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Andrew Blaser still representing Team USA, a year after becoming an out gay Olympian
Blaser represented Team USA during this year’s World Cup and World Championships.
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Greg Louganis auctioning 3 of his Olympic medals to help AIDS services center
Louganis hopes to honor Ryan White, as well as his mother, with funds from the medal auctions.
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Australian Olympian Natalie Cook details her two pre and post gay marriage ban wedding ceremonies
The Australian beach volleyball gold medalist reflects on how legalizing gay marriage changed her life and outlook.
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Nick Albiero, 28-time All-American swimmer, is gay OIympic hopeful
Albiero has been on the US Swimming National Team. He is now talking more about being a gay athlete representing the USA.
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World Athletics proposes tighter regulation on transgender women, will not propose outright ban
Possible new rules would merge trans regulations with the ‘Caster Semenya Rule.’
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Figure skating world reacts to Canada enabling same-sex pairs and ice dancers to compete
Skate Canada’s new ruling receives several endorsements, including one from Russia, and an interesting explanation for the policy change.
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Olympics
Stories about LGBTQ athletes at the OIympics.
This Olympic swimmer shared his emotional coming out story on ‘Dancing with the Stars’
Alex Di Giorgio and his partner made history as the first pair of out gay men in the show’s history.
Matthew Mitcham has been inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame
The out Australian diver’s upset gold medal win in the 2008 Summer Games is one of the greatest moments in gay sports history.
Olympic swimmer Soren Dahl has been casually out as gay on social media for a year
Soren Dahl swam in the 2016 Olympics and won two NCAA titles for NC State.
Gay Jamaican swimmer Michael Gunning reveals online abuse from his home country
Thanks to the bullying he received after coming out, Gunning did not travel back to visit Jamaica for four years.
Leo Baker doc coming to Netflix, exploring his transition and Olympic decision
Last year Leo Baker had a choice: Continue his gender transition or compete in the Olympics.
This gay Irish Olympian publicly came out with a touching and personalized note
Peter Caruth, who represented Ireland in the 2016 Summer Olympics, experienced crippling anxiety while he was closeted.
British Triathlon puts trans athletes in new ‘open’ competition category starting in 2023
Transgender and non-binary athletes will compete alongside cisgender men. Women’s division limited to athletes who are "the female sex at birth".
Olympic champ Angela Ruggiero has built the ‘Moneyball’ of sports business
Ruggiero traded in the hockey rink for the board room and is finding the same success.
After years of torment, British Olympic champion Kelly Holmes publicly comes out as gay
This Pride Month, Holmes is speaking her truth for the first time.
Trans women banned from elite women’s swimming, including the Olympics
FINA says trans women will not compete in the female category if they’ve experience puberty, will create an ‘open’ category.
Kristie Mewis on being ‘out’ at the Olympics, and those great photos with her girlfriend, Sam Kerr
Kristie Mewis talks about the importance of Title IX, being out and falling in love.
Lia Thomas confirms she’s aiming to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Lia Thomas would be only the second out trans woman to compete at an Olympic Games.
Gay Olympian Keith Frostad was harassed, attacked by swimmers in 1992
Frostad is breaking his 30-year silence, coming out publicly and talking about the abuse he endured.
Olympian says gay men are cowards, so there aren’t gay male pro skiers
An Olympic champion has a bizarre and homophobic take on why she thinks there are no gay male pro skiers.
Out Olympian Paul Poirier wants to change narratives around sports and inspire LGBTQ people to be their true selves
Poirier talks with Outsports about merging part of his personal and professional lives. Up next is the World Championships.
Tom Daley raises money for charity by completing Hell of a Homecoming endurance challenge
The Olympic Champion rows, bikes, swims, and runs the 270-mile journey from London to his hometown for Comic Relief.
Out LGBTQ Olympians wave goodbye to the Winter Olympics
Out athletes won medals and waved the rainbow flag in China at the Winter Olympics.
Team LGBTQ finishes Olympics in 12th on medal table with four golds
With 39% of out athletes winning a medal, Team LGBTQ finished just ahead of Japan and Italy on the medal table.
Bruce Mouat wins the final Beijing Olympics medal for Team LGBTQ, a silver
Out curler Bruce Mouat and Team Great Britain lost a heartbreaker to Sweden, but they still leave with Team GB’s first medal in Beijing.
Tara Lipinski misgendered Timothy LeDuc on NBC. And we can all learn from it
Nonbinary Olympic athletes continue to face misgendering issues on NBC. Lipinski’s quick correction and apology offer hope.
Timothy LeDuc, first out non-binary Winter Olympian, breaks the binary in Beijing
Team USA’s Timothy LeDuc shows the world how non-binary athletes fit into the gendered sport of figure skating.
Gus Kenworthy will end his Olympic skiing career a community and national hero
Gus Kenworthy’s legacy is cemented, his courageous coming out still resonating in and out of sports.
Brittany Bowe wins her first individual Olympic medal
The all-time great took home bronze in the women’s 1,000-meter race
Out skier Sandra Naeslund wins gold in women's ski cross
The No. 1 skier in the world entered Beijing as a gold medal favorite for Team Sweden.
Gay curler Bruce Mouat will play for Olympic gold medal
Mouat and the British men’s curling team will play Sweden for gold.
Timothy LeDuc gives Olympic broadcasters another chance to respect non-binary identities
After misgendering controversies during the Summer Olympics, broadcasters must learn from their mistakes and properly affirm LeDuc’s identity.
Team Canada wins Women’s Hockey Olympic gold with 3-2 victory over USA
With this result, that makes seven gold medals and one silver for Team LGBTQ.
There have been at least 39 gay Olympic figure skaters. Here’s the list
Guillaume Cizeron is the sixth gay man to win Olympic gold in figure skating.
Ronja Savolainen and Finland win Olympic bronze medal in Beijing
The imposing two-way defenseman started her career playing hockey with boys. Now she has won her 2nd Olympic medal.
Gay skater Guillaume Cizeron posted an adorable photo with his gold medal
Cizeron, who set a world record in ice dance, can’t believe his Olympics experience isn’t a dream.
Alysa Liu supports the LGBTQ community and shines in the Winter Olympics
Alysa Liu embraces the LGBTQ community on social media with pronouns and the celebration of Pride.