Month: May 2013

(This story was published in 2002). Yahoo and Gay.com are reporting that Canadian hockey player Nancy Drolet has become one of Canada’s biggest name athletes to come out. Drolet, 29, was apparently “married” with her partner, Nathalie Allaire, last week in a civil ceremony in Quebec. Same-sex civil unions became legal in Quebec earlier this […]

GLSEN will give an award to Jason Collins at their fundraising event.

The Hollywood Hills High School athlete was inspired by Jason Collins to tell his story

NFL teams make decisions based on performance, wins and the salary cap, not whether someone supports gay people.

Once again, we have some recovery session photos from Australia, where they love taking a dip in the water after training. In addition, shots from baseball, the NBA playoffs, NFL rookie camp and track and field. Plus, a star soccer player lifts up his shorts.

Edelmann was the best player on the women's team before he became captain of the men's team

"The stigma of being LGBT in Black communities runs deep," writes the author. "Jason has been given a platform and he's doing something with it."

The Last Closet recruits second city to pass resolution in quest to open men's pro sports for gay athletes. Chicago Bears and Fire offer their support.

The gay former Stanford gymnast competes later this week at Pro Gymnastics Challenge in Pennsylvania

USC swimmer Sean Mulroy may wear custom swimsuits dedicated to a drag queen and get his teammates hooked on brunch, but he takes his sport and being an out athlete seriously.

"Why can't I be the guy making plays that helps my team win, and still on the flip side, be a gay male?" the former University of Richmond wide receiver says.

Some great stuff in the mainstream media about gays in sports, highlighted by a first-person account in the New York Times by Britney Griner. She talks about how she came out to her mom, being bullied as a young person and the importance of being a role model. Brittney Griner, Proudly Part of a Mission […]

The organizing body of wrestling is fighting to keep the sport in the Olympics and shirtless Greco-Roman wrestlers is one proposal to spice it up.

Kluwe played for the Vikings for eight years, now looks for a new team

Current and former professional athletes in all the big sports -- from Kobe Bryant to Kirk Gibson -- weighed in on Jason Collins coming out. And the vast majority were supportive.

Karen Morrison and her team at the NCAA hosted three powerful days in Indianapolis breaking ground in gender, disability, race and sexual orientation inclusion

Despite the sport's steretype, Pattison fits in just fine

Is this the most important LGBT sports story of all time?

Just about every angle has been taken regarding Jason Collins' coming out, from opposition to support, religion to race, and everything in between

In our latest Outsports podcast, we debated the place of Jason Collins’ coming out on the list of greatest moments in gay sports history. Jim thought it was an obvious No. 1, while Cyd disagreed and said it might not even make his Top 10. You can listen to our reasons on the podcast, but […]