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Stoney said she felt now was the time to tell who she was and cited Tom Daley as an inspiration.

Wüst, a Dutch star, wins her third career gold by taking the 3,000 meters.

The SEC co-defensive player of the year from the University of Missouri would be first publicly gay active NFL player if drafted. "I want to own my truth," Michael Sam says. He came out to his team last summer.

NFL spokesperson Greg Aiello tonight released this statement about the coming out of Michael Sam: "We admire Michael Sam's honesty and courage. Michael is a football player. Any player with ability and determination can succeed in the NFL. We look forward to welcoming and supporting Michael Sam in 2014." More from Outsports Follow @outsports Follow […]

The exclusive behind-the-scenes story of how NFL prospect Michael Sam came out

The SEC co-defensive player of the year from the University of Missouri would be first publicly gay active NFL player if drafted. "I want to own my truth," Michael Sam says. He came out to his team last summer.

Håvard Bøkko shows us what he's got.

As Sochi's opening ceremonies filled the night with fireworks and historical pageantry, and Russia was on parade wearing what Vladimir Putin calls its "new face," various human-rights battles were continuing spookily behind the show biz.

Watch the great video about the home and professional life of Winter Olympian Cheryl Maas.

When I told a friend I was going to review the uniforms worn by countries at the Sochi Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony he said, “but you have no fashion sense.” True, but I do have two eyes and know what I like. I saw mostly hits this year since a lot of winter wear looks […]

Korten remembers one night when he punched himself repeatedly in the stomach, desperately struggling with his sexuality and the Bible.

Vladimir Putin wanted to showcase Russia's excellence at these Winter Olympics. So far, he has.

The gloves were the colors of the Olympic rings, not the gay rainbow flag.

Gay Fox Sports crew member Ryan Sifferman will be sharing his thoughts from Sochi as an out gay man throughout the Winter Olympics. For this entry, he talks about using Scruff to navigate Moscow.

Friestad grew up in Plano, Texas, and was fully supported by his high school team. He had to come out again at Div. 1 New Jersey Institute of Technology, and he was embraced.

The Canadian Institute of Diversity and Inclusion released this ad on the eve of the start of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia: Hat tip to Ad Age, which also had a story about the five gay nesting dolls sent to the Kremlin.

So far we have seven out Winter Olympians, all women. There are no out Americans.

Scott Cooper just finished his senior season. He found true acceptance on his Augsburg College football team, which included him being asked by a coach to speak on National Coming Out Day and introducing his partner at Senior Day.

Cooper talks football, religion and his future.

Welcome everyone to my first installment for Sochi 2014 on figure skating. But before I get started, I’d like to tip my hat to my local Vancouver Councilmen, Tim Stevenson, who is in Sochi as an official Canadian representative to present something that country desperately is lacking, a human conscience. After the mayor of Sochi […]