Yes, vulgar ‘locker room talk’ is real and prevalent
Sports figures have been painting locker rooms as high-class gatherings of gentlemen. We know that just isn’t true.
By Cyd Zeigler | October 20, 2016Sports figures have been painting locker rooms as high-class gatherings of gentlemen. We know that just isn’t true.
By Cyd Zeigler | October 20, 2016When Nattaphon Wangyot competed in the Alaska track and field state meet, she drew criticism from the Alaska Family Council. Now the state is looking to protect her and other transgender students.
By Cyd Zeigler | October 14, 2016Jonathan Peters brought a program to Cape Cod that focused on inclusion in sports and reducing bullying. He’s just getting started.
By Jonathan Peters | October 13, 2016Former high school athlete says the school’s failure to protect him from anti-gay harassment violates state law
By Cyd Zeigler | October 10, 2016When the Halifax West H.S. football team welcomed Kennedy Cooley onto the team, they demonstrated the true heart of football.
By Cyd Zeigler | September 28, 2016"Mrs. Drumgoole has engaged in a lifestyle, in a manner that is inconsistent with the tenets of the Catholic faith," the school's attorney has said. Being gay disqualifies her from coaching in the eyes of the church.
By Cyd Zeigler | August 22, 2016A principal at a Florida school posted on Facebook 36 hours after the Orlando massacre that gay people are "sick" and quoted the Bible saying they must "be put to death."
By Cyd Zeigler | July 20, 2016Sam Johnson has been a top high school soccer player in Western Washington, headed to Whittier College in the fall. He will do so as a publicly out gay athlete, refusing to stay silent after the shooting in Orlando.
By Conner Mertens | June 20, 2016This is an excerpt from Cyd Zeigler's new book, 'FAIR PLAY: How LGBT Athletes Are Claiming Their Rightful Place In Sports,' released June 7.
By Cyd Zeigler | June 8, 2016Alejandro Graterol and his Skyline High School baseball team won the Washington State title. Along the way he won the Sportsmanship Award for the state semifinal game, 18 months after coming out publicly on Outsports.
By Cyd Zeigler | May 31, 2016Alex Singh talks about the powerful impact being on his high school's boys' lacrosse team has had on him.
By Cyd Zeigler | May 16, 2016Liam Jameson tried to kill himself multiple times. Now the recipient of a scholarship for LGBT students, Dowling Catholic High School will not let him be honored at graduation.
By Cyd Zeigler | May 2, 2016The critical voices of active LGBT student-athletes will be a primary focus in shaping the direction of the Sports Equality Foundation.
By Cyd Zeigler | April 27, 2016"It would send a huge message that we in the LGBT community should be treated as equals as a first-class citizens."
By Jim Buzinski | March 31, 2016Gay athlete Ryan Beene, a captain of his tennis team at a Christian university in Texas, isn't happy with how gay athletes and their treatment is being played out on ABC's 'American Crime.'
By Ryan Beene | March 8, 2016"Tradition' part of a culture of hazing at Philadelphia-area high school.
By Jim Buzinski | March 7, 2016The Sports Equality Foundation is looking for current student-athletes to advise the board on the LGBT sports movement's direction.
By Cyd Zeigler | March 3, 2016Offensive line coach Shane Wickes says LGBT people in football coming out is the only way to complete true change in the sport.
By Cyd Zeigler | February 18, 2016U.S. shift for Ben Cohen StandUp Foundation focuses on people coming out in sports to drive cultural progress; Billy Bean, Howard Bragman, Jason Collins, Christina Kahrl, Conner Mertens and Brian Sims to advise board.
By Cyd Zeigler | January 20, 2016LGBT people coming out and participating in sports is the most powerful tool we have in changing sports culture. These are 105 brave people who did just that.
By Outsports | January 4, 2016