There are a record 11 openly gay male Olympians in Rio. None is an American.
It's baffling why American male athletes don't come out publicly.
By Jim Buzinski | August 1, 2016It's baffling why American male athletes don't come out publicly.
By Jim Buzinski | August 1, 2016Runner Otto Peltzer set the standard, but LGBT athletes at the Games have a varied and rich history.
By Tony Scupham-Bilton | July 27, 2016Guy Sandin competed as Ramon Sandin in the 1996 Olympics.
By Jim Buzinski | July 21, 2016Sam Dorman saw a big change in Tanner Wilfong at the University of Miami. "He was like a whole new man to me."
By Erik Hall | July 19, 2016The Rio Olympics has 56 publicly out LGBT athletes, the most ever for an Olympics.
By Outsports | July 11, 2016Anti-gay violence is on the rise in Brazil.
By Jim Buzinski | July 7, 2016"I feel like the luckiest person in the world," the Spanish skater says.
By Jim Buzinski | June 7, 2016"As a gay athlete, I feel the responsibility to discuss it," Víctor Gutiérrez says.
By Jim Buzinski | May 26, 2016The openly gay diver unveils the official Team Great Britain uniform.
By Jim Buzinski | April 28, 2016It's official: Out British boxer Nicola Adams will defender her Olympic gold medal in Rio.
By Cyd Zeigler | April 18, 2016The diver was ignored by the cereal maker in the 1980s despite four gold medals.
By Jim Buzinski | April 5, 2016Caitlyn Jenner opens up about her continued love of Olympic decathlon and NASCAR, and she talks about the affirmation she has felt from being barred from her golf club's tournament that was for men only.
By Dawn Ennis | March 23, 2016New Zealand rower follows Tom Daley as the first two publicly out gay men to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. Both men competed in London in 2012 while in the closet.
By Cyd Zeigler | March 3, 2016Daniel Kowalski has organized participation by the Australian Olympic Committee in this weekend's Sydney Mardi Gras parade to show support for LGBT athletes.
By Daniel Kowalski | February 29, 2016Tom Daley will compete in at least two events at the 2016 Summer Olympics after he won World Cup bronze in the 10-meter synchro event with Daniel Goodfellow.
By Cyd Zeigler | February 23, 2016The swimmer and the diver are in amazing shape and the Games are still six months away.
By Jim Buzinski | February 1, 2016Chris Mosier has qualified for the World Duathlon Championships. Yet because he's a trans man, he may be barred from competing.
By Cyd Zeigler | January 21, 2016The International Olympic Committee has received a new recommendation for guidelines it is expected to fully adopt, opening the door for more trans athletes to compete internationally.
By Cyd Zeigler | January 21, 2016Gus Kenworthy told Conan O'Brien tonight that he had thought about coming out publicly by kissing his boyfriend at the Olympics, but there was someone else he had to tell first.
By Cyd Zeigler | January 18, 2016It matters big time in a sport where being gay has long been thought of as uncool.
By Chris French | October 28, 2015