{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F58f58828-42ff-4387-9694-c7d8a7cfddf0","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Episode 088: It\u2019s all about Fair Play In The LGBTQ Game Of Sports \u2013 Cyd Zeigler","description":"Let\u2019s play ball. Or hockey, ice skate, run track, do gymnastics, or any other sport\u2026but if your LGBT, let\u2019s don\u2019t ask don\u2019t tell. Now that might sound weird in this day and age, but it\u2019s not. While not as prevalent as it used to be hide your truth on the playing field, courts, or rinks, it\u2019s still an issue for many athletes. Today, we\u2019re exploring the wide, wide world of sports, specifically the world of being LGBTQ in sports. And to help me sort this out and provide some home run scores for coming out in the sport of your choice is an awesome athlete and highly published journalist who also just happens to be the co-founder of OutSports.com. He\u2019s written for Genre Magazine, New York Blade, Playboy, MSNBC, CNN, New York Press, Out Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Logo and the New York Times. And no stranger to commentating and facing the press he\u2019s been seen on ESPN, Fox Sports Radio, CNN, and MSNBC and has been credited for breaking the news of John Amaechi, former NBA player\u2019s coming out story. Please welcome to the podcast, author of the soon to be released book Fair\r\nPlay: How LGBT Athletes are Claiming Their Rightful Place in sports, Cyd Zeigler.\r\nShow Highlights\r\n\r\n* Did sports and being gay always go together for Cyd?\r\n* There\u2019s a belief that sports are all homophobic, but that\u2019s just not the case\u2026\r\n* The people who really have the power to change attitudes are the LGBTQ community\r\n* Hear why Cyd believes that homophobia will die in the US before racism does\r\n* There are things that league commissioners and team owners can do NOW to help LGBTQ players\r\n\r\nConnect with Cyd Zeigler\r\nCyd Zeigler\u00a0is one of the world\u2019s foremost experts on LGBT issues in sports. Along with his\u00a0Outsports\u00a0cofounder Jim Buzinski, Zeigler has written more coming-out stories of LGBT people\u2014in sports or any other arena\u2014than any journalist in America. He also cofounded the Sports Equality Foundation, which helps fund the cycle of LGBT people coming out and being out in sports. He is a former high school athlete, still holding school track-and-field records twenty-five years later. A graduate of Stanford University, Zeigler lives in Los Angeles with his husband and two cats.\u00a0Fair Play\u00a0is his latest work.\r\nWebsite\r\nFacebook\r\nTwitter\u00a0\r\nCyd\u2019s upcoming book, Fair Play\r\n\u00a0\r\n<a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Frickclemons.com%2Fepisode-088-its-all-about-fair-play-in-the-lgbtq-game-of-sports-cyd-zeigler%2F&title=Episode%20088%3A%20It%E2%80%99s%20all%20about%20Fair%20Play%20In%20The%20LGBTQ%20Game%20Of%20Sports%20%E2%80%93%20Cyd%20Zeigler" data-a2a-url="https://rickclemons.com/episode-088-its-all-about-fair-play-in-the-lgbtq-game-of-sports-cyd-zeigler/" data-a2a-title="Episo...","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/4b9b6c41-474a-4fd0-a374-cbb2a7aa23a4/1400x1400_uncloseted_artwork-01-573.jpg"}