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Portland State basketball coach Sherri Murrell When you get Pat Griffin, Lisa Howe, Lauren Lappin, Sherri Murrell and Mechelle Voepel together to discuss the problems facing lesbians in sports, you know the subject will be addressed with honesty, great insight and clarity. The five were on the "Rainbow Ceiling" panel recently sponsored by the Association […]

Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker says he meant no offense when he called NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell a “faggot” (among other things), saying it was a “careless use of a slang word.” I also need to make clear that the comment about Roger Goodell was not intended to be derogatory against gay people in any way. It […]

Add Alexis Palisson to the list of gay-friendly rugby players. The 23-year-old French star poses for the July-August cover of the gay magazine TETU. There is also a making of video (below) that is typically French in its bizarreness. The article is in French, but an online translation finds Palisson being cool with gay fans […]

Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Equestrian, 2000: Robert Dover competed in six consecutive Olympics and holds a slew of riding titles. In 2000, at the Sydney Olympics, he captained the U.S. equestrian team and helped it win a team bronze, his third straight bronze medal. He […]

Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Sports, 1998: Michael Muska remembers how he was less than thrilled by being inadvertently outed by the Chronicle of Higher Education. As he wrote in 2000: A Chronicle reporter had been talking to a former Oberlin College employee and had been […]

David Pichler Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Diving 1996, 2000: Greg Louganis is by far the most famous openly gay Olympic diver, but David Pichler and Pattick Jeffrey also take their place in gay sports history. Pichler came out in 1996 and competed in the Atlanta […]

Last year we ran the story of Akil Patterson, the former University of Maryland football player who is now an elite-level Greco-Roman wrestler. Today his hometown paper, the Baltimore Sun, ran a terrific front page story in sports recounting how Patterson substance abuse and anger issues were related to him dealing with his sexuality. What […]

Reacting to criticism for calling a listener to a radio show a “gay-ass faggot,” Philadelphia Eagles receiver DeSean Jackson says he’s sorry. His statement, via NFL.com: “In a recent radio interview a caller got really confrontational with me,” Jackson said through a spokesman. “I got very heated with the caller, took it a bit too […]

Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Figure skating 1996: Prior to the U.S. figure skating championships in 1996, Rudy Galindo had a rough few years. His father died of heart attack, and a brother and a coach died of AIDS. Galindo was himself openly gay (rare in […]

In the wake of New York state legalizing same-sex marriage, Andy Martino of the New York Daily News decided to see what players on the Mets thought. Mets players were reluctant to speak publicly about the issue. Still, the news from Albany led to considerable clubhouse discussion, and one player who supports same-sex marriage estimated […]

Rugby star Ben Cohen, who has just retired to focus full-time combating homophobia in sports, finished his U.S. tour where he spoke on his new StandUp foundation at several stops. One was at the University of Washington where he was joined on a panel by Dave Kopay, the former NFL player who came out as […]

This is reprinted from In Bed With Maradona with permission of the author. By Keph Senett Sports fans are an indulgent lot with our obsessive statistics, our gang colors, and our willingness to entertain a well-told fable, like the one about Paul the octopus who could flawlessly forecast game outcomes. With the recent kick-off of […]

Brenner Green’s always liked to run, but dropped out before high school. After coming out, he gave it another try and now thrives on his college’s cross-country team. He’s even had a movie made about him. By Brenner GreenOutsports.com I was out before I was a runner. My mom knew I would be both gay […]

While gay fans will be in the stands, the Inland Empire 66ers Minor League Baseball team now say they are not sponsoring Friday’s “Out at the Ballpark” event. They say the news two days ago was because of an overzealous employee. From the Riverside Press-Enterprise: The Inland Empire 66ers were doing damage control Thursday when […]

The New York state Senate just joined the state Assembly and passed a bill, 33-29, allowing for same-sex marriage in the state. Gov. Andrew Cuomo will sign the bill and marriages can start 30 days after the signing. New York becomes the sixth and by far the largest state to endorse gay marriage. It's a […]

Gareth Thomas presents jersey to David Cameron Tennis legend Billie Jean King and rugby's Gareth Thomas were among gay and lesbian athletes who met with British Prime Minister David Cameron to discuss an initiative to end homophobia in sports. King, who happens to be in England for Wimbledon, talked about progress that has been made […]

The Association for Women in Sports Media is hosting a free online seminar Monday called the “Rainbow Ceiling,” exploring why female athletes have been largely silent on the issue of gay marriage and on homosexuality in sports in general (the group’s news release is below). It's a great topic and one that did not strike […]

The minor league baseball team the Inland Empire 66ers in Southern California will hold their first gay pride night Friday. The team, an affiliate of the Angels, says more than half of the promotional discounted tickets have been sold. It hopes to make "Out at the Ballpark" an annual event. The minor league baseball team […]

Another sign that times are changing: Conservative British Prime Minister David Cameron will host gay and lesbian athletes at a 10 Downing Street reception on Wednesday to help fight homophobia in sports. Openly gay rugby player Gareth Thomas, cricketer Steven Davies and straight ally Ben Cohen are among those athletes expected to attend. Missing will […]

David Tyree opposes same-sex marriage in a big way.