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Bringing together over 150 people in lacrosse to support LGBT athletes and coaches, this year's Courage Game became a model for building inclusion and empowerment.

Alex Singh talks about the powerful impact being on his high school's boys' lacrosse team has had on him.

When Taylor Tvedt came out in high school, parents tried to force her to use a separate locker room from their daughters. Now she is hoping to improve the LGBT-athlete outreach at Lehigh Univ.

Braeden Lange prepares for the second annual Courage Game.

"We need all the support we can get because this will actually save lives," Braeden Lange says.

Kyle Martin coaches at the same high school he attended and considers himself lucky for the support he has received.

ESPN's piece on The Courage Game, featuring trailblazing gay lacrosse player Andrew Goldstein, demonstrated the transformative power of pro athletes coming out and the sad reality that so few of them are willing to do it.

Andrew Goldstein's Courage Game effort to help a young gay lacrosse player will be featured on ESPN this weekend. Plus, gay referees are slowly coming out and talking about homophobia in their corner of the sports world.

Andrew Goldstein's Courage Game effort to help a young gay lacrosse player will be featured on ESPN this weekend. Plus, gay referees are slowly coming out and talking about homophobia in their corner of the sports world.

If you're in Philadelphia this weekend, you'd be hard-pressed to find something cooler to do than head to the Courage Game Sunday morning.

Gay lacrosse players are coming together for a Memorial Day game in Philadelphia to support 12-year-old Braeden and other gay lacrosse players. If you're a gay lax player, join in!

Stephen Ossola went back in the closet to take a job at Octagon, one of the world's leading athlete-management companies with clients including Stephen Curry, Michael Phelps, Jimmie Johnson and Jennie Finch. Now the former lacrosse player is living free.

While nobody on the team quite knew how to handle a gay player when Richards came out, the entire Kenyon lacrosse team now again calls him their lax bro.

Goldstein will tend goal for Israel against the Iroquois Nationals in Syracuse, Sept. 29

GForce, which has organized an all-star gay hockey team for several years, has announced the start of an all-star gay lacrosse team. The team, headed by Andrew McIntosh (right), will start play this autumn. Anyone interested in playing on the team should contact GForce. We have the full press release from GForce after the jump. […]

Andrew McIntosh, the openly gay lacrosse captain at Oneonta University, will be the featured guest at a joint event of two Fresno-based gay groups: Community Link and Bulldog Pride. The event is free and takes place at the First Congregational Church (2131 N. Van Ness). Kudos to McIntosh for going into the belly of the […]

The National Lacrosse League, the professional indoor league, has canceled the 2008 season due to a labor dispute. The team owners say they're losing money. The players say owners are diverting revenue to avoid showing a profit which would automatically increase the money received by players. Free agency is also an issue. In the NLL, […]