Jim Buzinski

California, Los Angeles, United States

Co-Founder at Outsports

Copy Editor at Los Angeles Times

Co-founder of https://t.co/Z8lunuK6Fa. Copy editor at the LA Times Lives in LA. Penn State alum.

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Gay soccer coach looks to encourage others who want to come out

3 days ago | outsports.com | Ken Schultz |Jon Holmes |Jim Buzinski |Lauren Rosenberg

Peoria City Soccer owner John Dorn is grateful to have told his coming out story on Outsports. Now that it’s three years later, he has a request. He wants to hear from others in sports who need someone they can count on during their coming out process. “I’m kinda sick of telling my story. You know what I mean? It’s done,” he told Outsports with tongue firmly in cheek, “Tell me your story.
Dez Bryant says he has nothing against gays but still insults them

3 days ago | outsports.com | Jim Buzinski |Cyd Zeigler |Karleigh Webb |Jon Holmes

Former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant is a bit slow on the uptake. Today, he expressed his anger at an NFL video for LGBTQ Pride Month. The video was released in 2021. In an X post, Bryant criticized the NFL Pride message from 2021, which was reposted by a site yesterday. Quoting from the video, which said, “Football is gay, Football is queer, Football is transgender,” Bryant wrote:“These are wild statements to make..excuse my silliness.
Gay baseball player got married and a TV star crashed the wedding

4 days ago | outsports.com | Cyd Zeigler |Karleigh Webb |Jon Holmes |Jim Buzinski

Matt Kaplon, a trailblazing gay athlete, married his now-husband, Nicolaus Wegrzyn, over the weekend. In a beautiful wedding set in Ashville, N.C., the two men joined in matrimony after nine years of dating. “I married my best friend yesterday in one of the most beautiful places,” Kaplon wrote on Instagram. The couple selected the Grove Park Inn for their special day. The couple’s big day also got a special guest wedding crasher. At one point, Gayle King walked into their event to say hi.
Trans champ Veronica Garcia repeats and claps back on protests

4 days ago | outsports.com | Karleigh Webb |Jon Holmes |Ken Schultz |Jim Buzinski

Veronica Garcia, a senior at Spokane East Valley High School, Wash., successfully defended her WIAA Class 2A state championship at 400 meters on Saturday. The transgender girl was the first trans athlete in Washington state history to win an individual state title with a wire-to-wire win last year. Her repeat win was faster but harder. Garcia won a challenge from crosstown rival Lauren Matthew of Spokane West Valley to win in 55.70 seconds.
Gay male track stars get Pride Month off to a great start with wins

5 days ago | outsports.com | Jim Buzinski |Cyd Zeigler |Mike Ciriaco |Jon Holmes

Out LGBTQ pro track and field athletes, led by two gay men with two wins — including one by “track’s new lover boy” — made for a banner weekend at the third event of Grand Slam Track in Philadelphia. One of the LGBTQ athletes also gave a meaningful shout-out to Pride Month. Maybe the biggest win this weekend was by Nico Young, who won the men’s 3,000 meters in his first Grand Slam Track event.
Trans athlete AB Hernandez win most at girls California state meet

5 days ago | outsports.com | Cyd Zeigler |Karleigh Webb |Jon Holmes |Jim Buzinski

AB Hernandez — one of the trans athletes who has been a major topic of the national trans athlete conversation — won two California state high school championships. She also tied for second-place in another. That made her the most successful athlete at the California girls track and field state meet. No other athlete won two individual state titles and earned second in another.
Trolls show true colors reacting to Indiana Fever Pride Game posts

1 week ago | outsports.com | Jon Holmes |Cyd Zeigler |Charlie Smith |Jim Buzinski

June hasn’t even begun, and we’re already seeing pathetic reactions from noisy people who not only loathe Pride Month but also demand that everyone else should hate it too. What seems particularly crazy is that their latest target is the WNBA’s Indiana Fever.
Gay, Black gymnast Brandon Rhode features in 'Being Out' series

1 week ago | queerty.com | Jon Holmes |Jim Buzinski |Lauren Rosenberg |Karleigh Webb

Brandon Rhode was constantly reminded of the Cadet Honor Code during his time at the U.S. Military Academy. The oath demanding honesty and integrity is engraved on a plaque at West Point, NY. Rhode, who grew up in Arizona and had been recruited onto the academy’s gymnastics program, would walk past the monument almost every day. He was age 20 when he described how he had “decided to stop hiding,” in a coming out story published on Outsports three years ago.
Gay, Black gymnast Brandon Rhode features in 'Being Out' series

1 week ago | outsports.com | Jon Holmes |Jim Buzinski |Lauren Rosenberg |Karleigh Webb

Brandon Rhode was constantly reminded of the Cadet Honor Code during his time at the U.S. Military Academy. The oath demanding honesty and integrity is engraved on a plaque at West Point, NY. Rhode, who grew up in Arizona and had been recruited onto the academy’s gymnastics program, would walk past the monument almost every day. He was age 20 when he described how he had “decided to stop hiding,” in a coming out story published on Outsports three years ago.
NFL vet Chris Kluwe is West Hollywood Pride's Ally Icon honoree

1 week ago | outsports.com | Cyd Zeigler |Jim Buzinski |Karleigh Webb |Ken Schultz

Chris Kluwe is headed to West Hollywood Pride. The former NFL punter has been selected by the organization as the honoree of its Ally Icon award, given every year to an ally of the LGBTQ community who has gone above and beyond in their support of gay, lesbian, bi and trans people. It’s a bit of a homecoming, as Kluwe played college football for hometown UCLA, literally right down Sunset Blvd. from West Hollywood. Though he doesn’t have to come very far — Kluwe lives in Orange County.