This 2024 Olympics database includes profiles of the out gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and nonbinary Olympians. The 2024 Paris Games mark a significant increase in LGBTQ representation, highlighting the progress towards inclusivity and acceptance in the sports world. There are also a record number of out male Olympic athletes.

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Our interactive list allows you to filter by country, sport and competition category, making it easy to find and learn more about each athlete. Whether you’re looking for athletes from your home country or interested in a specific sport, our database is designed to help you connect with and support these trailblazing individuals. Note: Equestrian and sailing are nongender events, so those athletes can be found under that competition category.

Know of an out LGBTQ athlete who’s competing but not listed? Help us keep our database current by contacting us with any updates or new information. Reach out via email ([email protected]), or direct message us on Twitter/X (@outsports), Instagram (@outsports) or Facebook (OutsportsSBN).

This list was compiled by Cyd Zeigler, Jim Buzinski, Karleigh Webb and Jon Holmes of Outsports and LGBT historian Tony Scupham-Bilton. Photo illustration by Ryan Lawrence with images from Getty Images and USA Today. Read how Outsports compiled the list of out LGBTQ Olympians and other facts about Team LGBTQ.

LGBTQ Athletes (199)

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Breanna Stewart

Basketball

Basketball

Breanna Stewart's Instagram account

Gay WNBA star Breanna Stewart steps in it with a Puma Harry Potter kicks collab

Over half of USA Olympic women’s basketball team is LGBTQ in gold medal match in Paris

Meet the out LGBTQ Team USA athletes competing in Paris

Diana Taurasi

Basketball

Basketball

Diana Taurasi's Instagram account

Over half of USA Olympic women’s basketball team is LGBTQ in gold medal match in Paris

Meet the out LGBTQ Team USA athletes competing in Paris

Historic highs, a birth and a berth mark a crowning weekend for Diana Taurasi

Alyssa Thomas

Basketball

Basketball

Alyssa Thomas's Instagram account

Over half of USA Olympic women’s basketball team is LGBTQ in gold medal match in Paris

Meet the out LGBTQ Team USA athletes competing in Paris

Connecticut Sun teammates Alyssa Thomas and DeWanna Bonner are getting married

Brittney Griner

Basketball

Basketball

Brittney Griner's Instagram account

Over half of USA Olympic women’s basketball team is LGBTQ in gold medal match in Paris

Brittney Griner and wife Cherelle welcome a new baby boy days ahead of the Olympics

Meet the out LGBTQ Team USA athletes competing in Paris

Donald Trump says Brittney Griner being freed from Russian prison ‘not the greatest trade’

Jewell Loyd

Basketball

Basketball

Jewell Loyd's Instagram account

Over half of USA Olympic women’s basketball team is LGBTQ in gold medal match in Paris

Meet the out LGBTQ Team USA athletes competing in Paris

Team USA’s Jewell Loyd is out to prove her ‘Gold Mamba’ moniker correct again at Paris Olympics

Chelsea Gray

Basketball

Basketball

Chelsea Gray's Instagram account

Over half of USA Olympic women’s basketball team is LGBTQ in gold medal match in Paris

Meet the out LGBTQ Team USA athletes competing in Paris

Kahleah Copper

Basketball

Basketball

Kahleah Copper's Instagram account

Kahleah Copper saves USA basketball in Olympics gold medal fourth quarter

Over half of USA Olympic women’s basketball team is LGBTQ in gold medal match in Paris

Evy Leibfarth

Canoeing

Canoeing

Evy Leibfarth's Instagram account

Queer athlete Evy Leibfarth’s first Olympic medal was unexpected — and she’s not done in Paris

Meet the out LGBTQ Team USA athletes competing in Paris

Evy Leibfarth is set to tackle a historic trio of canoe and kayak events for Team USA

Bisexual paddler Evy Leibfarth hopes to inspire LGBTQ athletes at Paris Olympics

Hannah Roberts

Cycling

Cycling

Hannah Roberts's Instagram account

Gay American Perris Benegas seals BMX silver medal with her girlfriend’s kiss, as Hannah Roberts crashes out

Meet the out LGBTQ Team USA athletes competing in Paris

Hannah Roberts on top of BMX Freestyle looking for gold at Paris Summer Olympics

Out Olympian Hannah Roberts backflips her way to Olympics BMX Freestyle silver, Perris Benegas finishes fourth

Perris Benegas

Cycling

Cycling

Perris Benegas's Instagram account

Gay American Perris Benegas seals BMX silver medal with her girlfriend’s kiss, as Hannah Roberts crashes out

Meet the out LGBTQ Team USA athletes competing in Paris

Hannah Roberts on top of BMX Freestyle looking for gold at Paris Summer Olympics

Lauren Scruggs

Fencing

Fencing

Lauren Scruggs's Instagram account

A third of all out LGBTQ athletes at the Paris Olympics won a medal

Team LGBTQ finishes in 7th place in the Paris Olympics total medal count, with by far their most-ever medals

LGBTQ fencer Lauren Scruggs wins Olympic gold, silver and a hug from Snoop Dogg

In first-ever all-USA final, out athlete Lauren Scruggs wins improbable silver medal

