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(18,421 posts) Wed Jan 30, 2013, 02:07 AM Jan 2013

Sports Illustrated Features Gay Kiss in Super Bowl Preview Issue

According to NBC Bay Area, the magazine will include a photo taken at "Hi Tops," a new gay sports bar in San Francisco’s Castro District. The image was snapped the moment the 49ers won the game which secured the team a spot in the Super Bowl, and “captures the thrill of victory with cheers and kisses at a gay sports bar.”

"Hi Tops" owner, Jesse Woodward told NBC the photo’s inclusion in the magazine sends a message to the world that sports fans come “from all walks of life and we’re all a big melting pot.” A sentiment echoed by one of establishment’s bartenders, Logan Chavarria. “A lot of people come in and don’t even know it’s a gay bar and then we find out we have a common bond,” he told NBC.

Chavarria also pointed out that the photo snapped at "Hi Tops" being included in the coverage of a mainstream sports magazine feels like a win for the entire LGBT community. “I told my mom and she cried,” he added.

Video at link: http://www.gay.net/sports/2013/01/29/sports-illustrated-features-gay-kiss-super-bowl-preview-issue

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Sometimes I think people are capable of disgusting and hateful things; this is one of those redeeming moments that restores my faith in humanity's humanity.

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Sports Illustrated Features Gay Kiss in Super Bowl Preview Issue (Original Post) Fearless Jan 2013 OP

In SI? That's Some Progress. dballance Jan 2013 #1

The hardest part is Fearless Jan 2013 #2

Yep. With cars 0-60 is the hard part. 60-120 is much easier. /eom dballance Jan 2013 #3

I saw this article on another site. I think it's fantastic! William769 Jan 2013 #4

Resistance is futile. Fearless Jan 2013 #5

dballance

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1. In SI? That's Some Progress.

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Wed Jan 30, 2013, 03:27 AM

Jan 2013

Coaches of NFL teams are even talking about how they'd be okay with a gay player now. Of course, I wouldn't want to be the first one. The coaches, the fans, and the media might at least say they're okay with it. But they don't have to be in the locker room. Of course, I'm sure there are already gay players in the NFL. They're just probably firmly in the closet for their own safety still.

One of them will come out. It will change the opinions of a lot of his team mates. Probably not all of them but at least some of them and it will be a start.