hollywood fairy tale for young Claressa Shields is a proud moment for USA boxing, as she becomes the first U.S. athlete to win the women’s middleweight gold medal.
The London 2012 Olympics are only four days old, and have already provided enough dramatic storylines for the entire US women’s team and their fans. Earlier today, the US women’s gymnastics team won gold defeating Russia 183.596 to 178.530. It was the team’s first Olympic gold since the Atlanta games in 1996, and only the second gold medal for US Women’s Gymnastics overall.
The opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games is a little more than a month away, so with that, let’s take a closer look at just a few of the U.S. Women’s National Team gold medal hopefuls.
Megan Rapinoe is not only an Olympic gold medal winning athlete at the top of her game, she is also an outspoken advocate for the equality movement, making headlines over the summer after she came out publicly as a lesbian in Out Magazine.
Gabrielle Christina Victoria "Gabby" Douglas is one of this year's Olympic darlings. As a member of the U.S. Women's Gymnastics team, Gabby is the first African American gymnast and woman of color, in Olympic history, to win gold medals in the individual all-around and team competitions at the same Olympics.
Fresh off leading the U.S. Women’s soccer team to a gold medal in the London Summer Olympic Games, head coach Pia Sundhage has stepped down. A native Swede, Sundhage will be returning home after signing a four-year contract to coach the Swedish national team.
Congratulations to the Dutch field hockey team for beating Argentina 2-0 to take the gold medal at the Olympics. One quarter of the women on the winning team in orange are out lesbians, making the them the most out team at the London Games. The Dutch team’s out athletes include Marilyn Agliotti, Kim Lammers, Maartje Paumen, and Carlien Dirkseke van den Heuvel.
Last August Caster Semenya won the Women's 800 gold medal at the World Championship in Berlin, Germany and was immediately the center of attention after the IAAF requested gender tests. She has not raced since and has remained silent, waiting patiently for the IAAF to release its results, but Tuesday she could wait no longer and released a statement. "I hereby publicly announce my return to athletics' competitions."
Last Thursday a no-name South African runner named Caster Semenya won the gold medal in the 800 meters at the IAAF World championship in Berlin. The end of this story should be her celebrating with her family and friends and being congratulated by the world. Instead she is now under a microscope literally and figuratively and being tested for her gender? Can her experience teach the IOC, IAAF and the public at large?
Megan Rapinoe says she's been playing better since she came out. So much so, that she helped the U.S. Women's soccer team win a gold medal Thursday in the final game against Japan. While efforts have been made to ensure that gay athletes competing at the Olympic games in London this summer feel welcome and safe, the 2014 winter games in Sochi, Russia may prove difficult to provide the same conditions.
