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May 23, 2013
Aussie film about teen with 'fluid' sexuality seeks crowd-funding

Feature film Teenage Kicks by writer-director Craig Boreham seeks $67,000 to start production

An Australian film about a teenager dealing the the death of his older brother and his 'ambidextrous' sexuality is seeking crowd-funding.

Teenage Kicks tells the story of 17-year-old Miklos Varga, whose plans to move out of from his family home with his best friend fall apart after the sudden death of his older brother.

The feature length film, made by writer-director Craig Boreham and producer Annmaree J Bell, is being adapted from a short-film called Drowning by the same team.

January 8, 2013
Gay boxer Orlando Cruz on coming out and what his future holds

'I will do my best to not disappoint the gay audience'

Just two weeks after announcing to the world that he is a 'proud gay man,' pro boxer Orlando Cruz stepped back into the ring and suddenly felt even more pressure to beat his opponent, Jorge Pazos.

'I had to win that fight,' Cruz tells The Advocate.

Had he lost, he says, he would have been 'taunted and harassed. I knew I had to win, I felt the pressure.'

December 13, 2012
African press fall for spoof Mike Tyson trans story

Joke article claims the former boxing world champion is now called Michelle and keeps his penis in a jar by his bedside

Newspapers in Africa have fallen for a spoof story about heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson becoming a transgender woman.

The article, which was originally published by UK-based satirical website NewsBiscuit in November, reported the former world champion would now be called Michelle.

The author who goes by the name of Uncle Bertie wrote that the 16-hour gender reassignment surgery at a Beverly Hills clinic was a 'complete success'.

November 12, 2012
Boxer Orlando Cruz on being gay in a macho world

First openly gay man to compete professionally boxing has spoken out about being a role model

Orlando Cruz, the first professional boxer to come out as gay, has spoken out about being gay in an extremely macho world.

The 31-year-old Puerto Rican said boxing is a sport largely dominated by men who think gays have to conform to a very specific stereotype.

In an interview with Spiegel Online, he said the spectators had accepted him.

October 20, 2012
Boxer Tyson Fury apologizes for homophobic tweets

Tyson Fury admits he sent a homophobic tweet about another boxer but said a comments saying that gay people should be killed was sent by his cousins - for which they would now pay

British boxer Tyson Fury has apologized for sending a series of homophobic tweets to rival boxer David Price but claims that a tweet that said all gay people should be killed was sent by someone else.

Fury admitted sending a tweet that read ‘David Price, I'm going to put you in intensive care, that's for sure mate. And you know your gay lover Tony Bellew? He's got to fight me in between the rounds as well. I want the two of you, you pair of tossers’

However he denied sending one that came from his Twitter account that read ‘dont like gays shoul all b shot dead.’

October 15, 2012
Boxer Orlando Cruz wants to be first gay world champion

Puerto Rican sports star says he consulted a psychologist before making the decision to come out

Puerto Rican boxer Orlando Cruz says he came out because he wants to become the first openly gay world champion.

Cruz, who is ranked the number four featherweight by the World Boxing Organization, went public about his sexuality on 4 October, describing himself as a 'proud gay man'.

October 4, 2012
Orlando Cruz becomes first openly gay pro boxer

The Puerto Rican says he has 'always been and always will be a proud gay man'

A featherweight Puerto Rico boxer has claimed to be the first openly gay man to come out and continue competing in the professional sport’s history.

Orlando Cruz, ranked the number four featherweight by the World Boxing Organization, said: ‘I’ve been fighting for more than 24 years and as I continue my ascendant career, I want to be true to myself.

‘I want to try to be the best role model I can be for kids who might look into boxing as a sport and a professional career.

August 14, 2012
UK's first Olympic boxing champ celebrates gold at G-A-Y

Olympic champion Nicola Adams toasts her success at 2012 games by visiting one of London's biggest gay clubs

Boxing champion Nicola Adams proved she is a knock-out in the club as well as the ring after being spotted celebrating winning Olympic gold at G-A-Y.

The first time games winner was smiling ear to ear when out enjoying drinks with friends in one of central London's biggest gay clubs on Saturday (11 August).

Club promoter Jeremy Joseph told Gay Star News: ‘She was really nice. You don’t expect it really. I kept thinking, you are far too nice - how is it that you can floor someone in the ring and be this nice?

June 11, 2012
Anti-gay Filipino boxer loses fight

Manny Pacquiao loses against Timothy Bradley, says he opposes gay ‘sin’ in pre-fight interview

Filipino boxer and politician Manny Pacquiao, who caused controversy last month by making anti-gay statements, lost a fight on Saturday.

Before the World Welterweight Championship bout with US fighter Timothy Bradley on Saturday, Pacquiao told USA Today:

May 17, 2012
Filipino boxer denies quoting Leviticus

Manny Pacquiao says that he supports gay rights, but opposes gay marriage

Filipino world champion boxer Manny Pacquiao has denied quoting a violent anti-gay passage of the Bible and defended his opposition to gay marriage after a backlash.

National Conservative Examiner published an article last weekend in which it appeared Pacquiao, who is also a congressman in the Philippines, quoted a Bible passage from Leviticus that says gay people ‘must be put to death’.

May 16, 2012
Filipino world champion boxer makes violent Bible-based anti-gay comments

Forbes’ 4th most influential world athlete and Filipino politician barred from TV show for homophobic comments

World boxing champion and congressmen in the Philippines’ House of Representatives Manny Pacquiao was barred from an LA TV show after making violent anti-gay comments in a magazine interview.

When a journalist from the National Conservative Examiner asked Pacquiao how he feels about US President Obama’s support of gay marriage, he said:

April 1, 2012
Fifty years later a fighter's death continues to haunt

The Emile Griffith and Benny Paret fight still shocks 50 years later

Fifty years ago Emile Griffith and Benny Paret met in a Madison Square Garden boxing ring. Only one walked out alive.

The Griffith Paret boxing match, 24 March, 1962,  is a sad chapter in the sport's history. Griffith, the former welterweight champion, was the challenger that Friday night. His handlers earned their keep by creating an alternate life for the young fighter.