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Coming out stories
First-person accounts and profiles of gay and lesbian athletes

Outsports has run many profiles, book excerpts, reviews and columns about athletes who have come out, many in their own words. Below are some of the most popular.

Related: Complete Out Athletes list

Professional sports

John Amaechi, basketball
Former NBA player comes out
Players, coaches react
The Outsports interview
Book hits its mark
Billy Bean, baseball
Book excerpt: Hitting a home run for my lover
Chris Bergland, ultra-endurance athlete
Sweat = bliss
Howard Bragman, publicist
Helping jocks come out
Glenn Burke, baseball
The guy who invented the high-five
Christine Daniels (formerly Mike Penner), journalist
Writer comes out as transgender
Rudy Galindo, figure skating
Champion on and off the ice
Emile Griffith, boxing
Movie packs a powerful punch
Dave Kopay, football
Still going strong
Kopay speech to graduates
Lindsy McLean, trainer
Former 49ers trainer comes out
Martina Navartilova, tennis
Athlete, author, activist
Dave Pallone, umpire
Making the right call
Ump still calls them as he sees them
Sheryl Swoopes, basketball
Star comes out
Paul Tagliabue, football
NFL commissioner has a gay son
Esera Tuaolo, football
Former lineman comes out
Book excerpt: Gay in the Bible Belt
Tuaolo address NFL rookies on gay issues
Tuaolo lands TV commercial
Tuaolo wins flag football gold
 

Amateur sports

Graham Ackerman, gymnastics
Back-to-back titles
Nat Brown, cross-country skiing coach
The importance of being out
Ryan Carillo, inline skating
Battling a sports culture
Helen Carroll, basketball
Former coach fights homophobia
Anthony Castro, football
Tribute to an athlete dying young
Matt Coin, tennis
Sharing a secret
Joey Fisher, hockey
Out in the net
Andrew Glenn, rowing
Getting the courage to come out
Billy Glover, cross-country running
No more running away
Andrew Goldstein, lacrosse
Just one of the guys
Jordan Goldwarg, cross-country skiing
A huge weight lifted
Adam Goslin, football/baseball
Out in 2 sports
Corey Johnson, football
Brave athlete, supportive school
Kyle Hawkins, lacrosse coach
Missouri fires gay coach
Coach finds, gives support
Simon Latimer, diving
Honoring a friend
Keith Lutman, track coach
"You da man"
Ryan Miller, snowboarding
Out on the slopes
Ryan Quinn, cross-country skiing
Coming out earns team's respect
Brandon Triche, gymnastics
Beating adversity
Ryan White, rowing
Finding acceptance
Campus jocks
Gay athletes forge a bond