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May 12, 2013
‘I’ll shoot you’ for teaching marriage equality, tweets professional wrestler

Pro wrestler Jay Briscoe posted a violent message in response to Delaware legalizing same-sex marriage

An American professional wrestler promised to get violent over gay marriage.

Pro athlete Jay Briscoe sent a violent and homophobic tweet the day after Delaware became the 11th state in the US to legalize same-sex marriage.

March 27, 2013
Channing Tatum says he’d have gay sex with George Clooney

Magic Mike actor Tatum reveals his man crush on his friend, ER and Ocean’s Eleven star George Clooney

Channing Tatum has said he would have gay sex with fellow Hollywood A-list star George Clooney.

The 32-year-old Magic Mike actor was asked who he thought the sexiest man alive was, The Sun newspaper reports.

He said: ‘Well I’ve spent time with George Clooney and he’s the most interesting man on the planet.

‘He can do it all. Yep, I guess what I’m saying is I’d have sex with him.’

March 24, 2013
Pro-wrestler Bully Ray apologizes for homophobic tirade at fan

Pro-wrestler Bully Ray has apologized for directing a tirade full of homophobic slurs at a fan in Chicago after a wrestling match on March 14

Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling star Bully Ray has apologized to a fan after directing a homophobic slur ridden tirade at a fan after winning a wrestling match in Chicago on March 14.

A video posted on YouTube shows the reigning TNA World Heavyweight Champion approaching a fan outside the ring and then verbally abusing him.

‘Sit down, faggot!,’ Ray tells the man. ‘You’re a punk and you got punked in your own frickin’ town.

‘You invented fags, you fag! … You frickin’ queer! You shave your frickin’ chest!’

March 5, 2013
Gay wrestlers get to grips with being a minority sport

GSN hits the mat with Wrestlers WithOut Borders – the guys that make a lycra onesy look tough

With the announcement by the International Olympic Committee that the iconic sport of wrestling would no longer be included within their core list of sports, we spoke with Gene Dermody – founder of  Wrestlers WithOut Borders (WWB).

We tracked down Dermody in Sydney where local team Harbour City Wrestling Club were holding its first tournament.

When was WWB established?

February 13, 2013
Russian coach blames gays for Olympic wrestling being axed

A Russian coach says if they expel the sport from the 2020 Games, 'gays will soon run the whole world'

A Russian coach is blaming a ‘gay conspiracy’ on plans to cut wrestling from the Olympic program.

On Tuesday (12 February), the International Olympic Committee’s Executive Board voted to cut wrestling from the list of 25 confirmed sports for the 2020 Games.

It will now need to reapply as part of a group of eight sports, which includes karate and roller-skating.

Speaking to R-Sport, coach Vladimir Urimagov called the decision a ‘blow to masculine origins’.

May 8, 2012
Pro wrestler gets in Twitter war with Amendment One supporter

CM Punk apologizes for suggesting anti-gay follower kill himself

North Carolina voters are at the polls today deciding the fate of Amendment One, legislation that will ban the state from recognizing civil unions, strip away domestic partner benefits and could eliminate legal protections for all unmarried couples.

Passions have been heated on both sides of the issue in recent days and led to a war of words on Twitter between pro wrestler CM Punk and a homophobic supporter of the measure.