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Here are 15 inspiring Asian LGBTQ athletes who have come out publicly
There are still relatively few high-profile Asian and Asian-American athletes who have come out.
By Cyd Zeigler | October 9, 2020Outsports 2016 swimsuit issue for gay men
A take on the Sports Illustrated version, but ours features actual athletes.
By Jim Buzinski | February 23, 2016Outsports 2015 All-Hot NFL team
Our choices for the choicest eye candy in the league this season.
By Jim Buzinski | January 14, 2016Calendar features athletic, naked, young British men running around on beach
"Ripped and Stripped" lives up to its title.
By Jim Buzinski | December 18, 2015Christian McCaffrey would win the Heisman for hotness
The Stanford star would top our poll if we had a vote.
By Jim Buzinski | December 8, 2015Hottest players in the Major League Baseball playoffs
There's a lot to choose from among the eight teams.
By Outsports | October 12, 2015Latest Articles on Outsports
Oklahoma must think pro wrestling is real with its ban on trans women wrestlers
The Oklahoma State Athletic Commission issued AEW a warning after Nyla Rose wrestled in a match. Rose's fellow wrestlers have her back.
By Brian C. Bell | April 19, 2024
Gay athletes thrive at Ball State and even show some sass on the court
A school paper's profile of three Ball State athletes show how acceptance and inclusion are a winning combination.
By Jim Buzinski | April 19, 2024
NHL’s Stanley Cup Bracket Challenge bans ‘gay,’ ‘transgender’ as profanity, allows ‘gun,’ ‘kill’
Somebody somewhere thought it might be a good idea to program an algorithm that would ban some LGBTQ words as 'profanity.'
By Cyd Zeigler | April 19, 2024
Premier League gay love story is pure fantasy football but very welcome on World Book Night
Matt Cain’s "Game On" is a new novella in which footballer Tom falls for journalist Cosmo. A lot of LGBTQ sports fans will enjoy the escape.
By Jon Holmes | April 19, 2024
Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe set to produce lesbian soccer love story, ‘Cleat Cute’
'Cleat Cute' is a sapphic story set in soccer, when two teammates fall in love. Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe are set to produce the series.
By Cyd Zeigler | April 19, 2024
Landon Driggers is a gay nonbinary Tennessee swimmer training for a spot on Team USA for the Paris Summer Olympics
Landon Driggers is an all-American swimmer at the University of Tennessee who is now training for the Team USA Olympic Trials.
By Cyd Zeigler | April 18, 2024
Gay couple who own pro sports team will have a trans-pride-flag kit – ‘We become louder!’
Rugby club Keighley Cougars in England repeatedly makes LGBTQ sports history. Co-owner Kaue Garcia says they want to "shock the world."
By Jon Holmes | April 18, 2024
Out tag team The Backslide Girlz slide their way into pro wrestling history with championship win
Out pro wrestlers Kingsley and Shay Kassidy, known together as The Backslide Girlz, became the first women's tag team champions in Australian pro wrestling history Friday.
By Brian C. Bell | April 18, 2024
Retired Yankee broadcaster John Sterling brought baseball and Broadway together for over three decades
Fans of showtunes and hardball had an unlikely ally in the Yankee announcer. Plus: Padres Pride, Anthony Bowens talks smack, and Thirst Trap of the Week.
By Ken Schultz | April 18, 2024
Time 100 includes only one LGBTQ athlete, no one under ‘leaders’ or ‘innovators’ categories
The Time 100 this year includes one LGBTQ athlete, a deserving Jenni Hermoso, who won the World Cup and stood up for women everywhere.
By Cyd Zeigler | April 18, 2024
Carl Nassib, NFL’s first out gay player, to announce Cleveland Browns draft pick
Nassib will team up with Peggy Rajski from The Trevor Project to announce Cleveland's second round pick.
By Jim Buzinski | April 18, 2024
Jakub Jankto says he won’t play at Euro 2024, but organizers are courting gay fans
Jakub Jankto featured for the Czech Republic at the last European Championship, but he won't be at UEFA Euro 2024.
By Jon Holmes | April 17, 2024