Water Polo

Josip Vrlic built a big fanbase at the Paris Summer Olympics, as the water polo player from Croatia showed off his dad bod.

Victor Gutiérrez says the slurs came during and after a heated match with a rival Spanish team. The player accused of making the slurs denies using them.

The Washington Wetskins have been welcoming lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer athletes to water polo.

Jake Bain and Hunter Sigmund celebrate their relationship with classmates.

And it’s bilingual.

Challenge issued prior to world championships

It’s the nature of the high school locker room that causes immaturity, a water polo player writes.

Conner Curnick, a college water polo player now in the Navy, finds he can be his authentic self despite obstacles.

"As a gay athlete, I feel the responsibility to discuss it," Víctor Gutiérrez says.

Erik Hall will have a regular column rounding up the results of LGBT athletes and coaches in college sports. This week he focuses on two college football players.

Showing their stuff at the world championships in Russia.

This comment shows the acceptance high school water polo star Noah Ratliff received from teammates and friends after coming out.

To get you in the mood for the start of the summer season, check out these dudes in the pool.

The champs. The Queer Utah Aquatics Club of Salt Lake City, or QUAC, stormed to the open division gold in water polo by dominating the Melbourne Storm, 11-5, in the gold medal game Friday. It couldn't have happened to a nicer team. (gallery below). Melbourne came into the game unbeaten and winners of a 9-7 […]

Ash Martin The West Hollywood water polo team has someone watching over their shoulders at this year's Gay Games. The players are all wearing tattoos on the shoulders that honor Tom Martinez, their longtime coach who died of a heart attack while swimming in 2008. "Tom was very instrumental in helping build the team," said […]

One in a series of first-person articles from athletes competing in the 2010 Gay Games in Cologne.Gerardo (Jerry) BetancourtToronto I never liked sports. Living in Mexico City, the son of a gymnastics coach and a physical education teacher, I grew up surrounded by athletic masculinity. I never felt I was masculine or aggressive enough to […]

Thanks to the guys at OhLaLa for highlighting the beautiful work of German photographer Rasmus Kaessmann. His water polo series is striking and revealing. Few people ever see the battle that goes on below the surface in a water polo match; While the match he captured was staged, the grabbing, tugging, pushing and near drowning […]