Hockey

"It's the right thing to do to accept people for who they are," defenseman Andrew Ference says.

Rainbow-colored Pride Tape can help hockey players express support for LGBT people.

All of the Big Five pro-sports teams in Massachusetts have gotten behind a bill to prevent discrimination of transgender people.

Brad Parr and Andy Evans, two Los Angeles Kings fans, got their moment on the team's Kiss Cam last night.

"When you vulnerable, you are actually your most powerful," Andrea Barone says.

Andrea Barone is working toward his dream of being an NHL ref. But he first had to find peace with himself. "I don’t want anyone to feel as alone and depressed as I did."

Shannon Miller, Jen Banford and Annette Wiles alleged institutional sexism and homophobia in the athletic department at the Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth. They have filed a Federal lawsuit against the school.

In a survey of NHL players by USA TODAY, 34 of 35 players said they would accept an openly gay teammate. The survey was anonymous, so we have no idea who was the holdout player in the survey. "I'm not surprised by that," said Calgary Flames president Brian Burke told the newspaper. "I'm disappointed by […]

Kendra Fisher, an elite hockey player in Canada, talks publicly for the first time about being gay. The mental illness advocate now hopes to add her voice to the fight against homophobia in sports.

New York Islanders fans allegedly yelled racist and homophobic slurs at a group of Capitals fans during their Stanley Cup Playoffs game on Sunday.

"There's no doubt in my mind that homophobia is one of the factors as to why I've been treated so poorly by some in the UMD athletic department," Shannon Miller said.

Len Loewen, goalie in an adult hockey league in Winnipeg, finds being gay is not an issue with teammates.

Goalie leads the celebration as Swedish Hockey League team shows support for gay rights.

Campus Pride says the University of Minnesota-Duluth will not be considered as an inclusive campus until it answers to questions of why lesbian hockey coach Shannon Miller was fired.

Nora Cothren was an out lesbian ice hockey player at Smith College. Yet after she graduated she went back in the closet to become a coach, even denying her engagement to be married. Now she's finding the strength to be her true self.

Who knew such hotness lurked underneath all that padding?

Outsports will return to its roots, writing more about mainstream sports while also providing plenty of LGBT sports news. We invite you to join us with your perspectives!

Hockey kid Mikey, who claimed to be a teenage hockey player, is actually a 40-something man in Minnesota.

"Why should bedroom dynamics should affect team dynamics," a post on league's official blog asks.

Nicole Seguin loves her son Cory Oskam, a teenage trans hockey player.