Matthew Mitcham has been inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame
The out Australian diver’s upset gold medal win in the 2008 Summer Games is one of the greatest moments in gay sports history.
By Alex Reimer | October 17, 2022The out Australian diver’s upset gold medal win in the 2008 Summer Games is one of the greatest moments in gay sports history.
By Alex Reimer | October 17, 2022Soren Dahl swam in the 2016 Olympics and won two NCAA titles for NC State.
By Cyd Zeigler | September 22, 2022Thanks to the bullying he received after coming out, Gunning did not travel back to visit Jamaica for four years.
By Ken Schultz | August 4, 2022Last year Leo Baker had a choice: Continue his gender transition or compete in the Olympics.
By Cyd Zeigler | August 3, 2022Peter Caruth, who represented Ireland in the 2016 Summer Olympics, experienced crippling anxiety while he was closeted.
By Alex Reimer | July 8, 2022Transgender and non-binary athletes will compete alongside cisgender men. Women’s division limited to athletes who are “the female sex at birth”.
By Karleigh Webb | July 6, 2022Ruggiero traded in the hockey rink for the board room and is finding the same success.
By Cyd Zeigler | June 22, 2022This Pride Month, Holmes is speaking her truth for the first time.
By Shelby Weldon | June 21, 2022FINA says trans women will not compete in the female category if they’ve experience puberty, will create an ‘open’ category.
By Cyd Zeigler | June 19, 2022Kristie Mewis talks about the importance of Title IX, being out and falling in love.
By Cyd Zeigler | June 14, 2022Lia Thomas would be only the second out trans woman to compete at an Olympic Games.
By Cyd Zeigler | May 31, 2022Frostad is breaking his 30-year silence, coming out publicly and talking about the abuse he endured.
By Cyd Zeigler | May 2, 2022With a stunning performance of “This City,” the 2020 Olympian earns a standing ovation and unanimous pass to the next round.
By Ken Schultz | April 25, 2022An Olympic champion has a bizarre and homophobic take on why she thinks there are no gay male pro skiers.
By Jim Buzinski | April 21, 2022Poirier talks with Outsports about merging part of his personal and professional lives. Up next is the World Championships.
By Cyd Zeigler | March 7, 2022The Olympic Champion rows, bikes, swims, and runs the 270-mile journey from London to his hometown for Comic Relief.
By Ken Schultz | February 23, 2022Out athletes won medals and waved the rainbow flag in China at the Winter Olympics.
By Cyd Zeigler | February 21, 2022Out curler Bruce Mouat and Team Great Britain lost a heartbreaker to Sweden, but they still leave with Team GB’s first medal in Beijing.
By Brian C. Bell | February 19, 2022Nonbinary Olympic athletes continue to face misgendering issues on NBC. Lipinski’s quick correction and apology offer hope.
By Cyd Zeigler | February 18, 2022Give the man an Emmy.
By Alex Reimer | February 18, 2022