Florida Agenda

As pro football fans gather for Sunday’s Super Bowl in Glendale, Arizona, a popular social networking app has bought two large outdoor ads near the event site. The ads by SCRUFF, which boasts 7 million users worldwide, features two masculine men checking each other out in a locker room. The message reads “Play On Our […]

By RICHARD HACK / BALTIMORE, Md. — Tom Luchsinger, the fastest U.S. swimmer in the butterfly stroke, announced he was gay this week in a letter published in OutSports. According to Luchsinger, his personal struggle with his sexual orientation has taken its psychological toll. “For as long as I can remember I tried to repress […]

Beverly Hills, CA – Billie Jean King recently told the Associated Press that she couldn’t have come out of the closet in the 70s because it would have damaged her career as well as the women’s professional tennis tour as a whole. “I don’t think it would have helped the situation. I think it would […]

Nike wants to sponsor the first major out pro gay athlete. But who will step forward and claim the throne? The company wants to be the sponsor of “anyone thinking about becoming the first openly gay athlete in major U.S. team sports.” The comment went directly to Rick Welts, the openly gay president of the […]

LOS ANGELES, CA — Former professional football player Kwame Harris, who played for the San Francisco 49ers and Oakland Raiders, came out on Friday during an interview with CNN. Harris, a former offensive tackle who played for six seasons in the NFL, told CNN that he regrets not being able to admit his sexuality during […]