Track and Field

Colorado State's Andrew Goodman's struggled with being gay, including being bullied. Now out, he can finally focus 100% on running.

"I wish I could help you to better understand how emotionally difficult this process is," college runner David Gilbert wrote. "The fear of judgment tears me apart every day of my life."

Chad Walker heard gay slurs on the Potomac State College of West Virginia University cross-country team. But when he came out as gay, his team embraced him.

Dawson Roscoe is a biracial high school track & field athlete in Casper, Wyoming, who came out to friends and family in a text message late one night.

Tina Hillman is the defending indoor and outdoor NCAA champion in the shot put at Iowa State. She is also pansexual, another color in the LGBT rainbow, dates people who happen to be male and female, and loves expressing her femininity in a masculine sport.

Matt Llano, a professional distance runner and former Richmond spider, comes out publicly as gay and shares his journey in a new video.

Kelly Lytle, son of former Denver Broncos and Michigan Wolverines running back Rob Lytle, shares his experience running in the Gay Games in Cleveland.

The IAAF hit another athlete hard by barring Dutee Chand from competing simply because they feel she has too much natural testosterone.

David Sweeney came out to his Univ. of Michigan track & field teammates, but he regrets not being able to help another teammate do the same.

Jeff Sanborn coaches boys cross-country and boys and girls track & field at Wethersfield High School in Connecticut. He came out as gay to his teams recently. It went without incident.

Former William Jessup University distance runner Anthony Villarreal claims the school kicked him out for being gay. The school has not returned multiple requests for comment.

Hangman, a treasure hunt and coded cupcakes were among the ways Alexandre Coholan used to tell friends he was gay. It helped make the process easier but also masked the nervousness he was feeling.

While Micah Porter was afraid of how his colleagues would react, they voted him county coach of the year.

Championship track & field and cross-country coach Micah Porter talks to Outsports about being a gay high school coach in Denver

Swedish high jumper Emma Green Tregaro was forced to paint over her rainbow fingernails after being told it violated track and field rules on making a political statement. Green Tregaro instead painted them red "for love," she said at the world track and field championships in Moscow. "It was harder to not paint them in […]

Two days ago, I criticized American middle distance runner Nick Symmonds for saying he was a gay ally, yet would remain silent about Russia's anti-gay laws while competing at the World Track and Field Championships in Moscow. But after taking the silver medal in the men's 800 meters, Symmonds was not silent, telling Russia's R-Sport […]

'Gay' makes its debut on the Russian sports stage after the passing of the country's anti-gay law

The 2010 Gay Games in Cologne received virtually no mainstream media coverage, but Ed O’Keefe of the Washington Post’s “Federal Eye” column has a nice item on the participation by Kei Koizumi, who handles budgetary and policy issues in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Koizumi, 41, won a gold medal in […]

I spent a good chunk of the afternoon out at track and field, covering the 100-meter medal races, which included the German sprinters seen here. Check out the track photo gallery. I spent a good chunk of the afternoon out at track and field, covering the 100-meter medal races, which included the German sprinters seen […]

One in a series of first-person articles from athletes competing in the 2010 Gay Games in Cologne, which start July 31. Roger BashoreChicago My involvement in the Gay Games began with the New York closing ceremonies in 1994. I handed out information and buttons for one of the sponsors. At that time, participating in the […]