The NFL Wants Full Stadiums Next Fall. Will It Happen? – The Wall Street...
I want to talk about the NFL expanding to a 17-game season, and its public hope for full stadiums next fall, but before I go there, I want to quickly address...
Singled Out tells the story of Glenn Burke, MLB’s first gay player – FanSided
Glenn Burke, the first gay man to play Major League Baseball, was a pioneer. In Andrew Maraniss’ new biography, Singled Out, Burke’s story is told in full.Glenn Burke made history on...
Despite concern and confusion, Florida Senate panel OKs ban on ‘gay panic’ legal defense...
It's a rare legal move, but some people have claimed that a same-sex advance or flirtation caused a momentary loss of self-control, even temporary insanity, making them hurt or even kill another person. Now,...
BMX Rider Corey Walsh ‘Stoked’ to Come Out as Gay – Advocate.com
Corey Walsh has come out as gay.
The professional rider penned a coming-out letter on Instagram, which was shared with his followers Monday. In it, the world's 10th best BMX rider revealed...
Tennessee House Passes ‘Business Bathroom Bill,’ Adding to ‘Slate of Hate’ Efforts After Anti-Trans...
Wide range of business and advocacy groups, athletes oppose anti-trans legislation
Earlier this month, more than 60 major U.S. corporations stood up and spoke out to oppose anti-transgender legislation being proposed in...
BREAKING: South Dakota Rejects Gov. Noem’s Changes, Kills Anti-Trans Sports Bill – Human Rights...
SOUTH DAKOTA — Today, the South Dakota legislature voted to kill the changes made by South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem’s style-and-form veto of HB 1217, the anti-transgender sports ban bill that...
Trans Women Are Women: In Sport and Literally Everywhere Else – Outsports
Trans women are women. Trans women athletes are women athletes. As we wrap Women’s History Month and approach Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31, support for trans women in women’s...
Gay athlete started playing polo at 50, and has thrived ever since – Outsports
Outsports continues its feature, Out in the World: Diving into our deep archive of Coming Out stories and updating the stories of out athletes, coaches and other sports personnel who continue...
Arkansas governor signs transgender sports ban into law – Associated Press
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Thursday signed a law banning transgender women and girls from competing in school sports teams consistent with their gender identity, making...
Youth activists lead the fight against anti-trans bills – NBC News
Eli Bundy, an 11th grader, sat in the teacher’s lounge for two hours Feb. 23, missing class to testify in front of a South Carolina House subcommittee against a bill that...
Oral Roberts University isn’t the feel good March Madness story we need | Opinion...
March Madness loves a Cinderella story, and this year it’s Oral Roberts University.Oral Roberts, a mere 15 seed, destroyed brackets by toppling No. 2 Ohio State in the first round of...
Atherton grad, Olympic medalist featured on ‘Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel.’ How to watch...
<img alt class="gnt_em_vp_img gnt_em_vp_img__yn" src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PClCVqQaqKI/maxresdefault.jpg" onload="if(this.naturalWidthAn Atherton High School graduate and eight-time Olympic Paralympic medalist is featured Tuesday on HBO's "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel."Double-amputee Oskana Masters, who trained for her first...
Andrew Maraniss’ ‘Singled Out’ looks at major league baseball’s first (and last) openly gay...
Andrew Maraniss' "Singled Out" chronicles the life of major league baseball player...
On Deck: The WNBA Players Association, Gov. Noem, LGBTQ Catholics – Outsports
Hello and welcome to On Deck Circle for today, Friday, March 19, 2021. It’s once again the most fun date to write: 19/20/21!
When I started writing this, I was watching...
Gay, No. 23 Abilene Wylie baseball dominate No. 5 Lubbock Coronado in shutout –...
Brooks Gay was in the zone, literally, pitching a complete game shutout against No. 5 Lubbock Coronado in Friday's District 4-5A game at Bulldog Field.Of Gay's 79 pitches, 53 went for strikes...
How Some States Are Moving to Restrict Transgender Women in Sports – The New...
Gov. Tate Reeves of Mississippi signed a bill on Thursday to bar transgender women and girls from competing in women’s sports, a move Idaho made last year and one that has...
Sens. Collins, Manchin vote to defund schools allowing trans kids in sports – Washington...
Despite having President Biden in the White House and Democratic majorities in both chambers of Congress, efforts to update federal civil rights laws to strengthen the prohibition on discrimination against LGBTQ...
