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Screaming Eagles unveils pride-themed, limited-run apparel line
New rainbow Eagle wear debuts this weekend at D.C. United vs. Orlando City SC game
A new pride-themed clothing line for the Screaming Eagles launched this week. (Photos courtesy D.C. United)
Screaming Eagles, a supporters club of hardcore fans of D.C. United, the regional pro soccer team, are unveiling their new pride-themed line of apparel this weekend at the eighth annual United Night Out.
On Saturday, Sept. 9, D.C. United will play Orlando City SC at 7 p.m. at RFK Stadium (2400 E. Capitol St., S.E.). Details at dcunited.com.
In the works for about a year, the new Screaming Eagles merchandising effort, designed by the Mitchell & Ness Nostalgia Co., will be available at the game, at the team store at RFK through the weekend, here or here. It was scheduled to launch Thursday night at a party at Maketto on H Street, N.E.
Nathan Fry, director of merchandising for D.C. United and also one of the Screaming Eagles’ approximately 1,100 members, says the line is unprecedented in D.C. United’s history.
“We feel they really knocked it out of the park with the design,” Fry, who’s straight, says. “Screaming Eagles is not a gay group but part of their messaging is that they’re inclusive and they just wanted to celebrate that inclusivity.”
Fry says D.C. United has embraced the line as well. Look for players to don certain pieces from the collection at the game this weekend.
The collection contains apparel for both men and women. There are about eight pieces of apparel, six pieces of headwear and two scarves. Prices range from about $22 for a hat to $80 for a men’s hooded sweatshirt. The line is being offered in a highly limited run. There are only about 72 pieces being produced in each style and they’re expected to go fast.
“We expect these will be gone in a very short period of time,” Fry says.
(Photo courtesy D.C. United)
More than a dozen LGBTQ athletes won medals at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics that ended on Sunday.
Cayla Barnes, Hilary Knight, and Alex Carpenter are LGBTQ members of the U.S. women’s hockey team that won a gold medal after they defeated Canada in overtime. Knight the day before the Feb. 19 match proposed to her girlfriend, Brittany Bowe, an Olympic speed skater.
French ice dancer Guillaume Cizeron, who is gay, and his partner Laurence Fournier Beaudry won gold. American alpine skier Breezy Johnson, who is bisexual, won gold in the women’s downhill. Amber Glenn, who identifies as bisexual and pansexual, was part of the American figure skating team that won gold in the team event.
Swiss freestyle skier Mathilde Gremaud, who is in a relationship with Vali Höll, an Austrian mountain biker, won gold in women’s freeski slopestyle.
Bruce Mouat, who is the captain of the British curling team that won a silver medal, is gay. Six members of the Canadian women’s hockey team — Emily Clark, Erin Ambrose, Emerance Maschmeyer, Brianne Jenner, Laura Stacey, and Marie-Philip Poulin — that won silver are LGBTQ.
Swedish freestyle skier Sandra Naeslund, who is a lesbian, won a bronze medal in ski cross.
Belgian speed skater Tineke den Dulk, who is bisexual, was part of her country’s mixed 2000-meter relay that won bronze. Canadian ice dancer Paul Poirier, who is gay, and his partner, Piper Gilles, won bronze.
Laura Zimmermann, who is queer, is a member of the Swiss women’s hockey team that won bronze when they defeated Sweden.
Outsports.com notes all of the LGBTQ Olympians who competed at the games and who medaled.
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US wins Olympic gold medal in women’s hockey
Team captain Hilary Knight proposed to girlfriend on Wednesday
The U.S. women’s hockey team on Thursday won a gold medal at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.
Team USA defeated Canada 2-1 in overtime. The game took place a day after Team USA captain Hilary Knight proposed to her girlfriend, Brittany Bowe, an Olympic speed skater.
Cayla Barnes and Alex Carpenter — Knight’s teammates — are also LGBTQ. They are among the more than 40 openly LGBTQ athletes who are competing in the games.
The Olympics will end on Sunday.
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Attitude! French ice dancers nail ‘Vogue’ routine
Cizeron and Fournier Beaudry strike a pose in memorable Olympics performance
Madonna’s presence is being felt at the Olympic Games in Italy.
Guillaume Cizeron and his rhythm ice dancing partner Laurence Fournier Beaudry of France performed a flawless skate to Madonna’s “Vogue” and “Rescue Me” on Monday.
The duo scored an impressive 90.18 for their effort, the best score of the night.
“We’ve been working hard the whole season to get over 90, so it was nice to see the score on the screen,” Fournier Beaudry told Olympics.com. “But first of all, just coming out off the ice, we were very happy about what we delivered and the pleasure we had out there. With the energy of the crowd, it was really amazing.”
Watch the routine on YouTube here.
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