Women’s Sports

Pepperdine Univ. basketball players Layana White and Haley Videckis, a gay couple, are suing the school and coach over anti-LGBT bias. Coach Ryan Weisenberg allegedly said, "Lesbianism is not tolerated on this team."

Rosie Cossar heard homophobic language from coaches and judges, but felt her role representing Canada in the Olympics meant she had to come out as gay.

Some big names of women's basketball, including Lin Dunn, talk about the impact of inclusion in sports.

Tina Hillman is the defending indoor and outdoor NCAA champion in the shot put at Iowa State. She is also pansexual, another color in the LGBT rainbow, dates people who happen to be male and female, and loves expressing her femininity in a masculine sport.

Basketball star got small cut when man attacked her and her teammates.

Former basketball player and coach Katie Barnes talks about their fear of being out and having to live a double life while they coached at a Catholic school.

The IAAF hit another athlete hard by barring Dutee Chand from competing simply because they feel she has too much natural testosterone.

Same-sex ballroom dancing is one of the most popular sports at the Gay Games

Gay WNBA executive talks for the first time about growing up in Montana football, his near suicide attempt, and finding freedom through out lesbian basketball coach Sherri Murrell.

In the week after the WNBA released its Pride T-shirts, the items led all NBA merchandise in sales. Over the last month the shirts have continued to lead all WNBA sales.

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Charline Labonte played in her fourth Winter Olympics for Canada in Sochi. Her girlfriend, speed skater Anastasia Buscis, was there with her. Labonte talks here for the first time about being gay.

"Although we hear many recent coming out stories, many times we fail to ask what comes after the announcement," Agata Dera writes. Her struggles became a triumph.

Former Baylor basketball player Emily Nkosi talks about being a lesbian on Kim Mulkey's team. She regrets not blazing a trail for others.

The WNBA's Pride program will culminate in a televised game between the Tulsa Shock and Chicago Sky on June 22.

Self-proclaimed 'Southern girl' Caitlin Graves opens up about the time three men attacked her for being a lesbian, and the 'way of life' that is Texas.

The raw emotions behind it pour out in beautifully complicated, unpurified form. Repression is a recurrent theme.

"I realize that now that I don’t have weight on my shoulders to keep my head down," Lauren Elizabeth Neidigh writes. After she comes out, she finds an inner peace that was lacking.

Michael Sam (No. 9) and Brittney Griner (No. 31), two young athletes at the beginning of their careers, are the first professional athletes included in Out's Power 50.

The Australian boardercross racer came out in reaction to Russia's anti-gay laws and was "willing to rip Putin's ass." She needs help in competing in the upcoming season.