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Patriots are first NFL team to sponsor annual gay tournament.

LGBT athletes on display in SoHo this weekend.

Night of Champions highlights LGBT student-athletes

Michael Castor is both in and out at the NFL front office.

The power of LGBTQ community-based sporting events.

Mark Bingham was a gay rugby player from Cal who helped start a worldwide movement of gay rugby players. He also helped save the lives of countless Americans on United flight 93 on Sept. 11, 2001.

The Jozi Cats of South Africa will undoubtedly garner some attention with their bold new campaign.

The New York Gay Football League started as an idea in my living room a little over 10 years ago. Now it's one of the largest leagues in the country.

The Sin City Shootout attracts thousands of athletes in 18 different sports to Las Vegas this weekend!

The United States Tennis Association will host its first tournament for same-sex couples in Palm Springs this March.

The Sydney Convicts have won their fourth Bingham Cup, doing it in blow-out fashion in the final.

Australian sports heads of ARU, NRL, AFL & FFA are coming together to support the Bingham Cup.

Openly gay NBA player Jason Collins still has not had a team sign him. And Gay Bowl XIII kicks off in Phoenix. We're there!

What city has won the most LGBT national and world championships? We’ve been combing the records for the last few weeks, and on June 1 we will name one city “LGBTitletown.” Our countdown of the top 10 starts next Monday, May 21, and we’ll continue the countdown every weekday until we reach No. 1. How […]

For many in the gay sports world, Doug Sanborn has for years been a champion at Coors. Having overseen LGBT efforts at the company for years, Doug has been deeply devoted to supporting gay softball, gay football and many other gay sports groups. Doug’s passion for sports dates back to high school and his time […]

Our annual Local Groups contest is down to the Final Four. Congratulations to the teams that have made it this far! DC Aquatics is now up against Milwaukee Gay Volleyball; and the Muffin Tops Softball Team from Seattle faces off against Cheer Los Angeles. Good luck to these four teams! Voting is on now and […]

This year Outsports is bringing back our annual award for the Best Gay-Sports Group in the World, and we want your organization to be a part of it! The contest is open to any local gay-sports team or league that focuses on a single sport anywhere in the world. Last year’s winner was Madison Gay […]

In a few weeks we will again hold our contest to find the best gay-sports group in the world. For those who participated last year, you may remember that a few rogue groups managed to cheat the system and a handful of individuals voted hundreds of times. Now I’m looking for a way to create […]

A group of Michiganders is forming a new organization in Ann Arbor specifically for gay student-athletes. The new Michigan Athletes and Allies Partnership aims to build a “new group at U of M working to raise awareness and give voice to the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and allied student-athlete.” Paul Farber, a former […]

April 16 marks 100 days out from the opening ceremony of the Second World Outgames in Copenhagen. We’ve gotten a number of requests for information about the event, mostly people wondering how big the event will be. Gerry Hail, a spokesperson for the event, told us yesterday that they have 4,000 registered athletes, and that […]