Lesbian Paralympics swimmer Theresa Goh announces retirement
Singapore’s first swimming world champion, Theresa Goh, came out as lesbian three years ago, and now she’s retiring.
By Daniel Villarreal | September 16, 2019Singapore’s first swimming world champion, Theresa Goh, came out as lesbian three years ago, and now she’s retiring.
By Daniel Villarreal | September 16, 2019Eric Blevins is a college diving coach who is openly gay, married and now a two-time world champion.
By Jim Buzinski | August 13, 2019These LGBTQ sports films examine queerness and athletics issue through historic and fictional lenses.
By Daniel Villarreal | July 19, 2019The British diver qualifies for the Tokyo games with a bronze medal at the World Championships.
By Ken Schultz | July 17, 2019The District of Columbia Aquatics Club broke 17 International Gay & Lesbian Aquatics world records at its championship meet.
By Dawn Ennis | July 15, 2019These LGBTQ sports documentaries range from body building and surfing to figuring skating and rodeo.
By Daniel Villarreal | July 12, 2019The world champion diver and Oscar-winning screenwriter fight back against anti-trans tweets by Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies.
By Ken Schultz | July 8, 2019Best known for her world record swim from Cuba to Florida, Nyad’s greatest achievement was proving LGBTQ people could be normalized.
By Brian C. Bell | June 25, 2019David Thibodeau is using his position as a swim coach who is openly gay to effect change.
By Jim Buzinski | June 24, 2019The greatest diver in the world is a gay man with HIV: Greg Louganis.
By Cyd Zeigler | June 20, 2019Diver Matthew Mitcham made history by winning a gold medal as openly gay.
By Jim Buzinski | June 9, 2019Australian Olympic gay diver Matthew Mitcham is engaged to Luke Rutherford, his boyfriend of more than half a year.
By Daniel Villarreal | June 5, 2019One of the world’s most well-known gay athletes triumphs again in Vladimir Putin’s backyard
By Ken Schultz | May 13, 2019Surfer Keala Kennelly is openly gay and now a world champion
By Jim Buzinski | April 2, 2019When two friends and teammates experience a moment of intimacy, ‘Giant Little Ones’ becomes a story of self-discovery.
By Cyd Zeigler | March 17, 2019To accept himself as gay, Joey Cifelli received inspiration from the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu.
By Erik Hall | March 12, 2019Any anxiety Jacob Upton had about coming out as gay on his college swim team was quickly alleviated by their warm acceptance.
By Jacob Upton | March 5, 2019Thomas Agostini, a college swimmer, decided it was time to come out as gay after a slur targeted another student.
By Thomas Agostini | February 13, 2019Trans swimmer Natalie Fahey did not want to quit competing at Southern Illinois and her coach has been her biggest source of support.
By Natalie Fahey | January 28, 2019Swimmer Alec Reitzel grew up in the South and struggled with coming out until he realized he needed to be himself.
By Alec Reitzel | January 17, 2019