Basketball

Shawn DeVault came out as gay, then realized he was genderqueer, all while navigating the sport of wheelchair basketball.

Former Baylor basketball player Emily Nkosi talks about being a lesbian on Kim Mulkey's team. She regrets not blazing a trail for others.

We discuss Jason Collins' historic season, Tim Tebow's upset fans and rumors about Eagles' wieners.

The WNBA's Pride program will culminate in a televised game between the Tulsa Shock and Chicago Sky on June 22.

LeBron James and other NBA players forced the NBA to take a strong stance against Donald Sterling, even as Northwestern football players fight for their own rights.

While there are key differences between racism and homophobia, particularly in regards to Donald Sterling's comments, the question remains about the eventual reaction to anti-gay comments in sports.

Donald Sterling banned from the NBA, and rightly so. But would he have been banned if he said he didn't want gays?

Coalition: No NBA coach, player or fan should ever have to bear comments like those espoused by Cippers owner Donald Sterling.

The league goes from the high of Collins' coming out to the low of Sterling and racism surfacing.

College basketball player Derek Schell tells how he reconciled his faith with being gay.

Kentucky coach praises player and his coach. Meanwhile, Speedo-clad UMass students march for LGBT solidarity.

Former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason shares his thoughts on gays in sports.

Michael Sam (No. 9) and Brittney Griner (No. 31), two young athletes at the beginning of their careers, are the first professional athletes included in Out's Power 50.

Buy a piece of history with a Jason Collins No. 98 jersey, and support GLSEN and the Matthew Shepard Foundation.

The openly gay UMass basketball player already faces harassment from fans, as does every other college athlete.

Derrick Gordon is the latest in a series of "firsts" in the sport for gay players and he won't be the last. Don't expect a flood of more athletes to follow, but change is inexorable.

Gay UMass basketball player talks to Outsports a few days before coming out.

"Get this f-- out of here! He's trying to catch a sneaky-peeky!" Rockets players said to the man, a lawsuit alleges.

From a Dancing Tree to a guy with a phallic nose, 10 mascots stood out for their (highly stereotypical) gayness.

A young writer takes a class with Jackson's ex-wife, then hears from the Zen Master himself. "Living in the truth is the best and maybe only way to live a mindful life," he says.