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Both universities own ignominious places on Campus Pride’s “Shame List.”

Campus Pride’s annual raking of the most LGBTQ-friendly colleges in the country includes several sports powerhouses, including the University of Kentucky and Ohio State.

After a few flip-flops, Div. II Azusa Pacific has found common ground with the LGBTQ community and has committed to love and respect

First Division 1 Conference to commit to the group's work

Outsports has learned that an NCAA Division 1 athletic conference will announce a formal partnership with the You Can Play project on Tuesday. You Can Play co-founder Patrick Burke told Outsports: We really are overjoyed at this partnership. Getting commitments from excellent D1 schools to recognize, support, protect, and celebrate the LGBT athletic community is […]

We are so thrilled to see the relaunch of Go! Athletes (formerly Our Group) this week. The organization announced a new Web site, their new name, and a new advisory board (of which I’m honored to be a part) in relaunching the organization designed by and for out and closeted high school and college athletes […]

The NCAA National Convention is underway in Atlanta. On Thursday morning they’ll host an educational session from 9:30-11am called “Cross-Campus Engagement in Ensuring the Fair Treatment of LGBT Student-Athletes: Issues and Resources.” Panelists include It Takes a Team’s Pat Griffin; NCLR’s Helen Carroll; GLAAD’s Ted Rybka; Mt. Holyoke College’s Laurie Priest; and Rutgers’ Mark Schuster. […]

Rutgers University hosted a gays-in-sports panel discussion last week. The event was put together in part by Sean Smith (right), whom Outsports introduced a couple years ago. He’s a former swimmer and swim coach at Rutgers. One of the interesting observations came from Matthew Pletcher, an assistant wrestling coach at the University, a former wrestler […]

As you’ve no doubt read here on Outsports, Jeff Sheng has been traversing the country photographing out high school and collegiate athletes for several years. His project is called the Fearless Campus Tour, during which time he’s captured images like the one below of an out Dartmouth runner. ABC News caught up with Jeff last […]