Out judo champion Rafaela Silva wins gold in her first competition back after 2-year suspension
Silva gained redemption at the World Judo Championships.
By Karleigh Webb | October 14, 2022Silva gained redemption at the World Judo Championships.
By Karleigh Webb | October 14, 2022Jack Woolley has taken home gold in his two competitions since returning to the mat.
By Alex Reimer | November 18, 2021Jack Woolley is Ireland’s first taekwondo Olympian and he hopes to make his nation proud.
By Jim Buzinski | July 21, 2021“You are my victory, my starting point for each day that ends,” writes Italian Olympian Alice Bellandi to her partner.
By Ken Schultz | July 21, 2021Six elite French athletes came out at once in a TV documentary. They include three current Olympian and a gold medal winner.
By Jim Buzinski | June 21, 2021The Outsports Triumph Awards, in partnership with NCLR, conclude by honoring trailblazer Fallon Fox.
By Alex Reimer | March 31, 2021Each week, Outsports’ managing editor selects big stories from the past 7 days of LGBTQ sports coverage, but this week we’re all about the Big Game.
By Dawn Ennis | February 1, 2020Jack Woolley came out as bi in a documentary and the Irish Olympian now feels it was premature.
By Jim Buzinski | January 29, 2020William Seth-Wenzel is an openly gay jujutsu fighter whose boyfriend cheered him on as he won the world championship.
By Jim Buzinski | February 26, 2019Rafaela Silva had been out on social media but opens up to the media for the first time.
By Jim Buzinski | August 10, 2016Evan Kail is at peace after finding his sexuality compatible with his chosen sport.
By Evan Kail | March 29, 2016One in a series of first-person articles from athletes competing in the 2010 Gay Games in Cologne. Ellen SullivanChicago I’ve been to Cologne once. It was 1979. I was living with a family in Krefeld, West Germany, for the summer in a program for high school students sponsored by Indiana University. My family and I […]
By Cyd Zeigler | June 28, 2010