College Sports

Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender athletes and coaches get a warm welcome from Notre Dame in this LGBT-friendly You Can Play video featuring athletes and coaches from across the Catholic campus.

Administrators, coaches and athletes in Madison gather to send a message of support for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people in sports.

Drew Martin and his fiancé, Blake Macon, are both Mississippi State alums. The gay couple met and became engaged at Mississippi State football games. Now working for TCU, Martin finds himself accepted by the athletic department but unable to marry his gay partner of six years.

Nick Jessee has been out since he was a high school freshman and there was never any looking back. The freshman swimmer at St. Louis University wins respect and accolades from his team.

Gay swimmer Austin Parrish struggled coming out to his parents. Bridges are still being built.

New online video conversation 'From The Bench' kicks off with a conversation about paying college athletes an whether the analogy between the NCAA and a plantation of slaves is fair.

Erskine College, with gay players Drew Davis and Juan Varona, will play for the national championship in Chicago in two weeks.

Athletic director Steve Nelson is joined by athletes from various sports in sending message of support for gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans athletes and coaches.

"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.

After a year of isolation, gay UMass basketball player Derrick Gordon discovered the strength to share his truth with family and teammates. He becomes the first active male NCAA Div. 1 basketball player to come out publicly. Last Wednesday, at the request of redshirt sophomore shooting guard Derrick Gordon, University of Massachusetts men’s basketball head […]

Michael Sam pulled up at the end of his first 40-yard dash, only to work through the hamstring tightness and finish off the day strong. He improved in every category.

Erskine College volleyball player Drew Davis, who struggled with reconciling being gay with the Southern Baptist Church, was outed inadvertently to one of his teammates during a Skype chat. Juan Varona was out in high school in Puerto Rico. Both are embraced by the team, which owns the nation's second-longest current win streak.

Coming out to his teammates at the University of Virginia was easy for Parker Camp compared to his family. The result was unconditional love and a burden lifted. "We are the definition of a modern family," his brother said.

Gay Notre Dame varsity tennis player Matt Dooley attempted suicide in 2011. He came out to his team exactly two years later, and their acceptance helped save his life.

"It's one of the best things he's ever done because it's made us closer friends," said a teammate on the Drew University baseball team. "It doesn't change a thing."

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

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.

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.

Whitney found complete acceptance from his Walla Walla Community College baseball team when he came out to them just days after his then-boyfriend, Conner Mertens, came out to his college football team.