Gay swimmer overcame racism and won the respect and acceptance of teammates
Dwight Richardson endured a prank with a noose before taking charge and becoming a top-level swimmer.
By Cyd Zeigler | February 18, 2021Dwight Richardson endured a prank with a noose before taking charge and becoming a top-level swimmer.
By Cyd Zeigler | February 18, 2021A new survey studies the experiences of LGBTQ athletes who have been out on high school or college teams.
By Cyd Zeigler | February 17, 2021Ben Quinn has thrived as an openly gay teenager in conservative Indiana.
By Alex Reimer | January 27, 2021Covenant Christian Academy in Texas kicked out track athlete Devin Bryant, just days before starting his senior year, because he’s gay.
By Dawn Ennis | November 13, 2020Follow Bruce’s journey coming out in high school sports and Christian Science.
By Cyd Zeigler | November 6, 2020Elected to the board this past June, Michael Martin deals with the challenges of overseeing schools during the COVID-19 outbreak.
By Ken Schultz | November 2, 2020The former sports director for NCLR looked back and looked forward in The Trans Sporter Room podcast.
By Karleigh Webb | November 1, 2020LZ Granderson interviewed co-founders Jim Buzinski and Cyd Zeigler about their 21 years telling stories at a virtual convention of queer journalists, where they were inducted into the LGBTQ Journalists Hall of Fame.
By Dawn Ennis | October 25, 2020One of the first publicly out queer D-I athletes tells his story and offers encouragement to other who may be struggling as he once did.
By Karleigh Webb | October 22, 2020The Huddle is your daily briefing on what’s new in LGBT sports news, the latest links and who’s in the social media spotlight.
By Dawn Ennis | October 15, 2020Jacob Lancaster faced daily bullying in elementary school. Now he’s focus on his senior season with his teammates.
By Cyd Zeigler | October 15, 2020This trans volleyball official upholds the law on the court and wants to help make better laws for her community in Alberta.
By Karleigh Webb | October 11, 2020Jarrin Williams is out, proud and emerging as a leader in his school and in his hometown.
By Karleigh Webb | October 9, 2020As we countdown to National Coming Out Day, The Trevor Project is providing resources to student athletes who are secretly LGBTQ.
By Dawn Ennis | October 8, 2020As we get ready for National Coming Out Day, we reflect on how out and visible LGBTQ athletes provide courage to their peers.
By Alex Reimer | October 7, 2020The Huddle is your daily briefing on what’s new in LGBT sports news, the latest links and who’s in the social media spotlight.
By Dawn Ennis | September 23, 2020After 101 days of silence on the issue, Connecticut’s governor finally responded Monday to Trump administration threats to cut school funding for standing up for transgender student athletes.
By Karleigh Webb | September 22, 2020Betsy DeVos’s Office of Civil Rights threatened to withhold federal funds from Connecticut schools for being inclusive, while launching an investigation of homophobia in Tennessee. All on the same day.
By Dawn Ennis | September 10, 2020Two studies out of Australia suggest teams that host pro-LGBTQ events experience less homophobic language by players.
By Cyd Zeigler | September 4, 2020The Trevor Project’s second annual mental health survey of LGBTQ youth shows the benefits of sports participation.
By Alex Reimer | September 3, 2020