Straight Allies

The silver and bronze medalist had lost friends by being anti-gay, but he now loves his sponsor, Twisted Element, a gay bar in Calgary.

49ers and Panthers star quarterbacks say that a player's sexual orientation is not important to winning.

San Francisco 49ers tight end sat down with Larry King and was asked a variety of topics on football, ranging from Richard Sherman to dealing with injuries to whether college players should be paid. He was also asked about an openly gay NFL player: Larry King: How far are we away from a gay- major […]

"If 5,000 athletes wave a rainbow flag, I'd like to see the Russian government do anything about it," Symmonds says. He discusses speaking out in Moscow last year, and why it's important to have out gay role models in sports.

Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog makes it a clean sweep: All NHL teams have been represented in the anti-homophobia campaign.

What the Saunders boys basketball team wearing supportive T-shirts meant to their gay coach on opening day.

The University of Miami Hurricanes make powerful, inclusive You Can Play video

German slalom skier Felix Neureuther criticized Russia for its human rights record and for passing anti-gay laws after he won an event in Italy. The skier even joked that he would "pretend that I'm gay" as a protest. "I said that I was concerned about the human rights situation in Russia, that everything was not […]

Giants star wide receiver Victor Cruz visits with gay bullied teen Joey Kemmerling and talks about their shared experiences as bullied teens.

Kluwe tells Outsports he never had any problems with any teammates, and that Priefer's self defense is laffable

Former Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe said he believes he was cut by the team for his activism on behalf of same-sex marriage. He said his chief antagonist was special teams coach Mike Priefer, who Kluwe said repeatedly made homophobic comments. In a lengthy article for Deadspin, "I Was An NFL Player Until I Was […]

Punter Chris Kluwe claims he was cut by the Minnesota Vikings for his gay activism. The Vikings disagree.

GQ Deutschland, the German edition of the magazine, has taken a stand against homophobia in a unique way — getting straight male celebrities to kiss. Among them are 2012 Olympic beach volleyball gold medalists Jonas Reckermann and Julius Brink. "This shouldn't be happening in sports or in other areas of life," Brink said. "It's totally […]

Anthony Nicodemo gets his first win as an openly gay coach with a 55-53 victory over Nanuet in stunning fasion

The University of North Carolina athletic teams has released a terrific video for the You Can Play Project. It has the most diverse group of sports and athletes of any of these I've seen. Especially notable are the appearances of J.P. Tokoto and Nate Britt from men's basketball and football players Shakeel Rashad, Allen Champagne, […]

Like offensive linemen, the role of straight allies is to create opportunities for LGBT people, not themselves

"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."

The boys of Warwick release photos and a video as a preview of the calendar

Rich Eisen, Steve Mariucci and Michael Irvin will wear purple in support of bullied LGBT youth

Harri Tikkanen is a 15-year-veteran in the Finnish Hockey League, the most popular sports league in Finland, and he showed his support for gay players by putting a rainbow decal on his stick during a match this weekend. This is the first time any Finnish athlete has displayed a gay rights symbol. It came after […]