Winners and losers of the week in LGBT Sports
Each week, Outsports’ managing editor selects big stories from the past 7 days of LGBTQ sports coverage.
By Dawn Ennis | February 15, 2020Each week, Outsports’ managing editor selects big stories from the past 7 days of LGBTQ sports coverage.
By Dawn Ennis | February 15, 2020Pernille Harder ends an amazing year on and off the pitch by announcing that she is again nominated for her sport’s highest award.
By Ken Schultz | February 13, 2020A compassionate crowd, training partners turned coaches and SonicFox offering their fursuit head as a trophy reminded everyone watching how esports can build supportive communities.
By Brian C. Bell | February 13, 2020Dwyane Wade embraces his transgender daughter with all the love of an All-Star dad.
By Cyd Zeigler | February 12, 2020Pride On The Court at Sarah Lawrence College took another leap forward in year three, and seeks more in year four.
By Karleigh Webb | February 12, 2020The Alliance Defending Freedom filed suit in federal court against the Connecticut Association of Schools over its trans-inclusive policy toward student athletes.
By Dawn Ennis | February 12, 2020Collins and Patterson have both dedicated their lives to public advocacy work and helping young LGBTQ athletes.
By Alex Reimer | February 11, 2020Gay Dodgers vice president Erik Braverman has made team’s Pride night special.
By Jim Buzinski | February 11, 2020At this weekend’s Pride On The Court at Sarah Lawrence College, openly LGBTQ athletes told student-athletes it’s their responsibility to create safe locker room environments.
By Karleigh Webb | February 10, 2020Court says it was “very, very wrong” for the two all-time greats to demand Tennis Australia change the name of Margaret Court Arena.
By Alex Reimer | February 10, 2020The U.S. Women have Olympic gold in their sights after beating Mexico 4-0 in the Concacaf qualifying tournament.
By Ken Schultz | February 10, 2020Amber Glenn of Plano, Texas finished in ninth place out of 21 at the Four Continents Championships on Saturday in Seoul, South Korea.
By Dawn Ennis | February 9, 2020Each week, Outsports’ managing editor selects big stories from the past 7 days of LGBTQ sports coverage.
By Dawn Ennis | February 8, 2020The Arsenal striker says one man coming out would embolden others to come out as well.
By Shelby Weldon | February 7, 2020Collin Martin is America’s only openly gay male professional athlete in the Big 4 and is bringing his talent and skill to San Diego’s expansion franchise in the second-division USL Championship.
By Dawn Ennis | February 7, 2020A total of 142 businesses signed a letter this week expressing their opposition to a slate of proposed anti-LGBTQ legislation in Tennessee.
By Alex Reimer | February 6, 2020Sauer-Cook became the first openly gay referee in professional football history when she worked for the Alliance of American Football last year.
By Alex Reimer | February 6, 2020Out LGBTQ athletes Chris Mosier, Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi and Caster Semenya are among those chosen by Nike to model competition uniforms for Tokyo 2020.
By Dawn Ennis | February 6, 2020Great Britain’s April Hunter makes a statement for LGBTQ rights on social media while vacationing in The Maldives.
By Ken Schultz | February 6, 2020LGBTQ representation, internalized stigma and the struggles of LGBTQ athletes were topics of discussion at Winter PrideFest’s opening panel.
By Brian C. Bell | February 5, 2020