Olympics

Next year's Winter Olympics are in Sochi, Russia, and come on the heels of Russia enacting horribly repressive laws that basically criminalize homosexuality. The laws are among the most punitive in the world and a giant step back for gay rights. Against this backdrop, gay Winter Olympians will have to consider how open they want […]

Telling athletes they cannot live out their dreams because of Russia's LGBT rights issues would be a black eye on any nation

Russia is becoming increasingly a more repressive places for gays and lesbians, as the government is about to pass a gag law that will mean hefty fines for anyone giving LGBT information to children or holding a gay rights march. Despite this, the International Olympic Committee says it will still welcome LGBT athletes to next […]

The Kiwi Olympic speed skater strips for Gay Times

The former Olympic diver and masters world champion talked with Ross Forman

Fonua nearly turned down the chance to carry the Tongan flag in London... but thought better of it

The gay former Stanford gymnast competes later this week at Pro Gymnastics Challenge in Pennsylvania

The couple now works with Freedom To Marry to win, well, the freedom to marry

Gold-medal Olympic divers will be judge and trainer on the new reality show

The Kiwi Olympian hopes photos reveal his training and determination and drive some new-found fans

Team tries to explain their poor performance in London

Atmosphere and laws in Russia represent potential problems for gay athletes

Check out Outsports’ complete 2012 Olympics coverage as we partner with SB Nation. Cyd, Jim, Patricia Nell Warren and Ryan Quinn will provide stories and commentary on the London Games, with an emphasis on LGBT athletes. Plus, we will have photo galleries of each day’s best images. OUTSPORTS 2012 OLYMPICS BLOG Check out Outsports’ complete […]

David Boudia, diving With the Fourth of July here and the Olympics less than a month away, it's time to feel patriotic if you're an American. In that spirit, US PRESSWIRE took some awesome photos of Olympic hopefuls showing their colors. These photos were shot in May, so not everyone below qualified for the team. […]

Trey Hardee Top medal hopefuls from the U.S. Olympic team were on hand in Dallas this weekend for a media meet-and-greet. US PRESSWIRE sent photographers to get some terrific portraits of some of the athletes. The male Olympians there were swimmers Michael Phelps and Alex Meyer, sprinter Wallace Spearmon, taekwondo's Steven Lopez, fencer Alexander Massiaias, […]

Two men associated with gay sports are among the 7,300 torch bearers selected to carry the Olympic torch throughout Britain in the run-up to the the Summer Games. Tim Sullivan, chairman of London’s gay rugby team King’s Cross Steelers, and Chris Basiurski, who heads the Gay Football Supporters’ Network, will be among those carrying the […]

From PinkPaper.com: Organizers behind both the Olympic and Paralympic Games are appealing to the gay community for volunteers. Officials behind the London 2012 Games are launching their volunteer recruitment campaign today in the hope to sign-up 70,000 helpers who will make the event happen. From PinkPaper.com: Organizers behind both the Olympic and Paralympic Games are […]

Interesting story out of Ireland featuring a sprinter who won gold at the 2008 Paralympics and is how hoping to become the first person to compete in the Olympics and the Paralympics in the same year. Jason Smyth is training with Tyson Gay, and his times put him right in the mix. Smyth said the […]

The figure skater leaves every hint but isn't saying the words.

As we did for the 2008 Games, Outsports will have a separate Winter Olympics blog for the duration of the Vancouver Games. Already up is a terrific men's skating preview by former elite skater Chad Conley, a discussion of the lack of buzz of the Games and a piece on the nude hockey sculpture. We […]