This is information i received from an intern for sports illustrated, feel
free to send ann your thoughts...

Jeremy Wasinger

"Promoting Community through Sport"

http://www.agsr.org

"If you can't be an athlete, be an athletic supporter!"

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ann Depperschmidt" <Ann.Depperschmidt@...>
To: "Info-AGSR" <info@...>
Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 11:03 AM
Subject: Re: Sports Illustrated column about gay athletes


> Hi Jeremy-
> Thanks for your input - I'll send your e-mail to Rick Reilly so he thinks
about
>
> that while he's writing his column.
> Ann
>
>
> Quoting Info-AGSR <info@...>:
>
> > Hello Ann...
> >
> > I'm not real sure that there's a difference in the sports that are
played...
> > we play our softball in a straight city leage, and the bat boys have now
won
> > that straight city leage 3 times. I would hope that sports illustrated
> > would do more to promote the positives about the two communities coming
> > together and the similarities of gay athletics and straight athletics
rather
> > than trying to make fun of them.
> >
> > Jeremy Wasinger
> > Founder, Austin Gay Sports and Recreation
> >
> > "Promoting Community through Sport"
> >
> > http://www.agsr.org
> >
> > "If you can't be an athlete, be an athletic supporter!"
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ann Depperschmidt" <Ann.Depperschmidt@...>
> > To: <PattyAHayes@...>; <director@...>;
<info@...>;
> > <nyflagfootball@...>; <jjdboston@...>; <wood1h@...>;
> > <agsrorg@...>; <commissioner@...>;
> > <assistant_commissioner@...>; <triggerfish@...>;
> > <sftsunami-polo-owner@yahoogroups.com>; <a.ryder@...>;
<sm6159@...>;
> > <ttraxler@...>
> > Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 11:17 PM
> > Subject: Sports Illustrated column about gay athletes
> >
> >
> > > Hello-
> > > I'm an intern for Sports Illustrated's Rick Reilly, and we are trying
to
> > find a
> > >
> > > few gay athletes to interview for his column. In the spirit of the
new
> > > show, "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," Rick wants to see how gay
athletes
> > > would makeover sports. It's meant to be a humorous column about the
> > > differences between sports played by gay people and sports played by
> > straight
> > > people. He also wants to know what sports topic Sports Illustrated
should
> > > address more often. If you could put me in contact with an athlete who
has
> > > interesting and funny things to say about those topics, I would really
> > > appreciate it. Thanks so much!
> > > best,
> > > Ann Depperschmidt
> > > University of Colorado
> > > Boulder, CO
> > > 970-222-5003
> > >
> >
>
>
> Ann Depperschmidt
>
>