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.

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...

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...

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...

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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...

What does it look like when queer people create traditions of their own? This is it.

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.

Coventry City’s LGBTQ+ and allies fan group, Proud Sky Blues, is celebrating its second anniversary founder Lewis Wale talks about the journey so far and the importance of Bi Visibility Day on Septemb...

Plans have collapsed for a £10 million “Visit Ghana” campaign that could have attracted gay  fans of England's Sunderland AFC football/soccer team to the West

The Gay Gooners, occasionally stylised as GayGooners, are the official LGBTQ supporters' group for Arsenal F.C., a British association football club. Formed in February 2013, they are widely recognised as the first LGBTQ supporters' club in English football and the first LGBTQ supporters' group in UK football to march at Pride in London. They have since grown to become the largest such group in England, with more than 2,000 members and allies as of 2025, according to the club. Their Bluesky account states that the group now has over 2,500 members, making them the world's largest LGBTQ+ football fan group.

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.

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

Twenty-five years after former Cal rugby player Mark Bingham and other passengers ambushed terrorists on 9/11, his story offers a window into the legacy of the people on that fateful flight.

At the Witter Rugby field at UC Berkeley, Bingham is honored every 9/11.

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

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.

Sophie Cunningham set off a firestorm. Jennifer Sey was ready to capitalize.

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.

The part of the city through which the Pride procession moved was surrounded by fences and police security. The demands of the LGBT community have not been met even 25 years after the first Pride

Anti-trans rhetoric has been spread across a growing myriad of guidance and documents, with Trans+ children headed back to school facing segregation and teachers banned from “encouraging” them to question their gender.

Mark Bingham died at 31 after storming the cockpit of flight United 93 and preventing Al-Qaeda terrorists from crashing into the US Capitol Building

For the first time in years, the Dallas Stars won't host a Pride Night. Fans are having their own.

The internet turned two footballers’ friendship into a queer story in a sport that gives us so few other places to find one. Football has made queerness so unusual that fans have to invent it themselves.

During a panel at last month’s Western Conservative Summit, activist and former Levi’s executive Jennifer Sey joined a panel by the anti-LGBTQ group Protect Kids Colorado to make outlandish and...

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.

The striker’s surprise signing for Al Qadsiah after leaving Gotham sparked questions of professionalism and raised concerns of LGBTQ+ fans

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