Brian Gay was without a sports agent. His wife, Kimberly, stepped in – Golf.com
By: Alan Shipnuck March 4, 2021 The Gays in Hawaii for this year’s Sony Open,...
LGBT+ History Month: The kiss – a seminal moment, a total accident – BBC...
'We didn't think about it at the time but representation matters'Warning: This article includes references to suicide and mental health issues.The skies were clear, the snow was firm and fans had...
Knoxville’s Rep. Eddie Mannis pushes back against transgender youth sports bill – Knoxville News...
Knoxville state Rep. Eddie Mannis, the first openly gay member of the Republican Party to be elected to Tennessee's General Assembly, sent a letter to colleagues in opposition to legislation that...
LGBT+ History Month: Matthew Mitcham’s troubled path to historic Olympic gold – BBC News
By Nick HopeBBC Olympic sports reporter 22 February 2021To play this content, please enable JavaScript, or try a different browserVideo caption, Matthew Mitcham on being the first openly gay male to...
LGBT+ History Month: Mike Beuttler – Formula 1’s only known gay male driver –...
Mike Beuttler scored five top-10 finishes in F1 between 1971 to 1973Mike Beuttler raced against many of the all-time Formula 1 greats in the early 1970s - and then disappeared.Even the...
How this gay coach found his home in the world of women’s college basketball...
The turning point for Kevin DeMille came during his senior year of college. A team manager for the UConn women’s basketball team, he became close with many of the players, including...
LGBT+ History Month: NFL player Ryan Russell on his decision to come out as...
By Nesta McGregorBBC Sport18 February 2021To play this content, please enable JavaScript, or try a different browserVideo caption, Being bisexual 'didn't even cross my mind as an option'"I didn't know a...
LGBT+ History Month: Eudy Simelane – the international footballer murdered for being gay –...
Eudy Simelane's parents sit on the bridge bearing her image that was built in her memoryWarning: This article includes references to sexual assault and violent crime.An international footballer, coach and aspiring...
8 Tips for Reaching Your 2021 Fitness Goals, Courtesy of Our Favorite LGBT Trainers...
8 Tips for Reaching Your 2021 Fitness Goals, Courtesy of Our Favorite LGBT Trainers Hornet
LGBT+ History Month: The history of the Gay Games – the event that grew...
By Jack MurleyBBC Sport3 February 2021Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Synchronised swimming is among 36 sports confirmed for the 2022 Gay Games in Hong KongThe Gay Games is the world's largest...
LGBT+ History Month: Six LGBT+ sportspeople you should know more about – BBC News
(L-R) Bill Tilden, Freda du Faur, Jerry Smith, Panama Al Brown, Roberta Cowell, Dutee ChandTo mark the start of LGBT+ History Month, BBC Sport looks at the lives of six LGBT+...
Is This Cycling Duel the Best Rivalry in Sports? – The Wall Street Journal
We have entered the second week of hype for Super Bowl LV, and while I’m eager for Sunday’s Chiefs-Buccaneers joust, I don’t feel the need to write, or read, another story...
Americans like sports, but heterosexual men especially do – The Ohio State University News
Nearly nine out of 10 Americans say they enjoy sports at least a little, but heterosexual men more commonly identify as passionate sports fans, a new study suggests.A survey of nearly...
Gay men don’t have to be butch or masc to be NFL or Super...
When I first came out as gay — and yeah, this was ancient times before Tom Brady had ever won a Super Bowl — there was a sense amongst many in...
Spurs’ Rudy Gay finds new life as a role player – San Antonio Express-News
To hear Rudy Gay tell it, the basket at the Moda Center might as well have been the size of a Hula-Hoop.Left open for shot after shot in the Spurs’ 125-104...
Bisexual/pansexual Team USA figure skater Amber Glenn wins silver – Outsports
A weekly video wrap-up of the week in LGBTQ sports is the newest feature from the Sports Equality Foundation’s new TikTok initiative. Former college lacrosse player Sam Knollmeyer is the host...
LGBTQ athletes launch TikTok campaign for Sports Equality – Outsports
TikTok — the world’s leading app for short-form mobile video — is now also the home of out LGBTQ athletes and coaches and other folks involved in sports invested in spreading...
These 39 current NFL players have all played with a gay teammate – Outsports
Some people still believe that the NFL is a “homophobic” monolith where it’s “dangerous” to be gay.
Despite Outsports chronicling literally dozens of pieces of evidence to the contrary, there’s a...