Images of Gay Games athletes capture competition and community
Athletes from swimming, track, volleyball, wrestling, softball and more.
By Cyd Zeigler | August 7, 2018Athletes from swimming, track, volleyball, wrestling, softball and more.
By Cyd Zeigler | August 7, 2018Kirk Walker highlights the support he has received, and given, since coming out in sports.
By Coach Kirk Walker | June 29, 2018Ryan Jordan Santana came out publicly a year ago. Now he’s celebrating his pride in the biggest ways possible.
By Ryan Jordan Santana | June 6, 2018Supporting fellow trans people is now more important than ever for Jamie Neal.
By Jamie Neal | September 4, 2017Sam Hunt has gotten support from his story.
By Cyd Zeigler | July 5, 2017College Sports Roundup: LGBT athletes compete for conference titles.
By Erik Hall | May 25, 2017Lex Clay transitioned while playing for Notre Dame.
By Cyd Zeigler | May 17, 2017Colin Christiansen now coaches at UMBC.
By Cyd Zeigler | February 14, 2017Now a graduate assistant at the University of Tennessee, Colin Christiansen knows he belongs.
By Colin Christiansen | January 10, 2017The basketball and softball players are now engaged and found an accepting environment at Elon University.
By Jim Buzinski | May 6, 2016Out gay coach Kirk Walker is joined by two athletes from the Fearless project on the UCLA Bruins team at the Women's College World Series.
By Cyd Zeigler | May 28, 2015When San Diego softball player Mike Petracca suffered a brain injury during a game, the LGBT sports community showed their support in a big way.
By Cyd Zeigler | April 16, 2015Matt Allen and his women's fastpich softball players revitalized the Laurier University team this year.
By Cyd Zeigler | April 13, 2015Mike Petracca fractured his skull during the freak accident and his friends have rallied to his cause.
By Jim Buzinski | January 21, 2015Gay softball teams from across North America participated in the 37th Gay World Series, including a visit to the Washington Nationals
By Ross Forman | September 3, 2013San Francisco softball team of the 1970s Part of Outsports’ series on our 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Softball, 1977: The owner of the Badlands bar in San Francisco teamed up with bar owners in New York to send the Ramrod team west to play in a best three-of-five series. Badlands won […]
By Jim Buzinski | September 23, 2011Boston Alley Gators (click image for larger view) Story and photos by Ross Forman Shortly after the champagne stopped spraying, the tears started flowing. Joe Peltier, who plays outfield and catcher and also coaches the Boston Alley Gators in the B-Division, has been playing in the Gay Softball World Series since 1984 – and on […]
By Jim Buzinski | September 5, 2011Oregon State softball coach Kirk Walker was no stranger to Outsports. He was one of our first readers and we kept in touch with him regularly via email. Walker was comfortably out to those who mattered in his life and not yet ready to take the step of going public.
By Jim Buzinski | August 11, 2011The Orlando Force and Orlando Fireball Run Driver took the top seeds after pool play of the A- and D-divisions (respectively) of the open competition at the Gay Softball World Series in Columbus, Ohio. The Boston Alley Gators won the pool play in Division B, and the Dallas Fuse have taken the top seed in […]
By Cyd Zeigler | August 19, 2010The decision this week by a gay rights legal group to sue the national gay softball organization over its policy limiting the number of straight players has stirred up a great debate on Outsports. But it has also been covered by the non-gay media because of its inherent news value. Barry Petchesky of the mega-sports […]
By Jim Buzinski | April 23, 2010