Coming Out Stories

She talks with Outsports about gay-conversion therapy, her passion for Mixed Martial Arts and her post-coming-out fears

People are needlessly tip-toeing around the former 49er's sexual orientation

North Dakota State College of Science coach Chuck Parsons dismisses gay player

Robbie Rogers, a former player on the U.S. national soccer team, Major League Soccer and in the English League Championship, has come out as gay. Rogers, 25, was released by Leeds United last month and appears to be stepping away from the sport. He posted this on his website today: Now is my time to […]

Locker room language drove closeted baseball player James Nutter to embark on a suicide attempt. Now he wants to help gay athletes find their way out of the closet.

Oregon State's Kirk Walker comes out to his team after deciding to adopt.

Brian Sims led his Bloomsburg University team to Division II Championship game

Division 1 college soccer player at Adelphi University struggled with his sexuality and thought about giving up the sport.

Kye Allums, the NCAA’s first Div. 1 publicly transgender basketball player, is starting conversations never before held in the sport.

Life as an openly gay athlete: 'Coming out often felt like jumping off a 30-foot cliff into a deep pool of water.'

Carney chases his dream of being an Olympian

Llaneza competed with a point to prove – ‘Y’all got beat by a sissy’

Emma Delsohn plays basketball at a Catholic girls school and feared what her coming out would mean. She tells about her journey of self-acceptance and team-acceptance.

Former pro athlete becomes the first NBA player to come out as gay

'The more popular I got, the more miserable I got,' wrestler says

According to new study, there could be as many as 60 gay NFL players

To measure the progress we’re making in the fight to end homophobia in sports, we need just two things: Cause and effect. The cause is the news story. Today, professional soccer player Robbie Rogers provided that when he came out publicly. Having struggled with his sexual orientation for years, today he open the door for […]

Liz Carmouche remembers the fear she had while a U.S. Marine stationed in Iraq in 2006. A fear not only of the enemy outside but of her friends and colleagues inside. Those who made hurtful comments about gays and lesbians, including a close friend who said that if gay soldiers came out they should be […]

Sean Karson is the third-baseman for MIT’s baseball team. He hit .350 as a sophomore last season and is co-captain of this year’s team. A chemistry and computer science major, Karson spent Super Bowl weekend at Facebook headquarters in California as part of a conference of LGBT tech students. He already has a tech startup […]

Todd Searcy played for Illinois in the Eighties.