Out Athletes

Sean Conroy, an openly gay pitcher for the Sonoma Stompers, will get his first start this Thursday against the Vallejo Admirals. Conroy recently graduated from RPI where he was a standout pitcher.

Rex Woodbury struggled with coming out so he started a program to connect LGBT youth with mentors.

"I'm not changing who I am, I'm not changing my personality. I am only changing my body so it matches my insides and my feelings."

"I’m a woman who is still fighting through a hard past. That makes me feel comfortable enough to feel like I deserve to be equal with men."

Former Hillsdale College basketball player Derek Schell was chosen by Jeff Sheng as one of the covers of his FEARLESS book. Schell talks about what it means to go from the country's most conservative college to the cover of a book celebrating LGBT athletes.

Over the last 13 years photographer Jeff Sheng has captured the portraits of over 200 LGBT high school and college athletes. He now shares his life's work in a powerful new book, 'FEARLESS: Portraits of LGBT Student Athletes'

Alyssa Sialaris was a stand-out athlete at Whittier College and is one of the eight covers of Jeff Sheng's FEARLESS book. Two years after her untimely death, her mother writes the letter she wishes her daughter could have seen while she was with us.

Chris Mosier has earned a spot in the men's 35-39 sprint duathlon world championship next year and will compete for Team USA.

The U.S. women's soccer star graces the cover of Sports Illustrated as she pursues World Cup goal.

Joanna Lohman came out publicly several years ago, one of the first professional soccer players to do so. She has been followed by over a dozen World Cup players and coaches.

With various out players and a head coach, the Swedish and American women's soccer teams were the most publicly out of any in the Women's World Cup in Canada. All told, 18 participants were out as lesbian, gay, bisexual or otherwise.

Out gay coach Kirk Walker is joined by two athletes from the Fearless project on the UCLA Bruins team at the Women's College World Series.

Tanner Williams, a pole vaulter and now happily married, shares his story of his successful coming out with a straight ally.

The U.S. soccer star wants to add one title that has eluded her -- World Cup.

Michael Sam will play for the Montreal Allouettes of the Canadian Football League this season.

Ryan Ward and his acrobatic partner Kiley Boynton win first-ever title for U.S. at Geneva competition.

Jack Thorne won his third straight Colorado state title in the 100-yard backstroke, and he did it as a publicly out gay athlete.

Konrad Eiring excelled on the track, as an Eagle Scout and at school in Illinois, but he didn't reach his full potential until he came out.

Michael Martin and Logan Westrope danced to 'Stay With Me' on a night to remember. 'When the slow songs played, we would just stare into each other's eyes.'

Tanner Williams grew up a Southern Baptist and struggled with his sexuality. He says pole vaulting and God saved him. He celebrates his wedding anniversary in June.