Gay athlete finds his niche and respect on college rugby team
"The barriers that kept me from getting close to them were gone and my teammates became my brothers."
By Taylor Vanderlaan | July 12, 2016Outsports’ list of coming out stories from LGBT people in sports.
"The barriers that kept me from getting close to them were gone and my teammates became my brothers."
By Taylor Vanderlaan | July 12, 2016The Brazilian shocks Miesha Tate in the main event at UFC 200 to become first openly gay UFC title holder.
By Tim Bissell | July 10, 2016Jeremy Fewell came out after having two boys with his ex-wife. Now he's thriving in the athletic department at UT-San Antonio, elated to have his sons back in his life.
By Erik Hall | July 8, 2016When Bryson Jones' teammate blackmailed him for being gay, the Mercer Univ. soccer player contemplated suicide. Now he's out and working for the Big Ten conference.
By Bryson C. Jones | July 6, 2016Both the Univ. of Kansas and Kansas State have been blessed with the transformative power of soccer coach Jessica Smith coming out and being out as a gay coach. She is living proof of the power of courage.
By Cyd Zeigler | June 30, 2016Colin Shaw came out to his teammates a few years after leaving Wagner College. Now he plays with them again, just another one of the lax bros.
By Colin Shaw | June 29, 2016When Andre Arsenault came out to his college volleyball team, his coach stuck by his gay player's side.
By Cyd Zeigler | June 22, 2016"Visibility — now more than ever — is important for our LGBT community."
By John Pickhaver | June 20, 2016Sam Johnson has been a top high school soccer player in Western Washington, headed to Whittier College in the fall. He will do so as a publicly out gay athlete, refusing to stay silent after the shooting in Orlando.
By Conner Mertens | June 20, 2016"The weirdness and personal shame that I once felt are things of the past," Brendan Housler writes.
By Brendan Housler | June 15, 2016The Orlando native talks about what the Pulse killings mean to her sense of freedom and security.
By Jim Buzinski | June 14, 2016LGBT people continue to hold the most powerful tools in healing the hate: our own love and courage in the face of fear.
By Outsports | June 14, 2016LGBT Sports Roundup: Pole vaulter Tanner Williams of Oklahoma makes his last jump, plus a roundup around the nation.
By Erik Hall | June 9, 2016"I have found that there is this symbiotic relationship between my confidence and success as an athlete and my confidence and acceptance of my identity as a gay man."
By Jack Bristow | June 8, 2016"I feel like the luckiest person in the world," the Spanish skater says.
By Jim Buzinski | June 7, 2016"A homosexual can be as manly as a heterosexual," says the winner, who credits running with keeping him in shape.
By Jim Buzinski | June 7, 2016David Baggs never thought he would see his Boston Red Sox embrace the LGBT community the way it has. Now he's adding his voice to the growing chorus of out gay people in professional sports.
By David Baggs | June 2, 2016It's sadly the same as it ever was. All the action is occurring in high school and college.
By Jim Buzinski | June 1, 2016Patrick Faerber had decided he couldn't advance in baseball umpiring because he's gay. When Dale Scott came out publicly, that changed. Now he's on the Minor League Reserve list.
By Patrick Faerber | May 31, 2016Brent Darah finds total acceptance at Bowling Green University.
By Jim Buzinski | May 25, 2016