Most out LGBTQ athletes say their teammates ‘never’ targeted them with slurs, study shows
LGBTQ athletes report hearing anti-LGBTQ language from a minority of teammates, though it’s still too many.
By Cyd Zeigler | October 13, 2021
Out In Sports Study: Out LGBTQ athletes report deep, widespread acceptance from teammates
A new study by Outsports, Univ. of Winchester and Sports Equality Foundation shatters perceptions of LGBTQ hate in sports.
By Cyd Zeigler | October 4, 2021Resources for LGBTQ high school student-athletes
If you’re an LGBTQ high school student-athlete, check out these resources designed to offer you support.
By Micah Porter | March 31, 2021Get connected and get involved with the LGBTQ sports community
There are many ways LGBTQ athletes and coaches can get connected and involved with this vibrant community.
By Outsports | March 31, 2021Trans inclusion resources for high school sports
There are various resources for people who are trans, or who support trans athletes, to find encouragement and build community.
By Outsports | March 31, 2021Inspiring videos of athletes and others coming out and being out in sports and in life
Seeing and hearing the coming-out stories of LGBTQ young people can be inspiring and informing. Here’s our collection.
By Outsports | March 31, 2021Check out these LGBTQ student-athlete scholarship opportunities
Various organizations give out scholarships to LGBTQ students and student-athletes.
By Outsports | March 31, 2021Resources for parents who have LGBTQ children
For some parents, navigating a course for the family with an LGBTQ child can take some care and resources.
By Outsports | March 31, 2021LGBTQ-inclusion resources for athletic departments and coaches
Athletic departments and coaches can get ahead of LGBTQ inclusion conversations with some first steps.
By Outsports | March 31, 2021
Gay Texas high school athlete comes out to team and starts a Gay Straight Alliance
‘The realization hit me that I was the first gay person any of my teammates had ever met,’ Britton Majure says after he came out as gay.
By Britton Majure | March 17, 2021Have you been out to teammates? Please take this important, confidential survey
A new survey studies the experiences of LGBTQ athletes who have been out on high school or college teams.
By Cyd Zeigler | February 17, 2021This gay high school swimmer has mom coaching him every step of the way
Ben Quinn has thrived as an openly gay teenager in conservative Indiana.
By Alex Reimer | January 27, 20212020
This gay football player’s superpowers against bullying were coming out and empowering himself
Jacob Lancaster faced daily bullying in elementary school. Now he’s focus on his senior season with his teammates.
By Cyd Zeigler | October 15, 2020The backstop for young closeted athletes struggling to come out
As we countdown to National Coming Out Day, The Trevor Project is providing resources to student athletes who are secretly LGBTQ.
By Dawn Ennis | October 8, 2020How this gay softball player overcame high school taunts, and embraced her true self
When Zoe Kim came out in high school, she was taunted and demeaned. That all changed at Sarah Lawrence College.
By Alex Reimer | July 17, 2020Gay high school football star, out to teammates since middle school, never heard a gay slur
Terrence Bogan scored 77 touchdowns while also starring in school plays. Next year he’ll play for Trinity College.
By Cyd Zeigler | July 10, 20202019
‘Fabulous’ high school football lineman Jacob Lancaster refuses to be anyone else
Playing football and idolizing Billy Porter have rarely gone hand-in-hand. Jacob Lancaster is breaking the mold.
By Cyd Zeigler | September 25, 2019Bisexual high school baseball player calls out opponent for gay slur
Sam Culwell, a bisexual high school pitcher in upstate New York, said he was called a gay slur by an opposing team.
By Jim Buzinski | April 21, 20192018
He’s gay, a high school state soccer champ and accepted by his team in the Bible Belt
Adam Burnett is a highly recruited gay soccer player from Missouri who will be playing in the NCAA next season.
By Cyd Zeigler | November 5, 2018This gay student is taking this straight football captain to homecoming
Alexander Duarte has never had a date to a school dance. Now he does.
By Cyd Zeigler | October 15, 2018