Overview

Homophobia remains a taboo subject in the sports world. In order for gay atheletes to step safely out of the closet and onto the field we need to encourage all members of the sports establishment to speak out about this important issue.

HOW YOU CAN HELP

Join our campaigns! Send a letter. Lobby pivotal sports figures to grant an interview with The Last Closet production team.

Donate to produce more interviews.

Suggest questions for our campaign targets.

HOW IT WORKS

Each campaign focuses on different levels of the sports hierarchy—players, owners, etc.—and are designed to encourage members of each of these groups to agree to a video interview. The duration of each campaign is three months. Anyone who is a subject of a campaign has not yet accepted our interview requests. We need your help to convince them to speak out.

Each new interview will be posted to our website.

Campaign Results


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Additional Contact Info

STAY INVOLVED Send an email, tweet, make a call, write your own letter.

SHARE THE CAMPAIGN Invite friends to spread the word about TheLastCloset.org

MORE WAYS TO REACH THE OWNERS

1. Francesco Aquilini, NHL - Vancouver Canucks

Write: Rogers Arena, 800 Griffiths Way, Vancouver, B.C. V6B 6G1
Call: 604.899.7400 (extension 4620 for Jen Rollins)
FAX: 604-899-7401/7490
Email: Jen Rollins (Media Relations Coordinator) – jen.rollins@canucks.com or T.C. Carling (Vice President, Communications & Community Partnerships) - tc.carling@canucks.com or Ben Brown (Director, Media Relations & Team Operations) - ben.brown@canucks.com
Tweet: @NHL @VanCanucks

2. Larry Baer, MLB - San Francisco Giants

Write: AT&T Park, 24 Willie Mays Plaza, San Francisco, CA 94107
Call: 415.972.2000
FAX: 415-972-2001
Email: Staci Slaughter (Senior VP, Communications) - sslaughter@sfgiants.com
Tweet: @MLB @SFGiants

3. Mark Cuban, NBA -Dallas Mavericks (Mark Cuban has said he may be interested in being interviewed after this current season. Please only send letters of thanks!)

Write: The Pavilion, 2909 Taylor Street, Dallas, TX 75226
Call: 214.747.6287
FAX: 214-665-4749
Email: Mark mark.cuban@dallasmavs.com
Tweet: @NBA @dallasmavs @mcuban

Website for Mark Cuban: blogmaverick.com

More Contacts at Dallas Mavericks (please only send letters of thanks)

Sarah Melton Director of Basketball Communications
214-665-4669
sarah.melton@dallasmavs.com

Scott Tomlin – Basketball Communications Manager
214-665-4668
scott.tomlin@dallasmavs.com

Alan Rakowski – Basketball Communications Coordinator
214-665-4632
alan.rakowski@dallasmavs.com

4. Robert Kraft, NFL - New England Patriots

Write: Gillette Stadium, 1 Patriot Place, Foxboro, MA 02035
Call: 508.543.8200
FAX: 508.543.9053
Email: Stacey James (VP, Media Relations) - staceyj@patriots.com
Tweet: @NFL @patriots

5. Merritt Paulson, MLS – Portland Timbers

Write: 1844 SW Morrison Ave, Portland, OR 97205
Call: 503.553.5400
FAX: 503.553.5405
Email: Chris Metz (VP of Communications) - cmetz@portlandtimbers.com or Christa Thoeresz (Director of Community Relations) - CThoeresz@portlandtimbers.com
Tweet: @MLS @TimbersFC @MerrittPaulson

Additional Contact Info

STAY INVOLVED Send an email, tweet, make a call, write your own letter.

SHARE THE CAMPAIGN Invite friends to spread the word about TheLastCloset.org

MORE WAYS TO REACH THE COMMISSIONERS

1. NFL, Roger Goodell

Write: National Football League; 280 Park Ave, 15th Fl.; NY, NY 10017
Call: 212.450.2000 or 212.450.2029 (Commissioner Goodell’s office)
FAX: 212.681.7573
Email: Greg.Aiello@NFL.com (Sr. VP Communications)
or Rob.McBurnett@NFL.com (Public Relations)
Tweet: @NFL

2. NBA, David Stern

Write: National Basketball Association; Olympic Tower; 645 5th Ave.; NY, NY 10022
Call: 212.407.8000
FAX: 646.264.4300
Email: bmcintyre@NBA.com (Brian P. McIntyre, Sr. Communications Advisor)
or mbass@NBA.com (Mike Bass, Sr. VP Marketing Communications)
or dstern@NBA.com (David Stern, Commissioner)
Tweet: @NBA

3. MLB, Bud Selig

Write: Major League Baseball; 245 Park Ave., 31st Fl.; NY, NY 10167
Call: 212.931.7800 or 212.485.8959 (Matthew Gould, VP Corporate
Communications) or Toll Free 866.800.1275
FAX: 212.949.8636
Email: Mike.Teevan@MLB.com (Mike Teevan, Sr. Director of Public Relations)
or Patrick.Courtney@MLB.com (Patrick Courtney, VP of Public Relations)
or Matthew.Gould@MLB.com (Matthew Gould, VP of Corporate Communications)
or publicrelations@MLB.com
Tweet: @MLB

4. MLS, Don Garber

Write: Major League Soccer; 420 5th Ave., 7th Fl.; NY, NY 10018
Call: 212.450.1200 or 212.450.1206 (Will Kuhn, Director of Communications)
FAX: 212.450.1302
Email: Will.Kuhns@MLSsoccer.com (Director of Communications)
or Dan.Courtemanche@MLSsoccer.com (Executive VP of Communications)
Tweet: @MLS

5. NHL, Gary Bettman

Write: National Hockey League, 1185 Ave. of the Americas, 12th Fl., New York, NY 10020
Call: 212.789.2000 or 212.789.2042 (Frank Brown’s office, Group VP of Public Relations)
FAX: 212.789.2020
Email: fbrown@NHL.com (Frank Brown, Group VP of Public Relations)
or gbettman@NHL.com (Gary Bettman, Commissioner)
Tweet: @NHL

Campaign Schedule

Schedule

Campaign season has begun! Already sent a letter? Please check back for our next campaign.

SEPT-DEC ’12	THE COMMISSIONERS	SEE RESULTS
JAN-MARCH ’13	OWNERS	SEE RESULTS
APRIL-JUNE ’13	SPORTSWRITERS / BROADCASTERS	POSTPONED
JULY-SEPT ’13	ACTIVE PLAYERS
OCT-DEC ’13	SPONSORS
JAN-MARCH ’14	COACHES & MANAGERS
APRIL-JUNE ’14	SPORTS AGENTS
JULY-SEPT ’14	RETIRED STARS
OCT-DEC ’14	GENERAL MANAGERS (FRONT OFFICE PERSONNEL)
JAN-MARCH ’15	PUBLIC RELATIONS
APRIL-JUNE’15	PENDING

campaign schedule

Campaign season has begun! Already sent a letter? Please check back for our next campaign.

SEPT - DEC '12

The Commissioners

SEE RESULTS