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Weir after his Finland skate (from his Twitter feed) Johnny Weir finished fourth in his return to men's figure skating at the Finlandia Cup...

Political news of the last 48 hours, from the vote to ban same-sex marriage in North Carolina to President Barack Obama's vocal support of same-sex marriage, has crept into the sports world with...

Johnny Weir was at the same time the "sparkliest" and the sportiest thing (would you have it any other way?) on the red carpet at the GLAAD Media Awards Saturday night in New York City. He attended...

U.S. Figure Skating has again snubbed openly gay former U.S. champion Rudy Galindo for their Hall of Fame (video of his amazing championship 1996 performance is below). And some are wondering how...

With this above Tweet, figure skater Johnny Weir announced his return on competitive skating, with his goal to compete in the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia. "I wanted to do this while I still...

Figure skater Johnny Weir married his partner Victor Voronov in New York on Friday in a civil ceremony with a formal wedding planned for the summer. The couple is now on their honeymoon in the...

Johnny Weir officially changed his Facebook status to "Married" on Saturday as he tied the knot with boyfriend Victor Voronov soon after he Tweeted: "I'm maried!" Leave it to Johnny to track down a...

Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Figure skating, 2006: Johnny Weir was one of the great characters of the 2006 Winter Olympics. He said whatever...

Figure skater Johnny Weir has been named the grand marshal of Los Angeles Pride. John Amaechi previously served as the grand marshal. I wonder if Weir will ask Kobe Bryant to ride with him! Despite...