These two college athletes are madly in love, and have been for two years
Rhett Hopkins and Sean Gitchell are two college athletes who found each other during a winter break. They are now in love.
By Cyd Zeigler | March 22, 2024Outsports’ list of coming out stories from LGBT people in sports.
Rhett Hopkins and Sean Gitchell are two college athletes who found each other during a winter break. They are now in love.
By Cyd Zeigler | March 22, 2024A dynamic sophomore jump-started Bruin Pride Alliance and seeks to make it a piece of UCLA sports tradition.
By Karleigh Webb | March 19, 2024Sean Gunn came out later in life. Now for the first time he publicly shares his story as a gay Olympian who competed at the NCAA level.
By Cyd Zeigler | March 18, 2024When Scott came out publicly in 2014, baseball showed him that he was welcome. Now he believes the major leagues will offer the same acceptance to their first woman umpire.
By Ken Schultz | March 13, 2024The New York Times featured the only out gay college coach in men's basketball. Here is his coming out story.
By Jim Buzinski | March 8, 2024Ford McLiney found a lifeline when he read the story of gay Purdue swimmer Ryan Dafforn.
By Ford McLiney | March 7, 2024We chronicle our 25 most-read stories of the year, including some incredible highs and miserable lows.
By Cyd Zeigler | December 26, 2023Cornhuskers gymnast Samuel Phillips came out to his team as a freshman and has never looked back.
By Jim Buzinski | November 28, 2023Schuyler Newberger was determined to prove people wrong who said she could never play college sports as a trans person. She is now thriving at Iona University.
By Schuyler Newberger | November 16, 2023Rogers is a trainer for the Kraken. He has been out on social media for years.
By Cyd Zeigler | November 4, 2023Ashley Carter achieved a personal milestone in Kona and acknowledged how courage is contagious as she thanked a recent Outsports interviewee.
By Ashley_Carter | October 27, 2023The Springsteen-loving soccer official shared his story on the Football v Homophobia Podcast in the week of National Coming Out Day and wants to help other LGBTQ people in the game.
By Jon Holmes | October 13, 2023‘I had blinded myself out of fear of not being accepted into a community when the only person not accepting of me was myself,’ Mitchell Harjo writes.
By MitchellHarjo | October 13, 2023After meeting when their teams played each other, Cole Philpott and Aiden Phipps sparked an incredible baseball romance.
By Ken Schultz | October 11, 2023Rhys Balow celebrates his personality every time he steps on the court or field for the Sacramento State Hornets.
By Cyd Zeigler | October 10, 2023Romero is part of a fast-growing group of NFL male cheerleaders, many of them gay.
By Cyd Zeigler | October 5, 2023Tennessee’s Bryden Hattie has impressed in the NCAA and won Diving World Cup gold with Team Canada. If he makes it to the Paris Olympics in 2024, he’ll be proud to represent.
By Jon Holmes | September 26, 2023McDowell has been out since 8th grade. He wanted to make sure he plays college football where all of him is welcome.
By Cyd Zeigler | September 14, 2023Growing up on a farm in Minnesota, Connor Syverson had a tumultuous coming out experience. Fortunately, one of his found families was on the volleyball court.
By Ken Schultz | August 16, 2023Maxen is coming out to live openly with his boyfriend and inspire others to be their true selves.
By Cyd Zeigler | July 20, 2023