Being Out: From football to the Army, Christian Mays seeks out challenges
Christian Mays has carried his determination and drive into a career in the Army.
By Jim Buzinski | October 3, 2019Christian Mays has carried his determination and drive into a career in the Army.
By Jim Buzinski | October 3, 2019The retired NFL fullback came out in 1975, and unknowingly paved the way for many athletes to follow.
By Dawn Ennis | October 3, 2019Playing football and idolizing Billy Porter have rarely gone hand-in-hand. Jacob Lancaster is breaking the mold.
By Cyd Zeigler | September 25, 2019In his first interview with Outsports since his book release, former NFL player Ryan O’Callaghan talks about discovering romance and exploring the gay dating world.
By Haley Videckis | September 18, 2019The 49ers Pride watch party was jam-packed with San Francisco’s LGBTQ+ football fan community.
By Ken Schultz | September 16, 2019Seth Dunlap hosts a weeknight talk show at a radio station in New Orleans that called him an anti-gay slur in a tweet.
By Dawn Ennis | September 11, 2019In this exclusive excerpt from “My Life On The Line,” written with Outsports co-founder Cyd Zeigler, former NFL player Ryan O’Callaghan reveals how he met his first boyfriend.
By Ryan O'Callaghan | September 9, 2019Ryan Russell wants to land back in the NFL. Being his true self is now paramount for his life’s next chapter.
By Cyd Zeigler | August 29, 2019“My Life On the Line” details O’Callaghan’s struggle to be himself in a world he felt wouldn’t accept him, and how it almost cost him his life
By Ken Schultz | August 27, 2019Our managing editor looks at how personally fans respond to the personal decisions players make.
By Dawn Ennis | August 25, 2019The circular speculation that Beckham is gay does no one any good and is, at this point, desperately unfair to OBJ.
By Cyd Zeigler | August 16, 2019From playing football, basketball and running track as a girl, to coaching in the NFL as a woman, Katie Sowers reflects on her path as a lesbian.
By Dawn Ennis | August 14, 2019A U.S. court approved a settlement that changes North Carolina state law and gives transgender people the right to use gender-appropriate public facilities.
By Dawn Ennis | July 24, 2019These LGBTQ sports documentaries range from body building and surfing to figuring skating and rodeo.
By Daniel Villarreal | July 12, 2019‘Are You The One?’ premieres tonight on MTV.
By Jeremy Brener | June 26, 2019Football coach punishes players who burned a Pride flag on social media, with one yelling ‘all gays die.’
By Jim Buzinski | June 19, 2019Athletes and fans from around the world discussed LGBTQ sports, partied and paraded in West Hollywood for Outsports Pride 2019.
By Outsports | June 17, 2019Brad Thorson’s Kalamos Care box wants to combat the rising rates of sexually transmitted infections.
By Daniel Villarreal | June 13, 2019Gay football player Esera Tuaolo came out after a successful NFL career, but his pro-LGBTQ work was just getting started.
By Daniel Villarreal | June 7, 2019Every day of Pride month, Outsports is profiling an LGBTQ athlete whose life and achievements carry on the spirit of the Stonewall Uprising. Today’s is Roy Simmons.
By Brian C. Bell | June 5, 2019