Erica Sullivan battled mental health issues and coming out to represent Team USA
Swimmer Erica Sullivan opens up about her struggles and triumphs, en route to the Olympics. It hasn’t been easy.
By Cyd Zeigler | June 25, 2020Swimmer Erica Sullivan opens up about her struggles and triumphs, en route to the Olympics. It hasn’t been easy.
By Cyd Zeigler | June 25, 2020Emma Collings-Barnes represented Great Britain as a swimmer before moving into coaching. She shared her story with Sky Sports for Lesbian Visibility Week.
By Dawn Ennis | April 26, 2020Swimmer Michael Gunning is quarantined by coronavirus, without a pool and with extra time on his hands.
By Cyd Zeigler | March 31, 2020Amini Fonua swam for Tonga in two Olympics. He’s hoping to make it a three-peat as he pushes for gay equality in his home nation.
By Cyd Zeigler | January 5, 2020Seemingly out of nowhere, the British silver medalist issues a tweet comparing drag queens to blackface.
By Ken Schultz | December 24, 2019Troy Aikman. Aaron Rodgers. Players coming out. The NFL dominates the list of the most-read Outsports stories of the decade.
By Jim Buzinski | December 11, 2019Michael Gunning set a record for Jamaica just months after coming out as gay and may have set himself up for the Olympics.
By Jim Buzinski | November 25, 2019A gay swimmer on her struggles with depression and how it relates to being LGBTQ in sports.
By Lauren Elizabeth Neidigh | November 19, 2019At smaller schools like Ohio’s Kenyon College, OneTeam helps guide coaches and athletic staff to create LGBTQ-inclusive environments.
By Ken Schultz | October 25, 2019Harvard swimmer Schuyler Bailar became the first NCAA Division I out transgender swimmer to compete in 2015.
By Dawn Ennis | October 19, 2019Gay swimmer and NCAA champion Adam DeVine said he was kicked off the Stanford team due to “homophobia,” but he has since modified his story.
By Daniel Villarreal | October 9, 2019Each week, Outsports’ managing editor selects the heroes and goats from the past seven days of LGBTQ sports coverage.
By Dawn Ennis | October 5, 2019In an Instagram post, out gay NCAA championship swimmer Abrahm DeVine says Stanford University coaches dropped him because of homophobia.
By Daniel Villarreal | September 30, 2019Singapore’s first swimming world champion, Theresa Goh, came out as lesbian three years ago, and now she’s retiring.
By Daniel Villarreal | September 16, 2019The District of Columbia Aquatics Club broke 17 International Gay & Lesbian Aquatics world records at its championship meet.
By Dawn Ennis | July 15, 2019The world champion diver and Oscar-winning screenwriter fight back against anti-trans tweets by Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies.
By Ken Schultz | July 8, 2019Best known for her world record swim from Cuba to Florida, Nyad’s greatest achievement was proving LGBTQ people could be normalized.
By Brian C. Bell | June 25, 2019David Thibodeau is using his position as a swim coach who is openly gay to effect change.
By Jim Buzinski | June 24, 2019When two friends and teammates experience a moment of intimacy, ‘Giant Little Ones’ becomes a story of self-discovery.
By Cyd Zeigler | March 17, 2019Any anxiety Jacob Upton had about coming out as gay on his college swim team was quickly alleviated by their warm acceptance.
By Jacob Upton | March 5, 2019