I am a die hard sports fanatic and this is great news to me. Nike to host LGBT Sports Summit.
For the better part of three days, summit participants will identify and commit to completing specific action plans toward ending anti-LGBT discrimination in sports. They’ll also forge inter-group relationships to carry out these action plans. The organizations involved in this inaugural summit include the American Alliance for Health Physical Education Recreation and Dance, Athlete Ally, Br{ache the Silence, Campus Pride, ESPN, Fearless campaign, Federation of Gay Games, Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), It Gets Better campaign, National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), Nike, Our Group, Outsports, StandUp Foundation, and You Can Play project.
More and more athletes have become allies of the LGBT Community is recent years. The big four North American sports have yet to have a major figure come out while playing. I'm not sure I see that happening soon, but I think it will happen as an openly gay college player moves up to the pro ranks.
Times they are a changing!