Outsports Person of the Year: Katie Sowers
Sowers made her mark on NFL history while being an advocate and role model for LGBTQ people in sports.
By Jim Buzinski | December 30, 2020Sowers made her mark on NFL history while being an advocate and role model for LGBTQ people in sports.
By Jim Buzinski | December 30, 2020Outsports named nine honorees in 2020, adding two new categories to recognize greater diversity and an inspiring moment.
By Dawn Ennis | December 30, 2020When out gay player Collin Martin was called a gay slur, Landon Donovan and players walked off the pitch. Another big moment: a video featuring NFL players.
By Cyd Zeigler | December 29, 2020John Mara Jr. announced his engagement to George Sholley with a quote from Taylor Swift.
By Cyd Zeigler | December 23, 2020At least 11 players are supporting anti-bullying efforts that tackle homophobia, four selected the ACLU.
By Cyd Zeigler | December 7, 2020The MSNBC political analyst broke down playoff odds on Football Night in America and showed why he won our hearts during the presidential election.
By Ken Schultz | December 7, 2020Sportswriters unhappy with the choice not to name a Black WNBA player are speaking out. Sports Illustrated’s top editor explains to Outsports why he stands by the selection of Breanna Stewart.
By Dawn Ennis | December 7, 2020Dave Kopay is the latest retired gay male athlete to ask why there aren’t more openly gay players in elite team sports.
By Alex Reimer | December 4, 2020NBC Sports might want to avoid asking out gay national political correspondent Steve Kornacki to draw maps when he appears on its football broadcast this weekend.
By Dawn Ennis | December 4, 2020The political analyst, who is gay, brings his talents to analyze the NFL playoff possibilities this Sunday.
By Jim Buzinski | December 4, 2020As the Salvation Army partners with the Dallas Cowboys, it should consider using the NFL’s National Coming Out Day outreach as a model.
By Ken Schultz | November 24, 2020The Huddle is your daily briefing on what’s new in LGBT sports news, the latest links and who’s in the social media spotlight.
By Dawn Ennis | November 10, 2020We asked Twitter followers to vote on their favorite stories of the year and their favorite coming out stories.
By Dawn Ennis | November 3, 2020Erica Tamposi has worked at NFL Media since 2017 and is now publicly out as gay.
By Dawn Ennis | November 2, 2020Every day during LGBTQ history month, we’ve told a story from our archive. We conclude our series with the NFL player who remains the most significant out gay athlete of our lifetime: Dave Kopay.
By Jim Buzinski | October 31, 2020Russell says NFL teams are running out of excuses to not sign an openly gay or bisexual player.
By Alex Reimer | October 26, 2020LZ Granderson interviewed co-founders Jim Buzinski and Cyd Zeigler about their 21 years telling stories at a virtual convention of queer journalists, where they were inducted into the LGBTQ Journalists Hall of Fame.
By Dawn Ennis | October 25, 2020Every day in October we’re looking back at the athletes, coaches and events that made LGBTQ sports history.
By Dawn Ennis | October 19, 2020Every day in October we’re looking back at the athletes, coaches and events that made LGBTQ sports history.
By Dawn Ennis | October 13, 2020Two reports say Dori Monson has been suspended indefinitely from hosting Seahawks’ pregame and postgame radio shows because of his tweet mocking the transgender community.
By Dawn Ennis | October 9, 2020