Volleyball player Rui Takahashi is the first gay male pro athlete in Japan to come out publicly. He has support from his brother, who was also his teammate.

Kylie Minogue’s epic show set the stage for an AFL Grand Final with record ratings. The ‘GayFL’ radio show tells Outsports why.

A summit for football fans who are LGBTQ or allies is being held in Nottingham on October 3; Martin Hyland, founder and chair of Proud Forest, says the event is “a great starting point” for anyone new...

You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night.

For the first time in more than seven years, LGBTQ supporters’ groups from across British football are gathering for a major event.There are now more than 50 groups within the Pride in Football a...

For the first time in more than seven years, LGBTQ supporters’ groups from across British football are gathering for a major event.There are now more than 50 groups within the Pride in Football a...

LGBTQ sports clubs in Turkey have told Outsports that their teammates are among those arrested in the Erdogan government’s crackdown.

Fifth edition of awards event celebrating achievements of LGBTQ+ inclusive sports clubs across London and the South-East will be held on October 16; 15 different teams, groups and organisations repres...

Jack Dunne, the only out active player in elite men's rugby, tells Outsports about 'culture shock' of Japan and why Bi Visibility Day matters.

The legendary singer, who would have turned 80 this month, helped to inspire Bisexual Awareness Week.

In the second part of a series of articles on the FA’s new offering of affiliated mixed adult football, Sports Media LGBT+ reports on challenging discussions within the London Unity League.

The legendary singer, who would have turned 80 this month, helped to inspire Bisexual Awareness Week.

Hours before the tennis world turned its attention to Ben Shelton and Alexander Zverev in the US Open final, another men's title match was unfolding at the NÖ Open Challenger in Tulln, Austria.The tou...

Timo Cavelius, an out gay athlete who made Olympic judo history at Paris 2024, suffered a broken jaw in a shocking assault at a competition. He could miss L.A. 2028 as a result.

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Brunold and Reis will make LGBT+ sports history when they contest an ATP Challenger Tour final on Sunday.

Hull City take strong action and warn fans ahead of Saturday’s trip to Chelsea. There’s a mixed response from mainstream media.

Club Statement: FA Charge

About the ‘adda’ sessions held by the advocacy organisation Humans of Sport, and why they matter.

Kyle Tayler-Woolston tells Outsports he is embracing life as a publicly out gay pro rugby player after marrying his husband, George.

What I’m going to teach my students from the Clippers story

A football format billed as flexible, fun and inclusive is now part of the FA’s affiliated offering. In part 1 of a series, we take a closer look.

World Cup winner Borja Iglesias blasted a YouTuber for gay slurs aimed at his friend and former teammate, soccer star Hector Bellerin.

What to expect, ways to connect, and how to support independent sports journalism created for LGBT+ people and allies.

With fascism on the streets of England again, The Times uses its front-page to deliver the same message beneath a thin veneer of respectability.

Out LGBTQ athletes contributed to a third of Team USA's World Rowing Championships medal haul, as gay rower Teal Cohen's coxless four won gold in a world-best time.

Jack Turner plays in grassroots football for Bristol-based AC Moose; having found a team environment in which he feels welcome as a gay man, he wants to raise awareness of the importance of creating s...

The Bingham Cup, one of the world's biggest LGBTQ-inclusive sports events, will be held in Leeds in summer 2028; each edition of the biennial rugby tournament brings thousands of players and spectator...

Senegal's anti-LGBTQ crackdown is worsening, as the Youth Olympics arrive. Outsports hears from two gay sports activists, and from the IOC.

More than 1,000 athletes have already registered for EuroGames Cardiff 2027; UK's first-ever multi-sport event for LGBTQ people and allies is a trans-inclusive positive action initiative; award-winnin...

Olympian Silja Kosonen claimed her first European title in the hammer throw, with girlfriend Senni Viren — who is also a Finnish sports star — there to witness it.

Mitja Zubin publicly came out as gay while competing at the European track championships. The Slovenian hurdler talks to Outsports about his extraordinary week.

Kirsty Gilmour and Ciara Torrance believe being LGBTQ and out at badminton's World Championships has purpose, particularly for the sport's Asian heartlands.

Olympic hopeful Leo Dillier, one of the world's best beach volleyball players, has come out as gay and says he wants to be the role model he once needed.

Charlotte Englebert and Emma Puvrez are couple goals in the Belgium squad at a home Hockey World Cup with strong LGBTQ representation.

The Hockey World Cup has never featured an out gay or bi man. Nico Keenan changes that in the Netherlands, where his fiancé is Prime Minister.

Most soccer fans like seeing players take off their jerseys to celebrate a goal, according to research in support of a new petition.

An honest obituary for Rod Liddle, dead at 66, dead inside for many years before that.

Lisa Klaveness has been an outspoken critic of under-fire FIFA President Gianni Infantino, whose predecessor says the out lesbian executive should now replace him.

If Team LGBTQ were a country at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, the out athletes would have collectively beaten 25 nations with anti-gay laws.

Right-wing media and politicians have claimed the Zero Flags display at the Commonwealth Games is somehow 'insulting' and 'out of touch' but LGBTQ activists from three of the 29 featured countries wit...

Seamus Derbyshire is a medal-chasing, K-pop-loving Commonwealth Games athlete who's proud to be a role model for 'young gay me.'

Football v Homophobia campaign responds to Kick It Out's end-of-season reporting statistics; FvH director Lou Englefield calls for greater "education, awareness and allyship" from influential figures ...