Nina Castagna

Rowing

Rowing

Nina Castagna's Instagram account

Meet the out LGBTQ Team USA athletes competing in Paris

These 6 out rowers will represent Team USA at the Paris Olympics with pride

Regina Salmons

Rowing

Rowing

Regina Salmons's Instagram account

Meet the out LGBTQ Team USA athletes competing in Paris

These 6 out rowers will represent Team USA at the Paris Olympics with pride

Teal Cohen

Rowing

Rowing

Teal Cohen's Instagram account

Meet the out LGBTQ Team USA athletes competing in Paris

These 6 out rowers will represent Team USA at the Paris Olympics with pride

Grace Joyce

Rowing

Rowing

Grace Joyce's Instagram account

Meet the out LGBTQ Team USA athletes competing in Paris

These 6 out rowers will represent Team USA at the Paris Olympics with pride

Jessica Thoennes

Rowing

Rowing

Jessica Thoennes's Instagram account

Meet the out LGBTQ Team USA athletes competing in Paris

These 6 out rowers will represent Team USA at the Paris Olympics with pride

Alina Hagstrom

Rowing

Rowing

Alina Hagstrom's Instagram account

Meet the out LGBTQ Team USA athletes competing in Paris

These 6 out rowers will represent Team USA at the Paris Olympics with pride

Lauren Doyle

Rugby

Rugby

Lauren Doyle's Instagram account

Team LGBTQ finishes in 7th place in the Paris Olympics total medal count, with by far their most-ever medals

USA women’s rugby team, with 6 out gay players, wins first Olympic medal on shocking final play

Meet the out LGBTQ Team USA athletes competing in Paris

Lauren Doyle co-captains USA Rugby at Paris Olympics in her third quest for a medal

Steph Rovetti

Rugby

Rugby

Steph Rovetti's Instagram account

Team LGBTQ finishes in 7th place in the Paris Olympics total medal count, with by far their most-ever medals

USA women’s rugby team, with 6 out gay players, wins first Olympic medal on shocking final play

Mormon and gay: Team USA rugby player Steph Rovetti excited to be out Olympian

Meet the out LGBTQ Team USA athletes competing in Paris

Alev Kelter

Rugby

Rugby

Alev Kelter's Instagram account

Team LGBTQ finishes in 7th place in the Paris Olympics total medal count, with by far their most-ever medals

Gay rugby player Alev Kelter proposes to girlfriend after winning Olympic bronze

USA women’s rugby team, with 6 out gay players, wins first Olympic medal on shocking final play

Meet the out LGBTQ Team USA athletes competing in Paris

Nicole Heavirland

Rugby

Rugby

Nicole Heavirland's Instagram account

USA women’s rugby team, with 6 out gay players, wins first Olympic medal on shocking final play

Meet the out LGBTQ Team USA athletes competing in Paris

Kris Thomas

Rugby

Rugby

Kris Thomas's Instagram account

USA women’s rugby team, with 6 out gay players, wins first Olympic medal on shocking final play

Meet the out LGBTQ Team USA athletes competing in Paris

Kristi Kirshe

Rugby

Rugby

Team LGBTQ finishes in 7th place in the Paris Olympics total medal count, with by far their most-ever medals

USA women’s rugby team, with 6 out gay players, wins first Olympic medal on shocking final play

Tierna Davidson

Soccer

Soccer

Tierna Davidson's Instagram account

Rapinoe sends message to Marta after seeing USWNT shut out Brazil for fifth Olympic gold

What happened to all the out gay soccer players on the USWNT at the Olympics?

Meet the out LGBTQ Team USA athletes competing in Paris

Lily Zhang

Table Tennis

Table Tennis

USA table tennis star Lily Zhang and her girlfriend are couple goals at Paris Olympics

Sha’Carri Richardson

Track and Field (Athletics)

Track and Field (Athletics)

Sha’Carri Richardson's Instagram account

Diamond League Final flop for one of Team LGBTQ’s headline acts at Paris Olympics

A third of all out LGBTQ athletes at the Paris Olympics won a medal

Sha’Carri Richardson explodes down the stretch to win Olympic gold for USA women’s relay team

Sha’Carri Richardson wins silver in her long-awaited Olympics debut

Nico Young

Track and Field (Athletics)

Track and Field (Athletics)

Nico Young's Instagram account

Gay runner Nico Young had great first Olympics, with a time that would have won gold at any other Games

Meet the out LGBTQ Team USA athletes competing in Paris

Nico Young qualifies for Paris, first out gay male U.S. track and field Olympian in history

Nikki Hiltz

Track and Field (Athletics)

Track and Field (Athletics)

Nikki Hiltz's Instagram account

Late surge sinks Nikki Hiltz, trans nonbinary U.S. track star, in Olympic 1500m final

Nikki Hiltz is trans, nonbinary, a fierce advocate and running for Olympic gold in Paris

Bro hugs and bromances are some of the cool things at the Summer Olympics

Nikki Hiltz is into the Paris Olympics final, steps away from a medal and history

Raven Saunders

Track and Field (Athletics)

Track and Field (Athletics)

Raven Saunders's Instagram account

Raven Saunders slides out of rain-lashed Olympic shot put final

Masked nonbinary shotputter Raven Saunders, with ‘Hulk’ nails and hair, relishing Paris Olympics ‘spotlight’

Meet the out LGBTQ Team USA athletes competing in Paris

Raven Saunders stays fierce and punches ticket to Paris Olympics

Haleigh Washington

Volleyball

Volleyball

Haleigh Washington's Instagram account

Bro hugs and bromances are some of the cool things at the Summer Olympics

Meet the out LGBTQ Team USA athletes competing in Paris

Haleigh Washington helped win Team USA’s first women’s volleyball gold at the last Olympics. Now she wants another.

Bi Pride Day salute to Olympic volleyball champ Haleigh Washington

Kayla Miracle

Wrestling

Wrestling

Kayla Miracle's Instagram account

Meet the out LGBTQ Team USA athletes competing in Paris

Kayla Miracle has a real shot at a wrestling medal for Team USA at the Paris Summer Olympics

Kayla Miracle wins Olympics spot for USA Wrestling, as the out athlete aims for Paris

Kayla Miracle is the first out LGBTQ Olympic wrestler, and she’s headed to Tokyo