Month: September 2016

Two college presidents have announced that they will use student-athletes as political pawns to make a point about their support for LGBT discrimination in North Carolina.

George Washington Univ. fired men’s basketball coach Mike Lonergan over accusations of abuse and homophobia.

When the Halifax West H.S. football team welcomed Kennedy Cooley onto the team, they demonstrated the true heart of football.

Brian Anderson has been a great skateboarder nearly all his life. Now he comes out as gay to help inspire youth.

The NAIA cross-country national championship was slated for Charlotte, N.C., in a few weeks. Not anymore.

Beto Soberanis is an undocumented immigrant with HIV who has committed his life to helping people with AIDS. He wants to let them know they are not alone, "iQue no estas solo!"

Matt Lister said an enormous weight was lifted.

While the NCAA has taken small steps, it allows discrimination against LGBT athletes and the firing of gay coaches. Lambda Legal thinks the association is a good example of leadership in our community.

The Colonial Athletic Association voted to hold events in North Carolina this school year while moving one event, the conference’s women’s golf tournament.

Andre Gray will serve a four-game Premier League suspension for tweeting four years ago that gay people make him sick and should die.

Months after the debacle with the National Anthem, the San Diego Padres remain committed to the Gay Men’s Chorus

When we were younger, we couldn’t have imagined feeling lucky or happy that we were gay. Now life is good, as it is for so many out gay people in sports.

The NFL’s best RomCom couple play each other this week.

When a teammate expressed dissatisfaction with Kenzie Tillitt being LGBT, the rest of the team rallied.

Curt Miller came out publicly as gay last year when he was named head coach of the Connecticut Sun. The team has now given him a promotion.

Professional bowler Anthony Pepe tells his “beautiful haters” that he didn’t choose to be gay, he just got lucky.

Penn State's Voight Demeester grew up with ice in his blood and realized his sexual orientation was no barrier to athletic success.

"We're disabled and we're gay," says Abby Dunkin of the gold medal women's wheelchair basketball team.

“Pulse was, and still is, an emblem for LGBT equality,” writes Phil Claudy, who will compete Sept. 25 to help OneOrlando.

Fans in Los Angeles haven't hesitated to embrace the return of the Rams. That includes gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans fans.