Openly gay fighter Amanda Nunes wins UFC Bantamweight championship
The Brazilian shocks Miesha Tate in the main event at UFC 200 to become first openly gay UFC title holder.
By Tim Bissell | July 10, 2016The Brazilian shocks Miesha Tate in the main event at UFC 200 to become first openly gay UFC title holder.
By Tim Bissell | July 10, 2016For Oakland A's fan Jamie Neal, this year's Pride Night brought together friends and community and helped her move past many of her worries about transitioning. She found she is loved.
By Jamie Neal | July 7, 2016Derrick Gordon didn't get drafted into the NBA and hasn't gotten any NBA team workout. Now he hopes to impress teams from around the world at a combine next week.
By Cyd Zeigler | July 6, 2016When Bryson Jones' teammate blackmailed him for being gay, the Mercer Univ. soccer player contemplated suicide. Now he's out and working for the Big Ten conference.
By Bryson C. Jones | July 6, 2016"The second any of us judge people based on those labels, we're not really being patriotic, are we?"
By Jim Buzinski | July 5, 2016Portland is the site for the Aug. 6-13 event.
By Jim Buzinski | July 5, 2016People at 'Sports Illustrated' decided to fill their article on Caitlyn Jenner's Olympic success with references to her former name and almost a dozen photographs of her pre-transition. Is their disclaimer for their editorial choices enough?
By Cyd Zeigler | July 4, 2016Disgraced former ESPN baseball analyst Curt Schilling has again demonstrated a lack of desire to understand and respect transgender people.
By Cyd Zeigler | July 1, 2016Colin Shaw came out to his teammates a few years after leaving Wagner College. Now he plays with them again, just another one of the lax bros.
By Colin Shaw | June 29, 2016Excitement about the NBA and WNBA in the New York Pride parade shows how low our expectations of pro sports leagues are. They and other pro sports leagues are still years behind the rest of corporate America. At least the NBA has taken the leap.
By Cyd Zeigler | June 29, 2016Athletes, coaches, sports executives and members of the media gathered in Chicago for Pride this weekend. We laughed, we cried, we danced. It was, in the words of more than one attendee, "epic."
By Outsports | June 28, 2016When Andre Arsenault came out to his college volleyball team, his coach stuck by his gay player's side.
By Cyd Zeigler | June 22, 2016"Visibility — now more than ever — is important for our LGBT community."
By John Pickhaver | June 20, 2016Team draws largest crowd in a decade and players wear "We Are Orlando" shirts
By Jim Buzinski | June 20, 2016The homophobic chant has got to stop.
By Jim Buzinski | June 19, 2016Both Ohio State and Ohio University announced today they will send their mascots to the Columbus LGBT Pride parade, a day after Ohio State withdrew its mascot for safety reasons.
By Cyd Zeigler | June 16, 2016You can now get You Can Play hats in the colors of your favorite CFL team.
By Cyd Zeigler | June 16, 2016Ryan has been a champion of LGBT rights and had enough from one hater following the Orlando shootings.
By Jim Buzinski | June 16, 2016Michael Bradley adorned the rainbow-colored captains arm band for the U.S. Men's National Team match against Ecuador.
By Cyd Zeigler | June 16, 2016The Ohio State Buckeyes claim a gay pride parade is no longer safe for their mascot.
By Cyd Zeigler | June 15, 2016