LGBT Sports history: Caitlyn Jenner receives Arthur Ashe Courage Award
Former Olympian Caitlyn Jenner came out as transgender in 2015, and instantly became the most famous trans person in the world.
By Dawn Ennis | October 31, 2019Former Olympian Caitlyn Jenner came out as transgender in 2015, and instantly became the most famous trans person in the world.
By Dawn Ennis | October 31, 2019The Gay Softball World Series was born in 1977, the same year as “Saturday Night Fever.”
By Dawn Ennis | October 30, 2019Patricia Nell Warren’s best seller about a gay coach and an Olympic runner hit bookshelves 45 years ago,
By Dawn Ennis | October 29, 2019In 2007, an artist unveiled two paintings of Boston Bruins hockey legend Bobby Orr, not wearing his uniform. Or anything.
By Dawn Ennis | October 28, 2019Minor league pitcher Sean Conroy became the first openly gay active professional baseball player in 2015 and was honored by Cooperstown.
By Dawn Ennis | October 26, 2019Each week, Outsports’ managing editor selects the heroes and goats from the past 7 days of LGBTQ sports coverage.
By Dawn Ennis | October 26, 2019In May 2019, CeCé Telfer became the first publicly out trans woman to win an NCAA track & field title. Her next goal: Tokyo 2020.
By Dawn Ennis | October 25, 2019Myles Brand was an advocate for LGBTQ inclusion in the NCAA when he was president.
By Dawn Ennis | October 24, 2019Astros right fielder George Springer was caught on camera saying a vulgar anti-gay slur after being called out on strikes by umpire Angel Hernandez in April.
By Dawn Ennis | October 23, 2019Retired NBA player Jason Collins remains the only out gay athlete to compete in the regular season in any of the major American sports leagues.
By Dawn Ennis | October 22, 2019Five years ago today, the Dallas Cowboys announced they had cut Michael Sam, the first out gay NFL player ever drafted.
By Dawn Ennis | October 21, 2019Out WNBA star Brittney Griner consistently leads the league in scoring and blocks per game, earning her a place in LGBTQ sports history.
By Dawn Ennis | October 20, 2019Harvard swimmer Schuyler Bailar became the first NCAA Division I out transgender swimmer to compete in 2015.
By Dawn Ennis | October 19, 2019Bayard Rustin’s activism found its inspiration playing football in high school, and eventually led the towering black gay man to work with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
By Dawn Ennis | October 18, 2019One teenage girl started it all, using the color purple in the LGBTQ rainbow flag to show support for the victims of bullying and suicide. Now it’s a nationwide effort.
By Dawn Ennis | October 17, 2019Four years ago this month, Chris Burns became the first coach in NCAA Division 1 men’s basketball to come out as gay in an exclusive essay on Outsports.
By Dawn Ennis | October 16, 2019It was 11 years ago this month that transgender sportswriter Christine Daniels detransitioned. A year and a month later, she died by suicide.
By Dawn Ennis | October 15, 2019Sharice Davids, a Native American and out lesbian who was a mixed martial arts fighter, was elected to Congress from Kansas last year.
By Dawn Ennis | October 14, 2019From the Phillies to the Eagles to the Flyers to the Sixers, Philadelphia has the most passionate Outsports fans!
By Dawn Ennis | October 13, 2019Jeff Rohrer became the first married out gay ex-NFL player when he married his husband Joshua Ross last November.
By Dawn Ennis | October 12, 2019