The rugger who came out while still playing: Ian Roberts is an LGBTQ sports history-maker
There are so very few male GBTQ athletes who come out while actively playing their sport. Ian Roberts did it in 1995.
By Dawn Ennis | October 7, 2019There are so very few male GBTQ athletes who come out while actively playing their sport. Ian Roberts did it in 1995.
By Dawn Ennis | October 7, 2019Jon Lee-Olsen is one of the first male hockey players in history to come out publicly during his professional career.
By Shelby Weldon | October 7, 2019Glenn Burke was the Major League Baseball player who invented the high-five and resisted efforts to hide who he is: a gay man.
By Dawn Ennis | October 4, 2019In an Instagram post, out gay NCAA championship swimmer Abrahm DeVine says Stanford University coaches dropped him because of homophobia.
By Daniel Villarreal | September 30, 2019Playing football and idolizing Billy Porter have rarely gone hand-in-hand. Jacob Lancaster is breaking the mold.
By Cyd Zeigler | September 25, 2019In his first interview with Outsports since his book release, former NFL player Ryan O’Callaghan talks about discovering romance and exploring the gay dating world.
By Haley Videckis | September 18, 2019Gay former rugby player Gareth Thomas revealed he’s HIV-positive and married to another man after being hounded by tabloid reporters.
By Daniel Villarreal | September 16, 2019Gay rugby player and former Olympic hopeful Simon Dunn thanked his followers for relating to his struggles with poverty, anxiety and living up to his online persona.
By Daniel Villarreal | September 16, 2019In this exclusive excerpt from “My Life On The Line,” written with Outsports co-founder Cyd Zeigler, former NFL player Ryan O’Callaghan reveals how he met his first boyfriend.
By Ryan O'Callaghan | September 9, 2019This meet-cute is one of many stories featured in the Washington Blade’s annual Sports Issue.
By Ken Schultz | August 19, 2019The Olympic medalist and surefire Rookie of the Year become the public faces of a new initiative to defeat cyberbullying.
By Ken Schultz | August 2, 2019The British diver qualifies for the Tokyo games with a bronze medal at the World Championships.
By Ken Schultz | July 17, 2019The District of Columbia Aquatics Club broke 17 International Gay & Lesbian Aquatics world records at its championship meet.
By Dawn Ennis | July 15, 2019An Ohio newspaper called this “a good entry point for conversation.” And we agree.
By Dawn Ennis | July 12, 2019The U.S. and Netherlands women’s teams each have five out lesbian and bisexual players apiece.
By Daniel Villarreal | July 5, 2019Dominique “SonicFox” McLean won the CEO 2019 Mortal Kombat 11 championship in an all-gay grand final and gifted his medal to a young black fan.
By Brian C. Bell | July 2, 2019Track and field star CeCé Telfer announced that she will be joining basketball couple Haley Videckis and Layana White in the New York City World Pride March. The athletes took to Instagram in support of a campaign with The Points Guy during Pride Month to raise $1,000,000 for Rainbow Railroad, an organization that provides support […]
By Outsports | June 28, 2019To commemorate the anniversary of the Supreme Court decisions upholding the rights of same-sex couples, we’re celebrating engaged and married LGBTQ athletes.
By Dawn Ennis | June 26, 2019Billy Bean is the only out gay Major League Baseball player — current or former — alive today.
By Dawn Ennis | June 26, 2019Trans golfer Lana Lawless’ lawsuits helped make the LPGA more welcoming to transgender athletes.
By Daniel Villarreal | June 24, 2019