Gay college gymnast came out with confidence and assist from teammates
When Collin Lillie decided to come out, ‘my teammates lifted me up, gave me space to figure it out and celebrated me above all.’
By Collin Lillie | March 25, 2021When Collin Lillie decided to come out, ‘my teammates lifted me up, gave me space to figure it out and celebrated me above all.’
By Collin Lillie | March 25, 2021Andrew Mortensen’s journey began in northwest Washington state. Six months later, he’s raised more than $7,500 for The Trevor Project, and is on his way to Patagonia.
By Alex Reimer | March 24, 2021Outsports, in partnership with NCLR, introduced a new series of awards to pay tribute to transgender athletes, coaches and others working to give every trans competitor a chance to fulfill their dream.
By Dawn Ennis | March 24, 2021On Deck Circle is a round-up of what’s new in LGBTQ sports news along with today’s social media spotlight.
By Dawn Ennis | March 23, 2021While Oral Roberts has become this year’s March Madness underdogs, the school’s treatment of LGBTQ students should make the university pariahs, not heroes.
By Ken Schultz | March 23, 2021Kristi Noem defends her ‘style and form’ veto while touting a new initiative to ‘Defend Title IX Now.’
By Karleigh Webb | March 22, 2021The cancel crowd has tried to influence sport’s response to homophobia. Sports have instead chosen redemption.
By Cyd Zeigler | March 22, 2021Each and every week, our managing editor runs down the big stories of the past seven days, and this last week was a doozy.
By Dawn Ennis | March 20, 2021Across the country this week, straight allies have courageously stood up for transgender rights.
By Alex Reimer | March 19, 2021Wavra faces multiple accusations of using racist and racially charged language, bi-erasure and emotional abuse.
By Brian C. Bell | March 19, 2021On Deck Circle is a round-up of what’s new in LGBTQ sports news along with today’s social media spotlight.
By Dawn Ennis | March 19, 2021On Deck Circle is a round-up of what’s new in LGBTQ sports news along with today’s social media spotlight.
By Dawn Ennis | March 18, 2021The Senate Judiciary Committee’s sparring over LGBTQ rights reflected the divisions in the nation’s body politic.
By Karleigh Webb | March 18, 2021On Deck Circle is a round-up of what’s new in LGBTQ sports news along with today’s social media spotlight.
By Dawn Ennis | March 17, 2021NBA legend Dwyane Wade continues to show what it means to be a straight ally, as the father of trans daughter Zaya Wade.
By Alex Reimer | March 17, 2021‘The realization hit me that I was the first gay person any of my teammates had ever met,’ Britton Majure says after he came out as gay.
By Britton Majure | March 17, 2021Today’s launch of Operation Crimson Heist introduces Rainbow Six Siege’s first out LGBTQ character.
By Brian C. Bell | March 16, 2021Sponsors deny the links are an issue as opponents note a growing, nationally-coordinated campaign against transgender Americans.
By Karleigh Webb | March 16, 2021After coming out at her Maryland college, Lindsey Farrell “felt more connected to not only the sports community, but now my community as an LGBTQ+ member.”
By Lindsey Farrell | March 16, 2021Andrew Maraniss’s new biography places Glenn Burke in his proper trailblazing context and shows how 1970s-era baseball conspired against him.
By Ken Schultz | March 16, 2021