Month: June 2015

Rex Woodbury struggled with coming out so he started a program to connect LGBT youth with mentors.

Despite two great Women's World Cup games today, Sports Illustrated's Andy Benoit says women's sports aren't worth watching in two tweets he ultimately deleted.

USC athletic director Pat Haden has shown his gay son, Ryan, and his fiancé love and support from the moment he learned about their relationship. Ryan sends thanks to his loving dad for Father's Day.

Michael Sam shocked everyone when he left the training camp of the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League a day before their first preseason game. The openly gay defensive lineman who became famous after coming out prior to the NFL Draft has not spoken about why he left the team. The Alouettes have placed […]

The two Kentucky high schools involved in the alleged harassment of gay basketball player Dalton Maldonado claim the incident was nothing out of the ordinary, despite thorough corroboration by eyewitnesses and a 911 dispatcher labeling the incident a "terroristic threat." Outsports stands by its story.

"I'm not changing who I am, I'm not changing my personality. I am only changing my body so it matches my insides and my feelings."

"I’m a woman who is still fighting through a hard past. That makes me feel comfortable enough to feel like I deserve to be equal with men."

In celebration of Father's Day, Charlie Rice-Minoso talks about the love he received from his legendary baseball father, Minnie Minoso, who came to accept and support his gay son.

Plenty of reasons for the LGBT community to celebrate the Golden State Warriors winning the NBA Championship: Out gay president Rick Welts, uber-supportive brother of Jason Collins (his name is Jarron), and... it's San Francisco, folks!

Peter King wrote a column earlier this month supporting his lesbian daughter's recent marriage to her wife, Kim. Now for Father's Day, Laura King thanks her father for his public and private "love and support."

The team's GM sheds little light on why Sam left, but his football career hangs in the balance.

With their pride shoes honoring the LGBT community, Nike, Adidas and Converse give new meaning to 'gay apparel.'

The fourth annual LGBT Sports Summit brings together 120 leaders in the LGBT sports movement. The event is hosted by Nike.

"The reaction has been business as usual," the veteran umpire says.

"I'm not a gay race horse. I'm a race horse that happens to be gay," the 3-year-old colt says.

Former Hillsdale College basketball player Derek Schell was chosen by Jeff Sheng as one of the covers of his FEARLESS book. Schell talks about what it means to go from the country's most conservative college to the cover of a book celebrating LGBT athletes.

Over the last 13 years photographer Jeff Sheng has captured the portraits of over 200 LGBT high school and college athletes. He now shares his life's work in a powerful new book, 'FEARLESS: Portraits of LGBT Student Athletes'

Alyssa Sialaris was a stand-out athlete at Whittier College and is one of the eight covers of Jeff Sheng's FEARLESS book. Two years after her untimely death, her mother writes the letter she wishes her daughter could have seen while she was with us.

Michael Martin and Logan Westrope talk about how they met and a unique prom proposal at Chick-fil-A

Chris Mosier has earned a spot in the men's 35-39 sprint duathlon world championship next year and will compete for Team USA.