Out speedskater Ireen Wüst heads to her fifth Olympics
The most decorated Olympic speedskater in history is hoping to add to her 11 medals.
By Jim Buzinski | January 7, 2022The most decorated Olympic speedskater in history is hoping to add to her 11 medals.
By Jim Buzinski | January 7, 2022Brittany Bowe is hoping to add to the bronze medal she won in the 2018 Olympics.
By Cyd Zeigler | January 6, 2022Canadian pairs skaters Eric Radford and Vanessa James have received negative COVID-19 results and will compete.
By Jim Buzinski | January 5, 2022Brittany Bowe has two golds and a silver in World Cup races as the out athlete aims for more Olympic medals.
By Cyd Zeigler | November 22, 2021Radford has won Olympic gold, silver and bronze. It would be the 4th Olympics for his new partner, Vanessa James.
By Cyd Zeigler | November 18, 2021Manta is out in figure skating and sharing her stories and insights in her new book.
By Cyd Zeigler | October 15, 2021The American figure skater expressed frustration with stereotypes of being a straight skater in a ‘homosexual-dominated sport’ and then apologized.
By Jim Buzinski | July 28, 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, 2021Three figure skaters, American Jason Brown and Canadians Paul Poirier and Kaitlyn Weaver, came out as gay and queer for Pride Month.
By Jim Buzinski | June 15, 2021McDermott-Mostowy competed for Team USA at the World Championships. He’s found acceptance in speed skating.
By Cyd Zeigler | March 15, 2021Matt Rittenhouse had negative coming-out experiences, before finding acceptance in his sport.
By Cyd Zeigler | February 15, 2021Three years after a right swipe on Tinder, Rippon and his partner are tying the knot.
By Alex Reimer | February 11, 2021Sports Equality’s new weekly wrap-up video tells the story of bisexual/pansexual figure skater Amber Glenn, who won the silver medal in the finals of the Ladies Competition.
By Dawn Ennis | January 24, 2021Every day in October we’re looking back at the athletes, coaches and events that made LGBTQ sports history.
By Dawn Ennis | October 24, 2020NBC makes a script commitment to the Olympic medalist and media star.
By Ken Schultz | October 23, 2020After representing Belgium in Sochi, Hendrickx shared his truth with the world days ahead of the 2018 Games.
By Cyd Zeigler | October 16, 2020ABC invited Adam Rippon to comment on a scenario, in which a young gay athlete struggling with coming out.
By Karleigh Webb | July 14, 2020The bisexual Dutch speed skater took home more medals than any other athlete at the Sochi games. And she did it in Vladimir Putin’s Russia.
By Ken Schultz | June 24, 2020Adam Rippon became the first openly gay athlete in U.S. history to medal at the Winter Olympics.
By Alex Reimer | June 23, 2020Brian Orser and Brian Boitano enthralled the sports world in 1988 with one of the great Olympic competitions.
By Cyd Zeigler | June 14, 2020