Month: August 2014

Logan Dawson came out just two years ago. He found a new appreciation for his LGBT community at the Gay Games.

Brittney Griner wins WNBA award after setting single-season record for blocked shots.

Nebraska kicker Eric Lueshen found a community of LGBT athletes in Cleveland, all with a love of sport.

Third preseason game against Browns crucial to Sam's chances of making Rams roster.

Chris Kluwe and the Minnesota Vikings have reportedly reached a settlement over allegations of anti-gay harassment and Kluwe's release from the team.

Being first is always noteworthy, especially when it comes to gays in sports.

He's believed to be the first publicly gay major division college football player. He gets total support from his coach and team.

There was a wonderful Gay Games reunion by the pool at Cleveland State University when seven men posed for a photo to commemorate having attended all nine Gay Games going back to 1982. Six of them have swam at all nine Games, while the seventh (Seth Shapiro) has been an official and journalist. They came […]

Swimming (and one from diving) at the Gay Games in Cleveland is being held on the campus of Cleveland State University. Photos by Brent Mullins

Cyd Zeigler takes Brian Sims' Ice Bucket Challenge in honor of longtime Outsports reader Mark Kari. He recruited some Gay Games swimmers to help.

St. Mary High School in Dell Rapids, S.D., will not fire volleyball coach Nate Alfson, who came out publicly on Outsports last week.

Gay high school basketball coach Anthony Nicodemo learned a lesson about stereotypes at the Gay Games' basketball tournament.

The Gay Games crowd at swimming encouraged a struggling swimmer and sent a great message of inclusion.

Scenes from around the Gay Games: Camera-shy canineOne funny moment at the opening Sunday of the Festival Village, a spot for Gay Games athletes and fans, was when a Cleveland Police officer of the bomb squad and his bomb-sniffing German Shepherd posed with two shirtless models of a new gay app, Grunt. The cop was […]

The Republican Party of Cuyahoga County has a booth at the Gay Games Festival in Cleveland. Gay Games participants so far have received them well.

The Gay Games kicked of in Cleveland Saturday, Aug. 9, and we snapped some photos with the athletes.

The quadrennial Gay Games kicks off in Cleveland with an opening ceremony at Quicken Loans Arena.

The quadrennial Gay Games kicks off in Cleveland with an opening ceremony at Quicken Loans Arena.

Irina Myrtceva says her first visit to America is a welcome change from the worsening situation for LGBT people in Russia.

Despite warnings by countless "experts" declaring that Michael Sam will bring a "media circus" to the St. Louis Rams, the press box for his first preseason game is somehow quiet. There are no clowns running around smashing people's faces with pie (though there is a s'mores doughnut that I just might have to try before […]