26.05.11
It seems that there never had time to change the spirit of being gay in the world of sport.
Two basketball players of the Phoenix Suns have participated in a service announcement noted this year denouncing the phrase "it's so gay."
National Football League linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo with - and the National Coalition of hockey before Sean Avery - supported same-sex marriage in the videos, and many people came out: a former member of the Villanova University basketball, two sports journalists and Phoenix Suns President and Chief Executive Officer Rick Welts.
Indeed, 2011 could be off a pivotal year for lesbians, gay, bisexual and transgender people in athletics, some sports experts and leaders of gay organizations say. Despite this, no one on men gays go into one of four major U.S. leagues has publicly come out.
Some say that could change after the San Francisco Giants - Series champions just ecstatic - to complete their video clip for "It Gets heartier campaign, a movement of the compilation of more than 10,000 videos from those who have overcome the bullying and isolation from the public because they were gays, lesbians and transgenders.
Source: ABC News