2014 Sochi Winter Games

The German Winter Olympics team unveiled its uniforms in Dusseldorf this week, prompting one newspaper to label them "a cross between a pot-bellied pig and a parrot." Others saw the rainbow in them, suggesting they were a protest against Russia's anti-gay laws. Not so, the German Olympic committee said. The German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB), […]

The International Olympic Committee said that new anti-gay laws passed in Russia don't violate the Olympic charter and that there will be no discrimination, drawing condemnation from gay rights groups. The comments came during a site visit to Sochi, site of the Winter Olympics, by Jean-Claude Killy, chairman of the IOC's Co-ordination Commission. "The Olympic […]

The openly gay speed skater from New Zealand is taking the first of four concrete steps toward Olympic qualification

How small is the possibility that there are no gay footballers in the UK? It's as close to zero as you can get without being zero

Championship track & field and cross-country coach Micah Porter talks to Outsports about being a gay high school coach in Denver

With Sochi closed to them, the Russian LGBT Sport Federation will hold Open Games event in Moscow. Co-chair Konstantin Yablotskiy criticizes the IOC for silencing LGBT supporters. "Human rights are not politics."

Brittany and Robbie Ross talk about being Christian and loving their LGBT friends in part because of their religious beliefs.

American gold medal Olympic snowboader Seth Wescott has become the latest athlete to denounce Russia's new anti-gay laws in the run-up to the Sochi Winter Games. "The human rights stuff that's going on, there's a potential for it to be an incredibly negatively overshadowed Olympics," Westcott, 37, told The Associated Press.Westcott told the AP that […]

Jeff Adams explores what happens when two high school hockey teammates explore a romantic relationship

The governing body for English soccer is targeting homophobia with its policies, and Gibbons is a big part of that

By Matt Horner Brian Burke saved my life.At a very dark time in my life he stepped forward and opened a door for me that I thought would forever remain closed. With a simple act of loving and accepting his son, Brian Burke gave me the courage to live.In late 2009, when Brendan Burke publicly […]

Canadian speedskater Anatasia Bucsis has become the second Winter Olympics hopeful to come out publicly as gay in response to the passing of anti-gay laws in Russia. Bucsis marched in this weekend's Calgary pride parade. From the Toronto Globe and Mail: "I could never promote that message of concealing who you are with all of […]

Gay rights activist loses job as Oakland Raiders punter, but could land elsewhere.

Take a personal stance in support of LGBT participation in the Olympics

This video is a few months old and the Harlem Shake is long played out, but with the NFL season a week away, we figured you might like to see the dance as performed in the sauna by members of the Minnesota Vikings secondary. In the video are Harrison Smith, Jamarca Sanford, Mistral Raymond, Bobby […]

The Penguins star joins Zach Parise, Henrik Zetterberg and others in support of gay players.

The passing of anti-gay laws in Russia just months prior to the start of the Sochi Winter Olympics has drawn comment from a lot of athletes worldwide, but some top American male figure skaters aren't among them. The Denver Post caught up with three at this week's "Champs Camp" and found them unwilling to say […]

Letter from deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak says Russia is committed to complying with the Olympic Charter

Goldstein will tend goal for Israel against the Iroquois Nationals in Syracuse, Sept. 29

A boycott is ineffective and targets the wrong people. A ban of Russia from its own Games would have a powerful effect.