‘I’m gay. I’m a Christian. I’m a basketball player.’
College basketball player Derek Schell tells how he reconciled his faith with being gay.
By Jim Buzinski | April 23, 2014College basketball player Derek Schell tells how he reconciled his faith with being gay.
By Jim Buzinski | April 23, 2014Gay swimmer Austin Parrish struggled coming out to his parents. Bridges are still being built.
By Cyd Zeigler | April 23, 2014How cute. A video of Navy baseball players Matt Kilby and Brad Borosak singing "Love Is An Open Door" from "Frozen" has gone viral, with nearly a million views. Kilby, a pitcher, is driving, and infielder Borosak is the passenger. These two make an adorable couple. The Navy dudes still have a ways to go […]
By Jim Buzinski | April 22, 2014Triple H, Stephanie McMahon, Darren Young and others appear in NOH8 campaign to support LGBT equality.
By Cyd Zeigler | April 21, 2014Johnny Weir reportedly makes various sexual demands of husband Voronov for the two to remain a couple. Weir said a week ago there is no reconciliation. Who knows.
By Cyd Zeigler | April 21, 2014Brazilian retailer defends their production as "irreverent."
By Jim Buzinski | April 21, 2014SiriusXM's OutQ channel has a new gay sports show on Sundays, hosted by Eddie Robinson. Here's their press release: NEW YORK, April 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — SiriusXM today announced it will launch The Outfield, a new weekly sports talk show on SiriusXM OutQ, Sirius XM's 24/7 channel for the LGBT community. The live call-in show […]
By Cyd Zeigler | April 19, 2014QUOTE GOES HERE, AND SAYS SOMETHING MEANINGFUL -Attribution goes here (optional) The famous gay artist Tom of Finland drew a lot of homoerotic locker room scenes, but it's a stretch to say he delved at all into sports. Nonetheless, it's cool that the Finland postal service will issue three stamps commemorating his work later this […]
By Jim Buzinski | April 18, 2014Kentucky coach praises player and his coach. Meanwhile, Speedo-clad UMass students march for LGBT solidarity.
By Jim Buzinski | April 17, 2014Former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason shares his thoughts on gays in sports.
By Cyd Zeigler | April 17, 2014A petition on Change.org asks FIFA to move 2018 World Cup due to Russia's human rights record.
By Jim Buzinski | April 16, 2014Ravens, Falcons, Patriots, Colts, Browns and Jets show interest in the openly gay player.
By Jim Buzinski | April 16, 2014"I realize that now that I don’t have weight on my shoulders to keep my head down," Lauren Elizabeth Neidigh writes. After she comes out, she finds an inner peace that was lacking.
By Lauren Elizabeth Neidigh | April 15, 2014Michael Sam (No. 9) and Brittney Griner (No. 31), two young athletes at the beginning of their careers, are the first professional athletes included in Out's Power 50.
By Cyd Zeigler | April 15, 2014Buy a piece of history with a Jason Collins No. 98 jersey, and support GLSEN and the Matthew Shepard Foundation.
By Cyd Zeigler | April 14, 2014Bubba Watson, who leads The Masters after Day Two, says "your'e not supposed to be gay." Go Brendt Snedeker!
By Cyd Zeigler | April 11, 2014Clyde Rathbone, a rugby union player for the Brumbies in Australia, begins his column in the Canberra Times this way: I'm in love with a gay man.It's a bromance born out of deep respect and admiration for a kindred spirit. My friend is as close to a brother as a person not born of the […]
By Jim Buzinski | April 11, 2014The openly gay UMass basketball player already faces harassment from fans, as does every other college athlete.
By Cyd Zeigler | April 9, 2014Gay UMass basketball player talks to Outsports a few days before coming out.
By Cyd Zeigler | April 9, 2014Derrick Gordon is the latest in a series of "firsts" in the sport for gay players and he won't be the last. Don't expect a flood of more athletes to follow, but change is inexorable.
By Jim Buzinski | April 9, 2014