Women’s Sports

Two of the stars of the Women’s World Cup show the contrast between world class athletes at their peak and confronting the doubters.

Out WNBA star Brittney Griner consistently leads the league in scoring and blocks per game, earning her a place in LGBTQ sports history.

Natalie Sciver and Katherine Brunt, two players on England’s national cricket team, got engaged one year ago, but didn’t publicly discuss it for 10 months.

The world leader in LGBTQ sports coverage is now in your earbuds and headphones with podcasts 6 days a week.

Sharice Davids, a Native American and out lesbian who was a mixed martial arts fighter, was elected to Congress from Kansas last year.

Miami may have lost to top-25 Wake Forest, but they won the day waving a giant rainbow flag.

Sheryl Swoopes, one of the greatest women’s basketball players of all time, blazed a trail by speaking openly of her love for another woman.

Despite a herniated disk, Delle Donne scores 13 points to lead the Mystics to the brink of a championship.

The winningest coach in U.S. Soccer history has left the pitch for the last time. Jill Ellis leaves the USWNT with a record to be envied, one which may never be duplicated.

Each week, Outsports’ managing editor selects the heroes and goats from the past seven days of LGBTQ sports coverage.

Who else in sports history has her name on a stadium complex, a library, a bobblehead, an action figure, 12 women’s Grand Slam titles and is lesbian?

The Washington Mystics forward exited game 2 early with back spasms, forcing her best chance at a WNBA title yet to rest on the result of an MRI.

Retired lesbian soccer player Joanna Lohman traveled to Nigeria with Sports United, a program that uses sports to help address serious regional challenges.

In a charged acceptance speech, the USWNT champion offers praise for other soccer activists.

From athleticism to advocacy, the WNBA star shared her wisdom and lessons learned with students at Duke University.

What a weekend: Long Beach, Calif. is to dedicate its flagship library to the tennis legend and Saturday is “Billie Jean King Bobblehead Day” at Dodgers Stadium.

Minnesota Lynx Head Coach and General Manager Cheryl Reeve has narrowly won a vote to become the WNBA’s 2019 Executive of the Year.

Singapore’s first swimming world champion, Theresa Goh, came out as lesbian three years ago, and now she’s retiring.

Lesbian athletic couple Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird get stylish and personal in InStyle magazine’s “Beauty Issue.”

For 11 years, ESPN’s Body Issue has showcased athletes the network has dubbed the world’s greatest. And some of the world’s gayest, too.