All four College Football Playoff schools have supported LGBTQ athletes
Michigan, Georgia, TCU and Ohio State have distinguished histories of embracing LGBTQ people in athletics.
By Alex Reimer | December 6, 2022Stanford marching band trolled BYU with same-sex wedding sketch at halftime
The Stanford band staged a same-sex wedding with Mormon scriptural language as BYU fans booed.
By Ken Schultz | December 5, 2022
Byron Perkins, D1 Hampton University football player, comes out as gay
‘I’m gay,’ Hamptons football player Byron Perkins said. ‘This is who I am, this is who I’ve been, and this is who I’m going to be.’
By Cyd Zeigler | October 19, 2022Princeton football to wear LGBTQ Pride stickers for game against Brown on Friday
An openly gay former player will participate in the coin toss as the Tigers host Pride Night.
By Jim Buzinski | October 14, 2022When these 2 gay roommates joined Ohio State’s cheer team, they found a family
Tristan Cruz and Ian Lattea felt the love from their teammates immediately.
By Alex Reimer | October 5, 2022UMass Football is hosting its Pride Day against Liberty
The Minutemen will celebrate their LGBTQ fans when they host Liberty Oct. 8.
By Alex Reimer | September 22, 2022Trey McBride drafted by Arizona Cardinals, 1st player with two moms to be drafted
McBride is set to become the first player in NFL history with same-sex parents.
By Alex Reimer | April 26, 20222021
Steve Strimling will officiate a National Semifinal, the first out gay referee to do so
Strimling will be the referee for the Cotton Bowl when Cincinnati plays Alabama on ESPN.
By Cyd Zeigler | December 31, 2021Trey McBride picked in the NFL Draft. He has 2 lesbian moms
This year’s Mackey Award winner, Trey McBride, received the news with his moms by side.
By Alex Reimer | December 11, 2021
D1 college football player Ryan Deluca came out as gay on Instagram. His team showed an outpouring of love
Ryan Deluca found immediate support coming out as a gay college football player at Furman University in South Carolina.
By Cyd Zeigler | December 3, 2021Goodbye, Ed Orgeron. And don’t let that ‘sissy blue’ hit you on the way out
LSU’s football coach attacked UCLA with homophobia last month. The term has lingered, now embraced by some Bruins and even Ole Miss.
By Cyd Zeigler | October 22, 2021UConn’s football team will wear Pride helmet stickers for its game this week
The Huskies are hosting their first ever LGBTQ Pride night against Middle Tennessee State Friday.
By Alex Reimer | October 20, 2021Michigan’s marching band performed a fully LGBTQ-themed halftime show
The halftime show commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Spectrum Center.
By Alex Reimer | October 1, 2021Jaden Vazquez has found total acceptance as an out D1 college football player
Jaden Vazquez hasn’t heard a single negative comment since coming out. Now he wants to help other LGBTQ athletes.
By Cyd Zeigler | September 1, 2021This gay athlete and advocate has a rare bone infection, and he needs your help to survive
Eric Lueshen has advocated for LGBTQ athletes for years, and now he needs the community’s help.
By Cyd Zeigler | July 23, 2021Gay ex-college football player wants to pay it forward with LGBTQ athletes
T.J. Callan felt driven from the University of Miami program and seeks to make a difference for LGBTQ athletes in his career.
By Jim Buzinski | February 25, 2021Frank Rossi is a face of D3 football. Oh, and he happens to be gay, too
Rossi has been committed for 25 years to elevating the voices of people in football who don’t get the attention they deserve.
By Cyd Zeigler | February 10, 20212020
This gay football player wants LGBTQ athletes to know how supported they are
Etienne Aduya, who played football at Williams College, is working with his alma mater to ensure LGBTQ athletes feel less alone.
By Alex Reimer | December 16, 2020
Sarah Fuller is destroying barriers with Vanderbilt football, and that’s huge for LGBTQ athletes
Sarah Fuller’s success as Vanderbilt football’s kicker shows the best players can be anybody, whether they are a man or woman.
By Alex Reimer | December 2, 2020Northwestern football player wears a rainbow pride shirt in show of LGBTQ support
Ramaud Chiaokhiao-Bowman wore the Northwestern LGBTQ pride shirt ‘to work, educate and raise awareness.’
By Jim Buzinski | November 27, 2020