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Striving for Inclusion and Acceptance [beyond Tolerance]

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Listed below is a worldwide news feed that shows the progress and challenges towards inclusion and acceptance within the sports world.

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Resources For Parents In The Rowing Family


The GLRF website has always approached the issue of how to support a gay and lesbian rower who is in the process of coming out to their team, coach, family, and friends. On 05 Nov 2006, all that changed when a rower’s visit to the GLRF booth at the Head of the Hooch Regatta in Chattanooga produc...



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Yoshino's New Book Examines "covering" - Yale Daily News






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Part Of The Crew - Outsports


A Rower Comes Out: If Your Teammates Don’t Accept You, Then You Really Aren’t on a Team



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Get Out And Row In The Outgames - Rowing News


So what if you're not on that team - you don't have to be gay to race at the Gay Games



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Sharing A Secret - Outsports


Growing up, I always knew that something about me was a little different, but I was never able to put my finger on it. Throughout high school, I was still unsure of what it was, but it was more out of insecurity and immaturity. I graduated high school and left New Jersey for Lafayette College in Pennsylvania to play tennis. I began to come to grips with the realization that I was attracted to men, but I believed that it was just a phase. After taking numerous psychology courses in my freshman year, I began to think that I could condition myself to like girls by dating them. By my sophomore year, it was all I could think about: I was gay and there was no way that I could change.



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Fighting An Image - Daily Bruin






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Coaches Voice Concerns - Daily Bruin






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Locked In Silence - Daily Bruin






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Gay Jocks Bond - Outsports






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Discrimination Indifferent To Different Sports


Softball player, basketball player, and swimmer share similar stories.