Meet the trans swimmer who made NCAA and LGBT sports history
Harvard swimmer Schuyler Bailar became the first NCAA Division I out transgender swimmer to compete in 2015.
By Dawn Ennis | October 19, 2019Harvard swimmer Schuyler Bailar became the first NCAA Division I out transgender swimmer to compete in 2015.
By Dawn Ennis | October 19, 2019Bayard Rustin’s activism found its inspiration playing football in high school, and eventually led the towering black gay man to work with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
By Dawn Ennis | October 18, 2019In a new video, players and suits from Mexico’s national soccer team ask fans not to chant ‘puto,’ lest FIFA officials thwart their World Cup chances.
By Daniel Villarreal | October 17, 2019Five years after a viral Outsports coming out story, Michael Martin tells us he’s trying to make a difference in his community.
By Ken Schultz | October 17, 2019One teenage girl started it all, using the color purple in the LGBTQ rainbow flag to show support for the victims of bullying and suicide. Now it’s a nationwide effort.
By Dawn Ennis | October 17, 2019Carly Nelson was isolated and bullied after coming out as gay as a Mormon. At the University of Utah, she has found love and acceptance.
By Carly M. Nelson | October 16, 2019Wyatt Pertuset, an openly gay college football player, is a role model for LGBTQ athletes.
By Jim Buzinski | October 16, 2019Four years ago this month, Chris Burns became the first coach in NCAA Division 1 men’s basketball to come out as gay in an exclusive essay on Outsports.
By Dawn Ennis | October 16, 2019Trans women athletes will no longer be recognized as female by the IAAF and must keep testosterone levels under 5 nmol/L for 12 months prior to competing.
By Brian C. Bell | October 15, 2019Natalie Sciver and Katherine Brunt, two players on England’s national cricket team, got engaged one year ago, but didn’t publicly discuss it for 10 months.
By Daniel Villarreal | October 15, 2019It was 11 years ago this month that transgender sportswriter Christine Daniels detransitioned. A year and a month later, she died by suicide.
By Dawn Ennis | October 15, 201915-year-old sophomore Jake Streder seriously thought of quitting his Illinois football team after being outed, but he decided to embrace who he was and it made all the difference.
By Jake Streder | October 15, 2019The world leader in LGBTQ sports coverage is now in your earbuds and headphones with podcasts 6 days a week.
By Dawn Ennis | October 15, 2019Sharice Davids, a Native American and out lesbian who was a mixed martial arts fighter, was elected to Congress from Kansas last year.
By Dawn Ennis | October 14, 2019The new BETRUE-funded Los Angeles City College Track’s look welcomes all and honors the LGBTQ rainbow pride flag.
By Cyd Zeigler | October 14, 2019Charlie Bird, the gay student who played Brigham Young University’s mascot, Cosmo the Cougar, danced his way into the top slot of ESPN’s ‘10 best mascot moments of all time.’
By Daniel Villarreal | October 14, 2019From the Phillies to the Eagles to the Flyers to the Sixers, Philadelphia has the most passionate Outsports fans!
By Dawn Ennis | October 13, 2019Jeff Rohrer became the first married out gay ex-NFL player when he married his husband Joshua Ross last November.
By Dawn Ennis | October 12, 2019Each week, Outsports’ managing editor selects the heroes and goats from the past seven days of LGBTQ sports coverage.
By Dawn Ennis | October 12, 2019Kerron Clement was celebrating Nike’s contribution to a new rainbow track in L.A. when he talked publicly for the first time about being gay.
By Cyd Zeigler | October 11, 2019