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Trans musher Apayauq Reitan is the focus of a new short documentary film
A new short film looks inside the coming out of trans musher Apayauq Reitan and her return in the 2022 Iditarod.
By Karleigh Webb | March 18, 2024
Bisexual athlete Jordan Rand shares her advice for coming out
Jordan Rand quietly came out publicly using Instagram and some rainbows.
By Shelby Weldon | February 27, 2024
Austria soccer star sorry for homophobic chanting after Rapid Vienna’s derby win
Austrian Bundesliga chiefs are taking action against the 32-time champions after shameful scenes on Sunday.
By Jon Holmes | February 27, 2024
Manchester United celebrate their LGBTQ fans as club wins Football v Homophobia Award
Eric Najib, founder of Rainbow Devils and manager of the world’s most successful LGBTQ football club, Stonewall FC, was also shortlisted for an FvH Award.
By Jon Holmes | February 26, 2024
Aussie Rules Football umpire, boyfriend murdered in alleged ‘crime of passion.’ Bodies reportedly found.
Jesse Baird had been an umpire since 2020. He and his boyfriend are believed to have been murdered by an ex-boyfriend of Baird.
By Jim Buzinski | February 26, 2024
You won’t see Russia in the 2024 Olympics after Court of Arbitration upholds IOC’s ban
Thanks to the Russian Olympic Committee incorporating organizations from Ukraine, the IOC has decreed that they will be forbidden from the Paris Games.
By Ken Schultz | February 26, 2024Latest Articles on Outsports
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
Aaron Rodgers says AIDS was created by the U.S. government in the 1980s
New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers offers a bizarre conspiracy theory about AIDS and Dr. Anthony Fauci.
By Jim Buzinski | April 17, 2024
Federal appeals court overturns West Virginia trans athlete ban – next stop, the Supreme Court
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals rules the "Save Women's Sports Act" violates Title IX and trans athletes are protected by the law.
By Karleigh Webb | April 16, 2024
Nonbinary runners at Boston Marathon filled with joy by being able to compete authentically
In its second year of having a nonbinary division, 48 runners participated. 'What. a. day.' said one.
By Jim Buzinski | April 16, 2024
Rob Gronkowski’s individualism, and yes, that first pitch, can inspire gay athletes and LGBTQ people
So many LGBTQ people feel the pressure to conform to society's expectations. People like Gronk give permission to be yourself.
By Cyd Zeigler | April 16, 2024
Natasha Cloud lives out ‘dream of mine’ at Philadelphia 76ers Pride Night
Natasha Cloud returned to her hometown of Philadelphia to take part in the 76ers Pride Night and did something she'd seen for years.
By Shelby Weldon | April 16, 2024