Each month Athlete Ally and Huffington Post will feature a new Voice to Voice segment featuring LGBT and ally people of color leading the movement to end homophobia, biphobia, sexism and transphobia in athletics. The discussions will focus on the interplays of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender identity, and how those relationships affect LGBT inclusion and allyship in sports. Topics may include faith, family, health, body, immigration, community, stigma, visibility, economic status, violence, masculinities and femininities, language and more. Kye Allums, Ashland Johnson and Akil Patterson, all active and accomplished LGBTQ advocates, will act as lead moderators for the initiative. They will be joined by guest moderators Katheryn King and Alyssa Puno.
Kevin Anderson is the Athletic Director of the University of Maryland College Park where he is in charge of over 22 athletic teams.

Patterson: Kevin, this has been great and I know you have to run but I have one last question? Would you ever hire an openly gay coach?
Anderson: Yes, I would hire the best coach. Their sexual orientation doesn’t matter. All that matters is that as long as they are able to uphold the values and the mission of the University of Maryland. We would not be doing our jobs if we didn’t put the right people in place to help our student athletes achieve optimal success in the classroom and on the field.