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1 week ago | 
outsports.com | Cyd Zeigler |Jay Robinson |Ken Schultz |Jon Holmes
Penn State wrestler Erik Gibson came out as gay somewhat quietly on Instagram earlier this year. Now he’s making a bigger splash with a Pride Month video sharing his coming-out journey. In March, Gibson had posted an Instagram message coming out publicly as a gay wrestler at Penn State. The Nittany Lions have won the last four NCAA Division I wrestling championships, and 12 of the last 14. “Stepping into the light isn’t always easy, but living my truth is worth it,” Gibson wrote at the time.
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1 week ago | 
outsports.com | Jay Robinson |Ken Schultz |Cyd Zeigler |Jon Holmes
When I was younger, people saw me as a butch lesbian. I didn’t exactly feel like a woman, but I didn’t have the words for what I was feeling either. What I did know was that I was attracted to women — and that wasn’t going to change. For a long time, “butch” was the closest label I could find that made sense of how I moved through the world: masculine, protective, a little rough around the edges. Now, people see me as a straight man. And technically, I am.
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3 weeks ago | 
outsports.com | Cyd Zeigler |Charlie Smith |Jay Robinson |Brian Bell
When you ask Rachel Rapinoe her favorite sports moments, the former college and international soccer player points to the 1999 US Women’s National Team’s Rose Bowl win at the World Cup, as well as her sister, Megan Rapinoe. Of course. Yet she gets emotional about one singular play 12 years later, also involving the USWNT at the Women’s World Cup, that shot her sister to stardom.
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3 weeks ago | 
outsports.com | Jay Robinson |Jim Buzinski |Norm Kent |Brian Bell
When I wrote a piece for Outsports about horses and gender, I didn’t expect it to generate much reaction outside of a few queer folks who love animals as much as I do. I wrote it from the perspective of a trans man who had come out in college, with a horse by my side who offered comfort, not confusion. I wanted to explore how nonhuman animals don’t ask you to prove your gender, and how that contrasts sharply with the world of human sports.
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1 month ago | 
outsports.com | Charlie Smith |Cyd Zeigler |Ken Schultz |Jay Robinson
The WNBA’s 29th season is well underway. Never before has a season been more important to the future of the league than this one. Sure, some may argue that the first season was the most crucial. There’s always that perspective. Or perhaps a milestone season like their 25th was tops. Yet the 2025 season — the one we get to watch right now through September — is the bellwether season that will tell us more about the future of the WNBA than any other. How lucky are we to sit back and watch?
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1 month ago | 
outsports.com | Cyd Zeigler |Ken Schultz |Jay Robinson |Karleigh Webb
A gay rugby team from Israel has been banned from a major International Gay Rugby tournament as allegations against the team, its members and the government of Israel have reached a crescendo. The Tel Aviv Ibex are fighting back, claiming they are the victims of “discrimination.”At the same time, the gay rugby international governing body says none of the allegations against the club or members are backed up by facts they’ve seen.
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1 month ago | 
outsports.com | Karleigh Webb |Jon Holmes |Charlie Smith |Jay Robinson
It began with two award-winning authors in children’s literature with an idea to pivot to sports. They huddled with a mix fellow authors, a diverse team of LGBTQ athletes, fans and an Outsports writer-contributor who hits the field. The result is “Athlete Is Agender: True Stories Of LGBTQ People in Sports.” The anthology was edited by Katherine Locke and Nicole Melleby, both award-winning queer authors and the editing team beyond the critically acclaimed “This Is Our Rainbow” in 2021.
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1 month ago | 
outsports.com | Jon Holmes |Charlie Smith |Jay Robinson |Ken Schultz
Sasha Acheson wants to send a message to the people who rolled back rugby’s inclusive reputation when they banned trans women from the women’s game. Acheson won several international caps as a prop for the England women’s team and has also played for the famous Barbarians invitational side. She is organizing “The Ruck You Match,” which will see her line up alongside former teammates to face a team of trans women players.
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1 month ago | 
outsports.com | Charlie Smith |Jon Holmes |Jay Robinson |Ken Schultz
The 2025 WBNA season starts on Friday, with a 44-game regular-season schedule that goes through early September and then the playoffs start. The 13-team league has many out LGBTQ players and we are giving you one per team (with one exception) to root for. This list is not all-inclusive, but it shows the variety of talent in the league.
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1 month ago | 
outsports.com | Jon Holmes |Jay Robinson |Ken Schultz |Karleigh Webb
On the day it was announced that Hungary had banned public gatherings for LGBTQ people, anxious messages were shared in the Atlasz Sports Club’s group chat. “At first it came as a shock, although in hindsight it could have been expected, given the upcoming election in 2026,” says “Gabi”, an Atlasz member, speaking to Outsports under anonymity. Founded in 2004, the Budapest-based inclusive club is the only one of its kind in the Eastern European country, where LGBTQ rights are in reverse.
