Gay sports writers?

I would say a lot of sports departments I worked in probably wouldn't care, but no one in them has publicly admitted being gay - nor should they have to. However, I have noticed in the course of conversation a lot of time comments or phrases are used that would be particularly derogatory to someone who is gay (usually without intent of insulting anyone I'm sure) but might make for an uncomfortable atmosphere if someone there were gay and no one knew it.

 

As I said in a different thread ... it doesn't take much to stop using certain words. Think about it, make yourself conscious of it, and stop using them.

 

Broussard says Granderson is openly gay. I'd be interested to know how many players that he covers know, how many who didn't know will now, and how, if at all, his dealings with players has been/will be affected.

 

OK. I'm in but I'm gonna need a spit cup.

 

Peace

 

Las Vegas Review-Journal SE and columnist Joe Hawk is openly gay. In fact, he came out on the original SportsJournalists.com board after the Wally Matthews-Piazza story. Shitty writer. Brave guy.

 

This is a great topic, something I was thinking about just the other day.

I don't think the reaction to a gay sports writer would be as bad as would be seen in a locker room. Unless you have Christofacist coworkers, I don't believe the reaction would be quite so virulent.

That's not to say there wouldn't be a measure of discomfort to be felt. In my own experience, sports departments tend to be overtly masculine atmospheres. The talk almost always centers on sports (duh), food or women. When people talk of their personal interests, it usually takes the form of golf, hunting, softball, golf, fantasy football, golf, gambling or golf. (Again, just my own experiences here.)

I'm not gay, but I do have some interests and sides to my personality I keep from my coworkers because I don't want them to think I'm weird(er than I already am.) There's not a whole lot of outside-the-norm lifestyles or opinions in sports departments, at least from my vantage point. Actually, I take that back...I'm sure there are, they're just not expressed. It's a cultural thing.

Would a homosexual coworker be reviled? Probably not. But depending on the culture of the place, he/she could very well be regarded as an odd duck rather than just another member of the team.

 

Earlier in this thread, someone posting said the reason male reporters aren't allowed into female locker rooms is because they would become aroused seeing women naked and/or showering. Surely, you're not referring to the LPGA, right?

 

So Natalie Gulbis, Paula Creamer and Morgan Pressel (among others) aren't attractive? I mean honestly . . . and if female reporters are allowed into a locker room, so are male ones.

 

Sportschick---Good point. There are exceptions to every rule.

 

Buck, are you a member of the PC police? If so, excuse me all over myself.

 

If you wanna act like a sexist pig, you're gonna get called out, cc.