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"Major League Baseball has a zero-tolerance policy for harassment and discrimination," Commissioner Bud Selig says.

Pro soccer player Robbie Rogers gave his first interview to a gay publication as the cover model for Out magazine's sports issue. It's a Q&A with editor Matthew Breen that is well done, and the part that was new was Rogers opening up a bit for the first time about his private life with these […]

Olympic medal-winning British gymnast Louis Smith graces the cover of Gay Times magazine clad only in a light-blue bikini-type swimsuit (see below). He certainly does not mind being ogled by gay men and even bit when asked if he was gay, who would he want to be with. "I got asked this the other day […]

A roundup of gay sports news includes the first interview with the woman Jason Collins was set to marry, and video of two UFC fighters "kissing." Jason Collins Is My Ex-Fiancé And I Had No Idea He Was Gay – Cosmopolitan"I empathize with Jason and support him. But at the same time, I remain deeply […]

If the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue is a rite of winter (at least for straight men), ESPN The Magazine's body issue is a summer staple in what is a slow sports time. At least the magazine features men, unlike Sports Illustrated, and this year 20 athletes stripped down for tasteful nude shots. Among the men […]

NHL player Tyler Seguin, just traded from the Boston Bruins to the Dallas Stars, is involved in another homophobic Twitter incident, this time claiming his account was hacked. This is a tweet from Seguin's account this weekend: “Only steers and queers in Texas, and I’m not a cow.” He then followed that up with this: […]

GO! Athletes launches campaign to fight against transphobia and nasty misinformation directed at Fallon Fox

The best thing about the video from the University of California-Berkeley for the You Can Play Project is the diversity of sports and voices, maybe the most diverse I've seen in these things. There are appearances by Chancellor Nicholas Dirks, athletic director Sandy Barbour, football coach Sonny Dykes, men's basketball coach Mike Montgomery, women's basketball […]

The Chicago Sky player will march in her first Pride parade this weekend in the windy city

The two U.S. Supreme Court rulings that advanced the rights of same sex couples to marry put into clearer focus the fact that major sports remain the final closet in American society. Gay marriage is still illegal in 37 states despite the Court action, but the writing is on the wall. Within two decades (if […]

Action is first by a Major League Baseball team and comes during Seattle's pride parade.

Athletes, sports media celebrate the end of the Defense of Marriage Act and Prop 8

Windy City Times introduces us to an athlete who has been living out and proud for 15 years

Two weeks ago, the Saunders High School basketball coach with a big heart could have never imaged he would tell his team and principal that he's gay.

"I wouldn’t give a shit if any of my teammates were gay," says the rugby star.

Telling athletes they cannot live out their dreams because of Russia's LGBT rights issues would be a black eye on any nation

The former high school and college football player thinks a gay teammate would have been able to make it in his Louisville locker room.

This week's offerings include soccer, swimming, college baseball, rugby, NFL minicamps and Italian soccer players at the beach.

The gamble that brought Rogers back to Major League Soccer will be best evaluated 18 months from now. But round one went to the Chicago Fire.

Over a hundred attendees created a half-dozen projects to focus the movement over the next year. Jason Collins made a surprise visit.