Cyd Zeigler

Cyd Zeigler
Zeigler in 2015
Born	Harwich, Massachusetts
Education	Stanford University
Occupation	Commentator, author
Spouse(s)	Dan Pinar

Cyd Zeigler Jr (born in Harwich, Massachusetts) is a commentator and author in the field of sexuality and sports. Zeigler co-founded Outsports and the National Gay Flag Football League. He had a featured part in the documentary F(l)ag Football (2015).

Early life and education[]

Zeigler was born in Harwich, Massachusetts, and lived there through high school. He was a track and field athlete and led his high school track team in scoring three consecutive years.^[1] Zeigler graduated from Stanford University (B.A., Communication), where he founded Theta Delta Chi fraternity, was on the Stanford Men's Ultimate (Frisbee) Team, and was a contributor to the Stanford Review newspaper.^{[citation needed]}

Career[]

He is a former sports editor for Genre Magazine, former associate editor for the New York Blade, and has written for Playboy, MSNBC, CNN, New York Press and Out Magazine. He has appeared on ESPN, Fox Sports Radio, CNN, and MSNBC as well as contributing to Sports Illustrated, Logo and The New York Times.^{[citation needed]}

In 1999, Zeigler and founded Outsports.^{[citation needed]} They co-authored The Outsports Revolution: Truth & Myth in the World of Gay Sports.

In 2002, Buzinski and Zeigler founded the National Gay Flag Football League.^[2][3]

Zeigler is credited with breaking the story of John Amaechi coming out of the closet in February 2007. Amaechi had contacted Zeigler months before, and Zeigler connected Amaechi with the publicist Howard Bragman, who had assisted other gay athletes in coming out. Zeigler has also broken national stories including the coming out of then-NFL prospect Michael Sam, the late gay brother of NFL Hall of Famer Michael Irvin, transgender Div. 1 NCAA athlete Kye Allums, openly gay football players Wade Davis and Alan Gendreau, and a racial headline by ESPN in reference to Jeremy Lin.^[4] Zeigler is featured in the 2015 documentary, F(l)ag Football.^[3][5]

He has been inducted into the LGBTQ Journalists Hall of Fame by the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association.

Personal life[]

Zeigler presently lives in Los Angeles with his husband, Dan Pinar, a dentist. He previously lived in New York City where he was a research editor for a global financial services firm. He was previously a development executive for Disney Channel, focusing on their movie and music franchises before leaving in 2001.^{[citation needed]}

Works[]

• Zeigler, Cyd; Buzinski, Jim (2007), The Outsports Revolution: Truth and Myth in the World of Gay Sports, Alyson, ISBN 978-1-59350-005-4
• Zeigler, Cyd (2016), Fair Play: How LGBT Athletes Are Claiming Their Rightful Place in Sports, Edge Of Sports, ISBN 978-1617754470
• O'Callaghan, Ryan; Zeigler, Cyd (2019), My Life On The Line: How the NFL Damn Near Killed Me and Ended Up Saving My Life, Edge Of Sports, ISBN 978-1617757594

Awards and nominations[]

References[]

External links[]

• Personal biography
• Cyd Zeigler at IMDb