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Matt Hatzke and Holden Davis married in Northern California.

A former NFL player who appeared in the Super Bowl is on this list, along with people from NBC, the Washington Post, MLS and WNBA.

“You must allow no one to make you feel ashamed of who you are,” says a pro referee on this list with an Olympian, a former NFL player and a high school basketball coach.

Sosa has seen his season with the Atlanta United ended with a suspension for a gay slur.

The Columbus Crew forward levied the slur at a Portland Timbers player earlier this month.

LAFC has demonstrated support for the LGBTQ community, yet it and other soccer clubs have been unable to eradicate the anti-gay slur.

For the first time, pro baseball, basketball, football, hockey and soccer has an out gay male player under contract.

Sebastian Lletget has expressed remorse for using the slur and has committed to helping the LGBTQ community.

Brock McGillis suffered for years hearing the very things Kevin Durant and Sebastian Lletget were allowed to say.

Sebastian Lletget was cleared to play in the Galaxy season opener at Inter Miami, according to a source with the LA Galaxy.

LAFC’s Pride Republic and The 3252 are helping ‘Chiquilin’ and others understand the power of homophobic slurs.

Today is Friday, August 28, 2020. This Huddle is published in support of all the athletes who decided not to play pro sports to protest the shooting of Jacob Blake and racial injustice.

Robbie Rogers won the MLS Cup with the L.A. Galaxy almost two years after coming out publicly.

Robbie Rogers competed for the United States in the 2008 Summer Olympics. He still feels the joy and heartbreak today.

Real Salt Lake coach Mike Petke was supposed to be coming off an unpaid suspension for homophobic slurs. Instead he’s out of a job.

Major League Soccer has declared June “Soccer for All month” with most of its teams hosting Pride Night events.

Pacifici played with the Columbus Crew in 2016. Now he hopes coming out can help other gay athletes be their true selves.

At one point an estimated 80% of the fans at the LAFC match sent the gay ‘puto’ slur booming throughout the stadium.

Others in Georgia, including some politicians and soccer officials, support Guram Kashia’s inclusion statement.

The MLS player frequented a D.C. gay bar and was out to teammates in two cities.