Keegan Hirst of the Batley Bulldogs opens up about being gay in a lengthy interview. “One day, a few months ago, I just thought, ‘You know what? Actually, this is who I am. I’m gay. I felt I could finally be honest with myself."

A Rugby League player will reportedly come out publicly, the first time an active player in the league has done so.

Michael Sam leaves the Montreal Alouettes and isn't expected to return any time soon, if at all, citing personal reasons. This is the biggest blow yet to his pro football career.

School superintendent offers an apology and amends for what he says was an innocent, accidental omission of Dalton Maldonado from one page of the Betsy Layne High School yearbook.

Outsports hosts a South By Southwest panel featuring Cyd Zeigler, Jessica Luther and Bomani Jones.

Jesse Taylor comes from a small town in South Dakota. He came out privately for the first time a year ago Saturday. Now a year later he shares his story in hopes of connecting with athletes struggling with their identity.

Dalton Maldonado has had his story swept under the rug by his school. Now that his basketball photo was left out of the yearbook, Maldonado says "I refuse to let this happen again!"

It takes real work to make Brady look bad.

Gay basketball player Dalton Maldonado was left out of the Betsy Layne yearbook tribute to the boys basketball team. The school says it was an innocent mistake.

The coaches and administrators at Betsy Layne High School have repeatedly failed to support and protect out gay athlete Dalton Maldonado, says boys basketball coach Anthony Nicodemo.

The Ohio State University marching band recently had parts of its song-parody book released. The lyrics show the dark underbelly of a secret band culture at the school.

In his first action in a year, Sam is a non-factor and one writer says his teammates are resentful.

Arizona Cardinals thought outside the box to hire Jen Welter.

Rapinoe won a World Cup last month and is now about to marry Sara Cahoone.

Damon Singleton offers an unequivocal apology for using gay slurs on Twitter, talks about his love of gay family members and hopes this mistake doesn't linger with him.

Michael Sam is activate for the Montreal Alouettes game against Ottawa this Friday.

Michael Sam seems like yesterday's news and does it reflect that the NFL is moving on?

The AFL's St. Kilda F.C. Saints want to make a bit statement about inclusion by hosting an LGBT pride night in primetime next season

The league realizes that not all its players are only into women.

Showing their stuff at the world championships in Russia.