Coming Out Stories

People around the world react to rugger Gareth Thomas coming out as gay.

MTV is looking for LGBT athletes who want to tell their coming out stories for its “True Life” show. Here is the pitch we received: TRUE LIFE: I’M COMING OUT TO MY TEAMAre you planning to come out to your teammates? Have you been afraid or hesitant to come out to your sports team as […]

Irish hurler Donal Og Cosack, one of the most goalkeepers in the history of the sport, has declared that he is gay in his new autobiography, Come What May. From the book: I tried to go out with women to make sure, to see what kind of feeling it gave me…. I went out with […]

Robbie Martin's teammates in college did not mind having a gay teammate. Martin has rekindled his love for the sport in the gay volleyball world.

For a gay college soccer player, being true to his research meant sharing his story with his team. It was a stressful decision that paid off in the end.

'I wasn't going to let some ignorant man mess with my dreams and tell me that I am not worth it.'

The Massconomet, Mass., Regional High football team's co-captain comes out and finds a world of support.

Out runner talks about running out of the closet in Ivy League track & field

Brown University water polo player Hank Weintraub is setting an example for gay athletes on campus everywhere By Dan Woog Hank Weintraub is a gay athlete. He kicks, scratches, elbows and grabs opponents’ balls. That makes him no different than any straight athlete playing water polo. In that game, anything goes, so long as officials […]

College athlete in California finds one strategy does not fit all for telling family, friends and teammates.

Macies has found acceptance at Columbia and in triathlons