As reported by Keph Senett in the The New Civil Rights Movement on July 19: United States Olympic soccer midfielder Megan Rapinoe’s plain language announcement (“For the record: I...
Rowing is one of the oldest Olympic sports; here in the United States, high school and collegiate rowing is sometimes referred to as crew. A funerary...
After sweeping the preliminaries, and following their Olympic victories in the finals over Canada, 91 – 48, in which Seimone Augustus scored 9 points, and over Australia 86...
Field Hockey was first played at English Schools in the 19th Century. It first appeared at a Summer Olympics in 1908. It was then dropped until...
Brazil’s Mayssa Pessoa (b. 11-09-84) who plays professional handball for her club, Issy-Paris is considered one of the leading goalkeepers in the world of handball. Previously...
London 2012 handball Olympian Alexandra Lacrabère took part in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where the French team came fifth. Before joining the 2012 French Olympic Women’s Handball...
This is the fifteenth in a series of articles profiling known out and proud Olympic athletes who are openly LGBT. The New Civil Rights Movement will publish one article...
This is the seventeenth in a series of articles profiling known out and proud Olympic athletes who are openly LGBT. The New Civil Rights Movement will publish one article...
This is the sixth in a series of articles profiling known out and proud Olympic athletes who are openly LGBT. The New Civil Rights Movement will publish one article...
The Love that dare not speak its name just won’t shut up!* Marriage Equality bills are being debated and passed in state legislatures and signed —...
Sometimes it’s best to just let a story tell itself. Here in Seattle we have an LGBT Commission. From the Seattle LGBT Commission (SLGBTC) Website: Mission...
BE IT PROCLAIMEDÂ BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, That the Council hereby proclaim March 17, 2012 to be LGBT Civil Rights Equality Awareness...
Marriage Equality in Washington State was signed into law by Governor Christine Gregoire on February 13; the backlash was immediate. Within hours Referendum 74, an attempt to...
Yesterday afternoon, Judge Thomas McPhee ruled that Washington’s Referendum 74, which is the bill that brings same-sex marriage equality to the state, will not contain the phrase “redefine...
The International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission  (IGLHRC) reports this week that groups of LGBT people are being targeted in Iraq, noting “close to 40 people...