Two non-American stations will tell the stories of various gay and lesbian athletes, and the struggles they have faced, starting Saturday. Two TV specials on gay athletes will air in the next few days. The first up is CNN’s ‘World Sport Presents: Journey of the Gay Athlete,’ which will air Saturday night on CNN International. The […]

Homosexuality is a taboo in the soccer world. But when compared with the rest of Europe, Germany appears to be a relatively safe haven for gay players, says Klaus Heusslein of the European Gay & Lesbian Sport Federation. Thomas Hitzlsperger (pictured above), a regular sight on the field for Germany’s national matches over the past […]

Russia’s attitude to homosexuals has become the unlikely focus of the 2014 Winter Olympics build-up   Sexual orientation will be a sporting battleground in 2014. In the country where the 1980 Moscow Olympics were a combat zone for the ideologies of East and West, the Winter Games at Sochi in February will be shaped by […]

As controversy erupted over Russia’s anti-gay law ahead of next year’s Sochi Olympics, President Barack Obama said that he opposed boycotting the Games in favor of letting the United States delegation lead by example on the LGBT rights front. “One thing I’m really looking forward to is maybe some gay and lesbian athletes bringing home […]

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Former professional basketball player Jason Collins and tennis great Martina Navratilova on Tuesday urged world sports bodies like the International Olympic Committee and FIFA to take gay rights into consideration when awarding major sporting events. The two openly gay athletes spoke at a special United Nations event celebrating International Human Rights […]

German President Joachim Gauck is boycotting the Winter Olympics and will not travel to Sochi, Russia next year. Der Spiegel reports that Gauck took the decision in protest against human rights violations and the harassment of Russian opposition political figures. The magazine says the Russian government was informed of his decision last week. Sochi: Russian […]

The team had decided yes. The player had decided the same. It was set. It was going to happen. An NFL player was going to publicly say he was gay and then play in the NFL. What happened before that moment showed how parts of the NFL are progressive and ready for change. Then, what happened next […]

https://www.facebook.com/LGBTHollywood – On the Red Carpet with gay Pro Athletes -NBA JASON COLLINS, Surfer CORI SCHUMACHER, Pro Soccer Player ROBBIE ROGERS – GLSEN Respect Awards & Lesbian Center Gala, Los Angeles 2013. Video by Renee Sotile & Mary Jo Godges

I never thought I would write this column, but I am because of Michael Kirby. It’s about 10 years ago, and I am sitting in the third row of the second tier of the Sydney Football Stadium – the best place in the world to watch footy, and the stadium where I have watched so […]

Rep. Mike Michaud, a six-term Democrat representing a sprawling, rural district in Maine, said he’s gay in an op-ed published in the state’s major newspapers Monday, making him the seventh openly gay member of Congress. Michaud, a Franco-American Catholic, said he was pushed to do so by “whisper campaigns” begun as a response to his gubernatorial bid. […]

By Natalie Pirks BBC sports correspondent This weekend, footballers at the 134 professional clubs across Britain are being asked to show their support for gay footballers by swapping their normal boot laces for rainbow coloured ones – the international symbol for gay pride. Everton were the first Premier League club to confirm that several of […]

Professional footballers in England and Scotland have been urged to show their support for an anti-homophobia campaign this weekend. Players from all Premier League, Football League and Scottish Professional Football League clubs have been invited to wear rainbow laces in their boots in an attempt to raise awareness and stamp out homophobia in the sport. […]