human rights

The hosts of this sports and fitness podcast visit Outsports to talk about the state of disabled rights and parallels with trans athletes.

Kelly Holstine says she took a knee in protest during “The Star-Spangled Banner” to stand up for the marginalized and oppressed.

British sport adds rainbows to the sports week palette.

Bayard 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.

Retired lesbian soccer player Joanna Lohman traveled to Nigeria with Sports United, a program that uses sports to help address serious regional challenges.

Sixteen Connecticut groups sign onto a collective statement of support for trans rights

Minnesota-based Gender Justice accuses USAPL of breaking state law by not allowing transgender powerlifter JayCee Cooper to compete.

One of the world’s most well-known gay athletes triumphs again in Vladimir Putin’s backyard

Discriminatory language, programming and business dealings bring WWE’s history of homophobia back to the surface

The Boss makes a bold statement.

"Tolerance is the virtue that is killing this country," he says after Houston's LGBT bill is defeated.

Why would anybody be surprised at the opening ceremony that Beijing just put on? One glance at the enormous plazas of the Forbidden City, designed for public displays, and you know that the Chinese have been putting on big shows involving thousands of people for centuries. The one tonight, with its theme of harmony as […]

Out former NBA player John Amaechi is in Beijing blogging about what he sees there and doing basketball commentary for the BBC. An outspoken advocate for human rights, Amaechi offered support for athletes who used their Olympic platform to make political statements. He shared his thoughts on the topic with the BBC. Out former NBA […]