The gay football World Cup just kicked off a couple days ago in Buenos Aires, Argentina, but I felt in no way compelled to blog about it because I have no interest in sports. (Go ahead; call me "gay!") I mean, sure, I watch sports movies such as Friday Night Lights and Remember the Titans just like everybody else, but I usually just fast-forward to the locker room scenes.Some cursory research on this year's World Cup, however, has led me to some interesting observations:
1.) More than 500 footballers (that's soccer players, for all you Americans, and, for that matter, gays like me) from 28 countries are competing through September 29. The list of all registered teams on the International Gay and Lesbian Football Association (IGLFA) site reveals that Iran is not a member of the organization and is not competing, which may just mean that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's claim that "in Iran we don't have homosexuals" just might be true!
2.) The slogan for the Mexico City team is "the ball is round for everyone." There are so many things I could say about that, but I leave this one up to you.
3.) Pointing out that gay football is just as aggressive as "regular" football, IGLFA president Thomas Gomez declared, "We gays are also very macho." In case you were wondering.


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