vol 19 #3

the gay games 9 issue

10 you are here

11 snapshot

12 qmunity

14 small pond: piercology

16 gay games 9: welcome

17 feature: gay games history

& LGBT all-stars

19 feature: LGBT athletes

feature: international gay rights

22 feature: gay rodeo 24 feature:

after the games 27 feature: gay games 9 sports & event schedules 36 the other side

39 complete the circuit

40 the mario & debbie show 42 deep inside hollywood

45 creative class: arts events

during gay games

46 interview: boy george

48 out & about 49 ohio gay bar directory

50 toledo pride

you are here

Who Says Gays Can't Play Sports?

It's finally here! Gay Games 9 is rushing, sailing, dancing, [enter any sports idiom here] into Cleveland and Akron this month to show the rest of the world just how well gays can play sports.

That being the point of GG9, I could write about the stereotypes associated with gay men and our inability to play sports. How it is often portrayed not as a lack of skill, but an abundance of femininity. I could also write about the flip side, the assumption that the majority of women who play sports are lesbians and how sporty women are often marginalized for being too masculine, especially if those women are butch.

I could talk about how bisexuals get shit from straights and gays or about trans people and hormones and which league they should play in. I could tell you that no one cares if a trans man plays in the men's league because you know "Devvon is really just a girl and not a threat to the cis men," or how everyone pitches a fit when a trans woman wants to play in the women's league because she'll have an unfair advantage because she was "born a man," regardless of all the estrogen pumping through her body.

I could then tie all that together and show how all of this is really related to the binary, which was created to keep women down, and how ultimately homophobia isn't so much about the fear of gay people, but about the hatred of women. And then conclude that gender bias is the root of our discrimination.

I could, but misogyny is depressing, especially when you're trying to watch men roll around in singlets. Plus, I'm preaching to the choir.

Instead, I'm going to encourage everyone to go celebrate our gayness and have a good time. This month we have a rare opportunity to interact with members of our community from around the world at an event that isn't a circuit party or a Pride festival. If you're on the fence, or not even close to the fence, I highly recommend heading to the Gay Games in Cleveland and Akron to participate, spectate or just party.

We have a whole issue filled with events and activities there's something for everyone of every athletic ability. And as Gay Games goes, this will probably be the only one in Ohio during our lifetime. So, quit hem-hawing and book your rooms and figure out your car pools!

If you had an opportunity to make it to the Gay Softball World Series in Columbus a few years ago, you remember what a blast that was and that was only one sport! If we know anything here in Ohio, we know Cleveland rocks. This is an experience that will rock your world. Don't let it slip by.

See you by the lake!

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puzzling solution puzzle on pg 54

51 the divine life

52 savage love

54 outlook blog squad

54 couple of guys

54 puzzling

10 august 2014

On the Cover:

Eisman Morales, photographed by

Emma Parker, sporting the Gay Games 9 medals. Win your own medal in Cleveland + Akron August 9-16.

NEXT MONTH: the arts & fashion issue

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