Out Athletes

While at Villanova, Will Sheridan was openly gay to his teammates and now has come out publicly. He talks about wanting to make a difference and the homophobic taunts he received from fans.

Former NFL player David Kopay has been a strong advocate for gay athletes for decades, since he came out publicly.

Former pro athlete becomes the first NBA player to come out as gay

About half of LGBT students say they have been harassed in gym class

'The more popular I got, the more miserable I got,' wrestler says

Openly gay with the Colorado Rapids, he's never had a problem with the team and his sexual orientation

According to new study, there could be as many as 60 gay NFL players

Liz Carmouche remembers the fear she had while a U.S. Marine stationed in Iraq in 2006. A fear not only of the enemy outside but of her friends and colleagues inside. Those who made hurtful comments about gays and lesbians, including a close friend who said that if gay soldiers came out they should be […]

Sean Karson is the third-baseman for MIT’s baseball team. He hit .350 as a sophomore last season and is co-captain of this year’s team. A chemistry and computer science major, Karson spent Super Bowl weekend at Facebook headquarters in California as part of a conference of LGBT tech students. He already has a tech startup […]

Atmosphere and laws in Russia represent potential problems for gay athletes

Three out voices will contribute to the group's push for more straight allies

We wrote about Canadian hockey player Scott Heggart’s 365 YouTube videos about a year ago. Now Canadian Television Network is airing a lengthy special on Heggart, his coming out, and his new-found activism. Heggart talks in detail about his near suicide attempt — he had chosen a knife to the wrists — as he was […]

Oskam took the ice with his favorite player, Cory Schneider

Rumored as gay for years, evidence rises that Harris has been in a relationship with another man

ESPN’s ‘Outside the Lines’ spent half the show on Sunday talking about former North Dakota State College of Science football player Jamie Kuntz, who was kicked off his team in September for kissing his boyfriend (video below). I won’t rehash the whole story here, but essentially he was kicked off his team because his boyfriend […]

Jessica Adair (Photo: Jennifer Stewart-USA TODAY Sports) Amber Harris and Jessica Adair play pro basketball for the Minnesota Lynx. Both are also openly lesbian and both are African American. “You got two strikes against you — you’re Black and you’re gay,” says Adair in an interview with Charles Hallman in the Black and female-owned Minnesota […]

Vince Pryor was gay to his TCU team years before Carder arrived on campus

John Dillinger (Photo by: Robbie Quinn) John Dillinger did a double-take as he walked through the lobby of the Seaport Marina Hotel in Long Beach, Calif., one night in 2005 after a baseball game. He saw a flier with a “really good-looking, furry, muscular guy on it.” It advertised Bear Night once a month at […]

Featherweight boxer Orlando Cruz has become the first big-time active professional boxer to come out as gay. According to USA Today, Cruz, who has a strong professional record of 18-2-1, said he wants to be out as his career continues to build: I've been fighting for more than 24 years and as I continue my […]

Boyfriend's age is poked at in spoof