Our Girls Get the Gold, Olympic Gold!

For the first time since 2000, the U.S. softball team lost the gold at the Olympic games, when they were beaten by Japan 3-1 in the finals last week.

The silver medalists include out lesbian catcher and infielder Lauren Lappin and openly bisexual infielder Vicky Galindo, both of whom came out in an interview with The Advocate earlier this month. Lappin credits Galindo — who says she has been in serious relationships with both men and women — for inspiring her to come out. “[Galindo] seemed very comfortable with her sexuality,” Lappin told The Advocate, “which really inspired me to be less guarded and to share with my teammates things that I wouldn’t hesitate to share if I was straight.”

In response to the news, U.S. shortstop Natasha Watley told The O.C. Register, “This team is very accepting. We don’t care if you’re purple, green, from another planet. We just don’t care. It’s who you are. It’s no big deal.” She joked, “if Lauren went into a hitting slump, then we’d have a problem.”

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