Women’s Sports

Joanna Lohman came out publicly several years ago, one of the first professional soccer players to do so. She has been followed by over a dozen World Cup players and coaches.

With various out players and a head coach, the Swedish and American women's soccer teams were the most publicly out of any in the Women's World Cup in Canada. All told, 18 participants were out as lesbian, gay, bisexual or otherwise.

Kendra Fisher, an elite hockey player in Canada, talks publicly for the first time about being gay. The mental illness advocate now hopes to add her voice to the fight against homophobia in sports.

Brittney Griner and Glory Johnson were arrested on suspicion of domestic assault. The WNBA players are engaged to marry.

In an excerpt from her new book, Ginny Gilder remembers when she first started to explore her sexuality as an Olympic rower.

Matt Allen and his women's fastpich softball players revitalized the Laurier University team this year.

Helen Carroll, Pat Griffin, Nevin Caple and others are headed to Tampa to work with women's basketball coaches and administrators on LGBT issues.

"Yes we been discriminated against! We lost friends! Family members are upset! They said I disgraced my religion! One thing I do know is that LOVE is a great feeling!

With all the great athletes and storylines remaining in the Women's NCAA Tournament, we can't wait for these final 15 games.

Who is your favorite player in the men's or women's NCAA basketball tournament? You can vote at LogoTV.com.

Amelie Mauresmo, the out French lesbian tennis player, has been elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

"There's no doubt in my mind that homophobia is one of the factors as to why I've been treated so poorly by some in the UMD athletic department," Shannon Miller said.

Some fans, and even the radio announcer for the UMD men's hockey team, are saying women's hockey national titles and sports victories by these women aren't as impressive as the men. The school's actions reflect this attitude.

Campus Pride says the University of Minnesota-Duluth will not be considered as an inclusive campus until it answers to questions of why lesbian hockey coach Shannon Miller was fired.

The number of female coaches in college sports is dwindling as programs replace them with men. In the case of the University of Minnesota-Duluth, Shannon Miller will take five national titles with her.

Nora Cothren was an out lesbian ice hockey player at Smith College. Yet after she graduated she went back in the closet to become a coach, even denying her engagement to be married. Now she's finding the strength to be her true self.

The WNBA star had a year to remember on and off the court. Speed skater Ireen Wüst and shot putter Tina Hillman are our runners-up.

Katie Barnes relates to Pepperdine basketball players Haley Videckis and Layana White and the homophobia they allegedly encountered at the school.

Julie Shaw, head women's basketball coach at the Univ. of La Verne, hears hear voice shake every time she says, "I'm gay." That doesn't stop her in her quest to help other coaches to understand LGBT issues.

The allegations by two Pepperdine athletes that their coach engaged in systematic anti-gay discrimination harkens back to the hate-filled reign of Rene Portland at Penn State.