LGBTQ High School Athlete Resources

Resources for LGBTQ high school student-athletes

If you’re an LGBTQ high school student-athlete, check out these resources designed to offer you support.

By Micah Porter and Outsports Mar 31, 2021, 4:54pm PDT

Get connected and get involved with the LGBTQ sports community

There are many ways LGBTQ athletes and coaches can get connected and involved with this vibrant community.

By Outsports and Micah Porter Mar 31, 2021, 4:54pm PDT

Trans inclusion resources for high school sports

There are various resources for people who are trans, or who support trans athletes, to find encouragement and build community.

By Outsports and Micah Porter Mar 31, 2021, 4:53pm PDT

Inspiring videos of athletes and others coming out and being out in sports and in life

Seeing and hearing the coming-out stories of LGBTQ young people can be inspiring and informing. Here’s our collection.

By Outsports and Micah Porter Mar 31, 2021, 4:53pm PDT

Resources for parents who have LGBTQ children

For some parents, navigating a course for the family with an LGBTQ child can take some care and resources.

By Outsports and Micah Porter Mar 31, 2021, 4:52pm PDT

LGBTQ-inclusion resources for athletic departments and coaches

Athletic departments and coaches can get ahead of LGBTQ inclusion conversations with some first steps.

By Outsports and Micah Porter Mar 31, 2021, 4:51pm PDT

LGBTQ High School Athlete Resources

Check out these LGBTQ student-athlete scholarship opportunities

By Outsports and Micah Porter

Have you been out to teammates? Please take this important, confidential survey

By Cyd Zeigler

LGBTQ High School Athlete Resources

A hub for a collection of resources for athletes, coaches, teachers and parents looking to support LGBTQ high school athletes.

Tell your coming out story on Outsports

You can change the lives of LGBT athletes simply by telling your story. If you're an LGBT athlete, coach or sports administrator, and you're ready to share, we'd love for you to tell your story on Outsports.

By Outsports December 7, 2022

Most out LGBTQ athletes say their teammates ‘never’ targeted them with slurs, study shows

LGBTQ athletes report hearing anti-LGBTQ language from a minority of teammates, though it’s still too many.

By Cyd Zeigler October 13, 2021

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Out In Sports Study: Out LGBTQ athletes report deep, widespread acceptance from teammates

A new study by Outsports, Univ. of Winchester and Sports Equality Foundation shatters perceptions of LGBTQ hate in sports.

By Cyd Zeigler and Jim Buzinski October 4, 2021

Gay Texas high school athlete comes out to team and starts a Gay Straight Alliance

‘The realization hit me that I was the first gay person any of my teammates had ever met,’ Britton Majure says after he came out as gay.

By Britton Majure March 17, 2021

This gay high school swimmer has mom coaching him every step of the way

Ben Quinn has thrived as an openly gay teenager in conservative Indiana.

By Alex Reimer January 27, 2021

This gay football player’s superpowers against bullying were coming out and empowering himself

Jacob Lancaster faced daily bullying in elementary school. Now he’s focus on his senior season with his teammates.

By Cyd Zeigler October 15, 2020

The backstop for young closeted athletes struggling to come out

As we countdown to National Coming Out Day, The Trevor Project is providing resources to student athletes who are secretly LGBTQ.

By Dawn Ennis October 8, 2020

How this gay softball player overcame high school taunts, and embraced her true self

When Zoe Kim came out in high school, she was taunted and demeaned. That all changed at Sarah Lawrence College.

By Alex Reimer July 17, 2020

Gay high school football star, out to teammates since middle school, never heard a gay slur

Terrence Bogan scored 77 touchdowns while also starring in school plays. Next year he’ll play for Trinity College.

By Cyd Zeigler July 10, 2020

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