Gay diver Eric Blevins wins two gold medals at world masters championships
Eric Blevins is a college diving coach who is openly gay, married and now a two-time world champion.
By Jim Buzinski | August 13, 2019Eric Blevins is a college diving coach who is openly gay, married and now a two-time world champion.
By Jim Buzinski | August 13, 2019Real Salt Lake coach Mike Petke was supposed to be coming off an unpaid suspension for homophobic slurs. Instead he’s out of a job.
By Dawn Ennis | August 12, 2019‘It would help if a player who was young and popular came out’ as gay, Billie Jean King says.
By Jim Buzinski | August 12, 201929-year-old Toni Pressley underwent surgery Friday and will continue treatment with team sponsor Orlando Health.
By Dawn Ennis | August 12, 2019Six players were ejected after a fight broke out during the 4th quarter of the Dallas Wings-Phoenix Mercury WNBA game Saturday.
By Dawn Ennis | August 11, 2019Each week, Outsports’ managing editor selects the heroes and goats from the past seven days of LGBTQ sports coverage.
By Dawn Ennis | August 10, 2019The USTA will have a day of LGBTQ outreach Aug. 22 at the U.S. Open, with free admission for all.
By Cyd Zeigler | August 9, 2019Denmark’s Pernille Harder and Sweden’s Magdalena Eriksson are two soccer players who are dating and helping fight queerphobia in youth sports.
By Daniel Villarreal | August 9, 2019After losing a court case, out basketball player Haley Videckis became determined to fight injustice.
By Jim Buzinski | August 8, 2019The U.S. Department of Education agrees to investigate a Title IX complaint that could lead to a trans athlete ban in Connecticut.
By Ken Schultz | August 8, 2019Thanks to the popularity of Megan Rapinoe, Carli Lloyd, and Allie Long, Sky Blue and Reign will move to a 25,000 seat arena.
By Ken Schultz | August 7, 2019Lesbian tennis legend and feminist trailblazer Billie Jean King now has a six-inch plastic action figure whose sales help a good cause.
By Daniel Villarreal | August 7, 2019To Northern Ireland’s Chris McNaghten, Pride is “a celebration, not a protest.”
By Dawn Ennis | August 7, 2019The fighting game community’s dominant gay star remains undefeated in Mortal Kombat tournaments at the Super Bowl of fighting game esports.
By Brian C. Bell | August 6, 2019An investigation by the Los Angeles Times uncovered how athletic departments and lawmakers have found ways around the travel ban.
By Dawn Ennis | August 6, 2019Michael Johnson was released from prison 25 years early after a ‘fundamentally unfair’ trial. Now he wants to help others.
By Cyd Zeigler | August 5, 2019Andy Brennan’s story shows the power of visibility and being honest when coming out.
By Jim Buzinski | August 5, 2019“I was not hired because I am a trans wrestler. I was hired because I’m a wrestler,” said Nyla Rose in an exclusive interview with Outsports.
By Daniel Trainor | August 5, 2019Each week, Outsports’ managing editor selects the heroes and goats from the past seven days of LGBTQ sports coverage.
By Dawn Ennis | August 3, 2019The Olympic medalist and surefire Rookie of the Year become the public faces of a new initiative to defeat cyberbullying.
By Ken Schultz | August 2, 2019