With less than two weeks until Election Day in Houston, two openly gay athletes announced their support for the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO), writes Hayley Miller on the HRC Blog. Retired NBA athlete Jason Collins, who spoke at HRC’s National Dinner earlier this month, tweeted his support. Michael Sam, the first openly gay player…
The NFL’s first openly gay player, Michael Sam, will receive an Athlete Ally Action Award, Athlete Ally announced today. Athlete Ally, a nonprofit focused on educating and activating athletes to champion LGBT equality, will also honor basketball legend Grant Hill and tennis champion Dr. Renée Richards at this year’s Athlete Ally Action Awards Oct. 20…
Michael Sam believes that he would still be in the NFL if he hadn’t come although he has no regrets for having done so. “I wanted to come out after I made an NFL roster, it really wasn’t supposed to be public,” Sam said on the Dan Patrick Show during a 13-minute interview. “It was just…
Michael Sam, the first out gay player to be drafted into the NFL, announced Friday he is leaving football. In a series of Tweets Sam said he was ‘Stepping away’ from the game, reported Buzzfeed. He cited ‘concerns for his mental health’ over the last 12 months. In May, Sam joined the Montreal Alouettes of…
MONTREAL – The Montreal Alouettes announced today that the club has signed international defensive end Michael Sam to a two-year deal. Sam (6’2’’, 260 lbs.) joins the Alouettes after spending the 2014 season in the National Football League with the St. Louis Rams and the Dallas Cowboys. The 25-year-old athlete developed his playing abilities with the…
Michael Sam, who made history last year as the first openly gay player to be drafted into the NFL, is moving into reality TV by joining the 20th season of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars, reports The Huffington Post. Other notable names to join Sam for this season of “Dancing With The Stars” include Patti…
http://youtu.be/gsEXn5Hft4A It’s Super Bowl Sunday and Coca Cola wants to spread positivity and acceptance with their new ad starring Michael Sam. In the video description, Coca-Cola explains, “Michael Sam has experienced firsthand how the Internet has grown increasingly negative. Watch as he channels this negativity into positivity and provides great advice for how to #MakeItHappy. “…
KANSAS CITY – Today, the Human Rights Campaign announced that Michael Sam, who made history as America’s first openly-gay professional football player, will keynote the organization’s 2nd Annual Kansas City Equality Brunch Sunday, Feb. 15. “We are thrilled that Michael Sam will be keynoting our Kansas City event,” said Angela Cottrell, Kansas City member of…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, has announced that Michael Sam, who made history as America’s first openly gay professional football player, will be honored at HRC’s national Time to THRIVE conference in February. “We are excited and privileged to recognize Michael Sam, and his brave commitment to leading an authentic life in…
Despite a record number of states legalizing same-sex marriage, Michael Sam coming out and the very real prospect of a film about a gay mathematician taking home the ‘Best Picture’ prize at the 87th annual Academy Awards, 2014 was filled with reminders that the arc for LGBT civil rights is never a straight line. Brian…
