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Kirk Walker highlights the support he has received, and given, since coming out in sports.

Ryan Jordan Santana came out publicly a year ago. Now he’s celebrating his pride in the biggest ways possible.

Supporting fellow trans people is now more important than ever for Jamie Neal.

Sam Hunt has gotten support from his story.

College Sports Roundup: LGBT athletes compete for conference titles.

Lex Clay transitioned while playing for Notre Dame.

Colin Christiansen now coaches at UMBC.

Now a graduate assistant at the University of Tennessee, Colin Christiansen knows he belongs.

The basketball and softball players are now engaged and found an accepting environment at Elon University.

Out 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.

When San Diego softball player Mike Petracca suffered a brain injury during a game, the LGBT sports community showed their support in a big way.

Matt Allen and his women's fastpich softball players revitalized the Laurier University team this year.

Mike Petracca fractured his skull during the freak accident and his friends have rallied to his cause.

Gay softball teams from across North America participated in the 37th Gay World Series, including a visit to the Washington Nationals

San 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 […]

Boston 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 […]

Oregon 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.

The 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 […]

The 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 […]

The results are in from the Gay Softball World Series, and the winners are . . . A-Division: Phoenix Toros over Orlando Force.B-Division: Chicago Spin Cougars over Orlando Crush.C-Division: Ft. Lauderdale Cyclones over Seattle Maulers.D-Division: Nashville Players over Seattle Avengers Interesting little tidbit from the B-Division. Because it's double-elimination, the Cruisers and Crush had to […]