OutSport Toronto | Serving and Supporting LGBT Sport in the Greater Toronto Area

OutSport Toronto SportZone Tackles Pride Paradox: Scores!

Posted Tue, 12 Jul 2011, 4:55pm

Downtown Swim Club swimmers show off thier swim wear and water guns in the SportZoneWhat is the Pride Paradox? Pride is a spectacle. It’s a passive affair with performers and a large audience. By its nature it creates a barrier that divides the community and discourages participation. Sport, on the other hand, is inherently active. It demands participation. It encourages play.

Sport faces additional barriers to LGBT participation that shadows the pride paradox. Many of us have been excluded from participation in sport through the bullying we experienced or the messages we received growing up. How could we possibly join the team of jocks that were the same people pushing us into lockers? “Besides” they might have said, “you can’t play… you’re queer. Do you see any queer insert-your-favourite-professional-sport- here players?” Read more...

The Score Launched

Posted Tue, 12 Jul 2011, 4:37pm

With the launch of OutSport Toronto's newsletter, The Score, OutSport Toronto takes another step closer to fulfilling its mission to serve and supports LGBT amateur sport and recreation organisations and athletes in the Greater Toronto Area.

The content of The Score is driven by OutSport Toronto member organisations from: Read more...

Recording artists Sugarbeach Unveil Theme Song “Come On Out” for the Vancouver 2011 Outgames

Posted Tue, 31 May 2011, 3:51pm

May 26, 2011 (Vancouver, B.C.) - International recording artists Sugarbeach and the Vancouver 2011 Outgames unveiled today the official theme song for the GLISA N.A. Vancouver 2011 Outgames on the Outgames website (www.vancouver2011outgames.com) , Reverbnation www.reverbnation.com/sugarbeach and itunes http://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/come-on-out-single/id439939623. Read more...

Transformative Hate – Changing Professional Sport

Posted Fri, 27 May 2011, 12:32am

by David Langan

Professional Sport is often seen as the last bastion of homophobia. Locker room antics, gender roles, endorsement politics and the economics of filling seats have created a corporate culture of co-dependent circular logic. “Gay” is this thing that threatens the balance that professional sport has manufactured to make money. Read more...

Changes on the Board

Posted Sun, 17 Apr 2011, 9:40pm

OutSport Toronto is pleased to announce the appointment of James Scott, Assistant Commissioner of the Toronto Gay Football League as director of OutSport Toronto. Read more...

OutSport Toronto Seeks Treasurer and Community Outreach Director

Posted Fri, 8 Apr 2011, 12:23pm

Good with figures or know someone who is? Interested in promoting sport and healthy living to the broader LGBT community? Then OutSport Toronto wants you! OutSport Toronto has a couple of key director positions vacant that it needs to fill. Read more...

Update - Vancouver 2011 Outgames Information

Posted Thu, 7 Apr 2011, 5:01pm

OutSPort Toronto received the following today from GLISA North America.

Hello and welcome to the GLISA North America 2011 Vancouver Outgames! Only 109 days to go to the opening of this amazing week long celebration!

As GLISA North America’s premier event, we enclose the following update for you on all the amazing comings and going that will be happening in Vancouver July 25-31^st 2011. With a Human Rights Conference, 17 sports offered, and many cultural and social events all happening the same week as Vancouver’s Pride celebrations, there is sure to be an event that fits your interest!

The POP tour officially begins on April 6^th, 2011. Many dates to choose from, more being added daily. Check the facebook page for a location that best suits you! Read more...

OutSport Toronto: The Respected Voice of LGBT Sport

Posted Fri, 18 Feb 2011, 12:01pm

Mark this date – January 23rd 2011. It was on this date that the board, 5 LGBT sport organizations, and two government partners came together to create an OutSport Toronto vision and values statement.

With the help and experience provided by Colin Walker of Berkeley International (colinwalker@berkeleyinternational.ca) the half-day session produced OutSport Toronto’s vision:

To be the respected voice of LGBT Sport

and our values: Read more...

OutSport Toronto.org Ups Its Communications Game

Posted Thu, 17 Feb 2011, 3:50pm

In keeping with its mission of facilitating communication between LGBT sports and recreation organisations in the GTA, OutSport Toronto recently made a number of improvements to its website, www.OutSportToronto.org.

"These changes will allow our member organisations to connect with each other in new ways," said OutSport Toronto Chair Shawn Sheridan.

The updates to the OutSport Toronto website include: Read more...

Call for Candidates!

Posted Wed, 9 Feb 2011, 12:55pm

OutSport Toronto's Annual General Meeting is coming up at the end of March 2011. At the 27 March AGM, we will be, among other things, electing a new board. We currently have a number of open positions, and are looking for good candidates.

Per OutSport Toronto's bylaws (29), a person is eligible to be a director of OutSport Toronto if Read more...