Straight Allies

Rich Eisen, Steve Mariucci and Michael Irvin will wear purple in support of bullied LGBT youth

Harri Tikkanen is a 15-year-veteran in the Finnish Hockey League, the most popular sports league in Finland, and he showed his support for gay players by putting a rainbow decal on his stick during a match this weekend. This is the first time any Finnish athlete has displayed a gay rights symbol. It came after […]

Portland Timbers and Portland Thorns FC also support marriage-equality initiative in Oregon

Brittany McMillan's Spirit Day initiative will reach sports fans of virtually every major pro-sports league. Will we see purple on the NFL Network's Thursday Night Football?

The push to have footballers wear rainbow-colored shoe laces this weekend hit resistance from players, LGBT activists and the Premier League itself. The issue at hand: Tactics and messaging used to launch the campaign.

Brittany and Robbie Ross talk about being Christian and loving their LGBT friends in part because of their religious beliefs.

Week 1 features Andrew Luck against the Raiders and Doug Martin heading into the Big Apple

The list of NFL players who have conveyed public support of gays includes Andrew Luck, RGIII, Reggie Wayne, Carson Palmer, Trent Richardson and Charles Woodson.

Gay rights activist loses job as Oakland Raiders punter, but could land elsewhere.

The USOC says the Russian law isn't consistent with the Olympic Games. Swedish hockey players from the NHL oppose the law. And what will NBC do?

Nick Symmonds started a trickle of athletes at the Track & Field World Championships speaking out against Russia's anti-gay laws.

The Hall of Fame quarterback continues his support of the LGBT community

RGIII says his Christian upbringing doesn't affect his perspective on gay people

Two days ago, I criticized American middle distance runner Nick Symmonds for saying he was a gay ally, yet would remain silent about Russia's anti-gay laws while competing at the World Track and Field Championships in Moscow. But after taking the silver medal in the men's 800 meters, Symmonds was not silent, telling Russia's R-Sport […]

Former NBA player Tim Hardaway continues to show the power of redemption. The man who in 2007 famously said "I hate gay people" last week was the first person to sign a petition for a ballot initiative to allow same-sex marriage in Florida. "If you're married you're married – you should see your significant other […]

Olympic medal-winning British gymnast Louis Smith graces the cover of Gay Times magazine clad only in a light-blue bikini-type swimsuit (see below). He certainly does not mind being ogled by gay men and even bit when asked if he was gay, who would he want to be with. "I got asked this the other day […]

The best thing about the video from the University of California-Berkeley for the You Can Play Project is the diversity of sports and voices, maybe the most diverse I've seen in these things. There are appearances by Chancellor Nicholas Dirks, athletic director Sandy Barbour, football coach Sonny Dykes, men's basketball coach Mike Montgomery, women's basketball […]

Marques Sullivan and Reggie Smith may be joined by others

"I wouldn’t give a shit if any of my teammates were gay," says the rugby star.

The Giants, 49ers, Raiders, Warriors, Athletics, Sharks and Earthquakes come together with Comcast SportsNet to produce an LGBT-inclusive PSA