The first professional gay athlete in a major U.S. sport is going to cash in in a big way—at least according to former Phoenix Suns executive Rick Welts.

Welts, who came out as gay in 2011 and was an Instinct Leading Man that same year, spoke with Nike who asked him to pass along a message: they want to endorse the first out gay athlete in major pro sports!

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Mitt Romney touted support from anti-gay conservatives by releasing a letter that includes the signature of on particularly homophobic pastor known for linking same sex marriage to the 9/11 attacks. Details follow. 

A little-known Spanish bullfighter is about to stir things up in the ring.

As Joselito Ortega prepares to fight bulls donning a cape advertising the club-drink ‘Gay Up,’ fans of the sport are in an uproar – though not for the reasons we might assume. Sure, the sport is the pinnacle of masculinity, but bullfighting fans seem to understand that being gay or a supporter of gays isn’t emasculating. Instead, fans are upset that Ortega has the gull to advertise in the ring.

Still, while critics refer to the move as “prostituting,” Ortega thinks he’s on to something.

"It is a matter of changing what is normal, or usual, within this world that seem so untouchable,” he said. “I am a bullfighter. That is not going to change. I ...