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Ohio State gymnast feared coming out. Instead, nobody blinked.
After four years competing openly at Ohio State, Jacob Harmon hopes younger gay athletes see they belong, too.
Giants’ Pride statement sides with anti-gay players, screws over LGBTQ fans
San Francisco Giants refuse to criticize their anti-gay players, deflecting blame and giving the middle finger to their LGBTQ fans.
He fled Qatar for being gay. Then he wore a rainbow robe to its World Cup opener.
Gay Qatari Dr. Nas Mohamed made a defiant fashion statement at the Qatar v Switzerland World Cup match in the Bay Area to highlight LGBTQ human rights.
Pride Pioneer: Gay college basketball player said, ‘I am not the only one, I am one of many.’
‘I want to shift the conversation away from being the one gay basketball kid,’ Joe Morrell writes. ‘I am not the only one, I am one of many.’
Pride Pioneer: This college hockey player came out publicly, in response to NHL players refusing to wear Pride jerseys
Carson Gates says he came out to show that queer people belong in hockey.
Pride Pioneers: Two college baseball rivals became boyfriends off the field
After meeting when their teams played each other, Cole Philpott and Aiden Phipps sparked an incredible baseball romance.
Pride Pioneers: This coach and his husband have built a volleyball powerhouse in rural Nebraska
This gay coach and his husband brought winning back to a Nebraska high school volleyball team. Now they want to win it all.
These World Cup stars would be right at home as male models
Soccer stars and magazine fashion shoots are a staple of the World Cup build-up. These players' photos have wide appeal.
Braves pitcher has become a gay fave for his Pride Night remarks (and those thunder thighs)
Talkin' Gaysball: With his appearance at Atlanta's Pride social, Strider adds his name to the roster of LGBTQ fans' favorite players.
3 Giants players attacked the LGBTQ community and weaponized the Pride rainbow
Three SF giants pitchers disgraced themselves at the team's Pride Night, weaponizing the Pride rainbow and attacking the LGBTQ community.
This former pro soccer player is having the time of his life playing for a gay team
The last gay former MLS player to come out publicly did so 7 years ago. Matt Pacifici said that fact is 'disheartening,' but he offers hope.
InstaJocks: Fitness models poolside, an Olympian flexes, soccer pro kickin’ it
This week on InstaJocks, an Olympian flexes is wrestling creds, fitness models poolside, and one guy had a kiki.
Time picked the 100 most influential people in sports. These LGBTQ stars made the cut.
Outsports Award winner Becky Hammon, Nikki Hiltz among those honored on the magazine's first ever list for sports.
WWE just aired one of its gayest segments in years, with Aaron Rourke front and center
Aaron Rourke, the first out LGBTQ male pro wrestler to hold a singles title in WWE history, made his next leap in the pro wrestling megacorp Tuesday night as he debuted on WWE television programming in a series of some of the most gay-coded segments produced by WWE in years. The reigning WWE Evolve Men’s […]
Homophobes attacked Arizona coach Becky Burke’s pregnancy announcement. She fired back.
Arizona women's basketball coach Becky Burke and her wife are being attacked for having a baby. Burke is firing back.
World Cup Pride Houses are putting on ‘Big Gay Watch Parties’ in host cities
So far, at least half of the host cities have Pride House hubs and venues for World Cup 2026, and work continues to establish LGBTQ-inclusive spaces in the others.
From Pride to prison: Ranking all 48 World Cup countries on LGBTQ rights
The 48 World Cup countries vary widely in their acceptance of LGBTQ people. More than half allow same-sex marriage, nearly a third are dangerous for gay people.
Gayniacs: These queer Carolina Hurricanes fans dream of a Stanley Cup
As the Carolina Hurricanes continue their Stanley Cup charge, the team's new LGBTQ fans group the Carolina Gayniacs are pursuing a mission of their own.
Iran is so afraid of USA gays, they’re threatening to stop World Cup ‘Pride Match’
Iran is so afraid of USA gays, they've threatened to stop World Cup matches if 'unofficial flags,' like Pride flags, are present in stands.
As Mexico starts World Cup play, will anti-gay chant from fans follow?
Many Mexico fans fear "el grito" — the notorious homophobic chant — will be heard at the World Cup. Mexican soccer journalist and LGBTQ activist Marion Reimers says it can never be justified.
Gay former MLS player says Gay Games excite him more than pro soccer ever did
The last gay former MLS player to come out publicly did so 7 years ago. Matt Pacifici said that fact is 'disheartening,' but he offers hope.
‘The Hammer’ played in the World Cup, came out as gay, and still fights for visibility in soccer
As a World Cup player, CEO and now a TV pundit, Thomas Hitzlsperger's influence ensures his place on the Outsports Soccer Power 26 list. He tells us why being an out gay man in the sport matters.
Meet the Outsports Soccer Power 26: Out LGBTQ people making a difference in men’s soccer
With the men’s World Cup starting today, Outsports is pleased to announce our Soccer Power 26, highlighting 26 of the most influential out LGBTQ people in men’s soccer. This list includes players and coaches, referees, leaders of fan groups, media members and executives. Our goal is to highlight out people in men’s soccer at all […]
Doctors didn’t believe her. Now this out athlete is chasing Paralympic gold at LA28.
When Trinity Lowthian recovered from years of illness that required her to use a feeding tube, she discovered wheelchair fencing.
That time when a courageous gay Russian activist waved a rainbow flag at the World Cup opener in Moscow
LGBT activist decides a statement has to be made.