Robbie Rogers, Brittney Griner, Cason Crane and others recognized by Out magazine for their contributions to 2013

"I can't shake the feeling that we've gone too far. Allies have raised our profiles beyond what is necessary to help the LGBT community."

After suffering a hamstring injury, Rogers is back in the starting lineup for the Galaxy. He talks with Outsports about his struggles -- and triumphs -- of his transformational year.

As details continue to emerge surrounding the apparent bullying and harassment of Miami Dolphins offensive lineman Jonathan Martin by teammate Richie Incognito, one thing this doesn't seem to be about is sexual orientation. In all the reporting about the threatening texts and voicemails sent to Martin, allegedly by Incognito, there is no use of gay […]

After big first half of 2013, big LGBT sports headlines faded in the second half of the year.

Jesse Allard could not reconcile his religious upbringing with being gay. It led to tumult, anxiety and confusion until he finally found his way.

There's been too much craziness to make firm predictions, but we'll try anyway, division by division. Plus, hot player of the week.

It does take a bit of an ego and a ton of self-confidence to appear in front of a 30-foot high photo in one's underwear, but when you are Cristiano Ronaldo and are rich, famous and have that body, it makes sense. The soccer superstar unveiled his CR7 line of underwear Thursday in Madrid. Must […]

Applications for the national award are due Nov. 26.

'An Orphan No More' tells the story of a father and an orphan who don't look the same.

College football fans don't need one day a year to dress up or go shirtless and paint themselves to show their school pride. From Florida to Oregon, a little body paint and imagination is all you need. More from Outsports:

Putin specifically welcomes people of any 'sexual orientation' to visit Sochi for the Winter Olympics

Charles Barkley has always made a ton of sense when talking about gay players in the NBA, saying for example that "every player has played with gay guys." So I was very interested to hear his take on the openly gay Jason Collins still being unsigned. He did not disappoint in this wide-ranging Q&A with […]

The summit will be held in February at the University of Richmond

Some homophobe defaced the Wikipedia entry for the St. Louis Cardinals with gay slurs for much of the afternoon Monday. As Deadspin noted, this was a problem for anyone doing a Google search for the team "because Google pulls information on baseball teams from Wikipedia." Here is how the entry read for an undisclosed amount […]

Br{ache The Silence recruits the UConn women to launch their Tour of Champions campaign

The Bucknell University player writes an open letter to people who still see being gay as wrong, a choice or immoral.

The former NFL defensive end made the homophobic comments to WTOP radio

Students and national governing bodies hear about LGBT athletes, while the Warwick Rowing Club again gets naked to fight homophobia

The anti-gay laws in Russia and their relationship to the Olympics continue to be a major story: Olympics: Boycott won't help gay rights, say ski champs | GlobalPostBoycotting the Winter Olympics in Sochi would do little to help gay rights in Russia, the world's top skiers said, asking that sports remain free of politics. Sochi: […]